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Lol Roger!! We can smell tradeRX a mile away can't we! Give it up pal, no one will ever respect you here!

Nicodemus, you make me laugh. I've had that exact same thought many times. People could have made a small fortune off of doing opposite as me in the past. Lol. :p Even though I know it's not true, you've got to admit that some days it just feels like the market is out to get you!! Hang in...

Well, I've decided what I'm going to to in response to the new margin rules. I've spoken with several of my family members and we're going to pool our money together and let me trade it. Basically a small hedge fund. I'll keep a fee for my services and they will share in the profits. Even...

I'm not too familiar with how the taxes work with an LLC. I'm assuming Echo is a Nevada Corporation??? (No state taxes), or would that only apply if I'm in Nevada? So let's say I make $50k one year and decide to take it all out. Is it taxed as investment income or regular income? Any...

I've been having a problem with "dissapearing profits" lately. There were 3 or 4 days in the past 2 weeks that I was up significantly on the day (5-10% of my entire account), and was very tempted to call it a day. I of course didn't, and on only one occassion was I able to hold on to the...

Rigel, Who is your broker? Sounds like you need to switch to IB. Especially if you're only trading 1-200 shares. It takes me 2 seconds to get out of a trade. That includes symbol entry, share size, market or limit order, and execution confirmation! It's all automatic depending how you set it...

When do the new margin rules take effect for Nasdaq? Tomorrow or Monday? Thanks.

The scariest thing about futures trading to me is the "limit up, limit down" thing. I can handle the added leverage. Just have to be careful. I don't like things that are out of my control though. Is there a website anyone knows of that mentions the historical info on when a commodity went...

Does not apply to futures. I'm opening a futures account right now with IB. Assuming I'm any good at it and make some money, I'll just take profits out more frequently or transfer them to my reg. IB account that's insured. I wouldn't be too worried about IB. I think they are a pretty sound...

I'm very interested in joining a prop firm, and would like your guys' advise on something. I've been trading strictly Nasdaq stocks with IB, and doing fairly well. Not making a ton of money yet, but percentage wise I'm doing very well. I'd now like to take it to the next level with a prop firm...

Thanks IB. I got a little nasty in a previous post about slow executions but I know IB really does a great job overall. Other than some of the customer service reps, (live--email is great) I think they really do have our best interests in mind and I really appreciate having a broker like that...

Same, same, same!! IB cust. service is a joke. The person I spoke with told me it was the market as well. Bull crap. My friend who I trade with got out of the same stock with cybertrader at the same time with no problems whatsoever. Why won't they just tell the truth that there is a...

I'm just short of the stupid $25k rule so I'm considering getting my 7 and moving to echotrade. I'm currently with IB now. One thing I really like about IB is how you can setup a page of the stocks you trade often, and then it's as simple as clicking on the bid and ask and hitting an...

I hesitate to even post again on this thread just because it will go to the top of the list again and never dissapear. Lol. But I just can't resist. It's obvious this event has created several ethical questions about our careers and it's also obvious that all the arguing in the world won't...

....."SMALL INVESTORS ARE posting thousands of comments and stuffing e-mail boxes with messages urging everyone to buy and hold at least 100 shares of their favorite company. “Help America get back on its feet and memorialize those who died: Buy stock when the market reopens and hold it. If...

Trader58. I think you're blowing this WAY out of proportion. Not the tragedy we're faced with but all the talk about not shorting. It is true we have an ugly situation on our hands here, but to tell traders not to short is just silly. My dad supports America by not buying foreign cars. He...

If I really thought it would make a difference I would go long too, "to support America", but like rtharp said "every short has to cover" so I really don't think it makes a bit of difference. The markets went down after Pearl Harbor but then quickly rebounded shortly thereafter. In the short...

Which brokerages/financial institutions were based in the world trade centers?

I've been a member of three rooms this year. Started out with mtrader t/a with Allen Zuckerman, then went to millenniumtraders, then to realitytraders, and now I'm back with mtrader to stay for good. Mtrader is by far the best. Dead honest and no BS. The calls are all doable, and the end of...

Lol... about the letter to Pres. Bush. That was funny. In all seriousness though, someone ought to at least start a mass petition email to show our disgust of this new rule. One website I know of that does this sort of thing is www.grassfire.net I bet we could create a pretty BIG list of...