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there is one advantage to trading personal vs s corp. if you are profitable in a s corp, the irs is going to come into your life and demand that you pay yourself a salary and fica and all the employment taxes. thats fine if you want to have a salary so you can start paying yourself ira...

just going on a percentage is to little info. whats the profit factor, whats the ave w/l ratio. multiply the % by the profit factor times the w/l ratio and if you are above 1.0 then fantastic.

the tupperware baskets are gone.:)

any futures traders in the twin cities area. love to meet once a month for lively discussion.

commodities are the futures markets like big and emini s&p, nasdaq futures, bonds all the grains, hogs the list goes on and on as oppossed to equities (stocks). also since you small size, you wouldn't be able to day trade stocks/equities.

with $2,000 you are so very limited. your just not going to be able to do much. futures are out of the question with less than $5,000. stick with someone simple like scotttrade. be aware lots of brokers in stocks have an inactivity fee.

it would be nice if transact would accept block trades. So far the best for the price is FFastTrade but you have to do a little volumn but their trading platform is as good as any. Now when transact accepts block trades that could change things with their good rates and their platform is good...

those are really good comments about a cpo. very strong legitimate comments

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: As stated below, the Advisor will trade for his own accounts. The Advisor will, in accordance with and pursuant to NFA and CFTC rules and regulations and good ethical practice, place both the proprietary and customer accounts from one block account in a bunched order...

I choose a CTA vs a CPO because it seemed to me to be less accounting and red tape. and most of my customers are small little investors like me and want their own trading activity statement every night. They didn't want to be part of a larger fund. The customers felt more secure. I use...

1)I do not run a hedge fund. Im just a CTA who enjoys trading and at the same time, I trade for a SELECT few other people. 2)The most important thing about trading is that I enjoy it and that Im profitable and that im honest. 3)whats not important is whats in my tupperware containers. 4)i...

IVE BEEN TO A FEW OF HER SEMINARS. I DISLIKE ALT AND HER WORK.

YOU CAN TRADE YOUR FRIENDS MONEY UNDER THE RULES IF ITS LESS THAN $200,00 AND LESS THAN 10 PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW THEM AS FRIENDS AND YOU DID NOT SOLICIT THEM. THEN YOU CAN TRADE THEIR BLOCK ACCOUNT SEPARATELY FROM YOURS AND KEEP A VAMI RETURN ON THOSE ACCOUNTS. THEN YOU WILL WANT TO GET YOUR...

im a daytrading mech system trader and if my system is short and profitable for the day, i will contrarian scavange all day long. then if I can't get back into a falling market, ive lost the ability to make more profit but have not lost actual cash. I can usually make 20 profitable trades a day...