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Quicktrade said "... i hate to flame you like this but what is it they say? fight fire with fire or something.." I am not offended by anything you said in your post, we are all entitled to our views and to phrase them in the way we think makes the most impact. I agree completely with the...

The on-line vending community although ready to rush to the defence of one of their own are scarcer than hen's teeth when it comes to discussing the issue of their own accountability in response to my post on page 19 of this thread. Your silence speaks volumes guys. Chartwhiz did respond, but...

Good luck. I hope the OSC does not jerk you around too much. It will be interesting to see what demands they place upon you in view of the alleged demands re training that they placed on other day-trading shops.

"These regulators ARE out of control and deserve to be reined in. Trying to get the media involved but it hasn't been easy. " You can say that again. I almost puked today when I found out that they were using the $4.5 million they have collected in fines from RT (high close price fixing) TDW...

They are not the first in Canada. Swiftrade has been here for quite some time. When I checked with them they wanted $4500 in training fees before they would let me trade. They claimed it was a regulatory requirement. My regulator, the Ontario Securities Commission would neither confirm of deny...

If the US is similar to Canada, it is not merely sufficient to move offshore and trade to be free of domestic taxes. You are required to clearly demonstrate that you have broken all ties with the home country. This means no appartment for the occasional visit, no cottage for summer vacations...

P.S. I hope you are familiar with this site. http://www.ivolatility.com/options.asp

GATrader Isn't there a third alternative? Buy puts in MSFT when you believe it as topping out AND after you have checked that premiums are low by historic standards. That's the way I used to do it years ago and in that order of research. But I rarely trade options these days so I may not...

Not really horrifying, but it is really easy to buy instead of sell when you are first getting used to IB's order entry system. It is a little counter-intuitive until you get used to it. Best to try to avoid the horror stories if you can. As an internet or broker's system outage can happen...

In the first post of the thread Rubbles88 said: "Of course, swing trading is the other option which I do from time to time. " So, what is the approach you described of buying near the close and holding overnight? It isn't daytrading, because by definition a daytrader goes home with no...

But credit card companies do take high risks. There was a time when getting a credit card was not easy. Now they hand them out to almost anyone. They have obviously decided that volume of transactions is more important than creditworthyness, so they keep the interest rates high so that the...

Based on my modest understanding of economics and markets, a 16% return only exists if there is a comensurately high risk.

While I have no intention of continuing my little contretemps with Chartwiz, I would like to pursue the general issue of vendor accountability. As this thread attracted TonyOZ, Brandonf, Toni, ChrisRT and perhaps other members of the on-line vending establishment who I don't recognize this is a...

I have a major concern about chatrooms and advisory services in general, irrespective of their skills and integrity. I suspect that they are often attractive to the newcomer to trading looking to short-circuit the learning process. I have been a visitor in enough to know that they do seem to...

For those scans that depend on estimating volume pace, am I right in assuming that you use a non-linear algorithm to estimate EOD volume from intraday volume, to reflect the greater activity at the beginning and end of the trading day? I do all my scanning the night before based on EOD data...

"I did not expect to be attacked over my chart examples....& from there it grew to a personal attack from dufferdon, why ? " Well, as you continue to seek clarifications while still criticising me, here goes. If you cannot stand one probing question about your technique, even if pointedly...

If you are worth more than $1.2 million US and your trading account is in the US, even if you are not, your estate may become liable for US estate taxes if the stress of trading the account kills you.

Def, Are things still on track to have IB up and running in Canada by January. Will registration also include futures trading as well as stocks?

I am Canadian and you can try to trade American markets from Canada. However, for reasons that I explained before, current Canadian brokers are impractical for short-term trading any market, Canadian or American. Regarding the suggestion of going to a proprietary trading firm, there...

"Im from Croatia and I opened an acct w. them so I dont see a reason you couldnt trade with em. " Croatia shook off the shackles of the one party socialist state and split up into independent countries. Unfortunately we still have the one party socialist state and a bunch of provinces that...