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What I don't understand is why it's Robert Green publishing this update and not the SEC/NASD. They need to come out and put an end to all the uncertainty. I don't see how they can stay silent when Robert Green publishes this info about what they are doing publicly. I think this hurts their...

In the last sentence of the following paragraph it refers to "other changes brewing in the margin rules that can help retail traders" and also refers to "hedging margin". Does anybody know what this is referring to? "We have hundreds of retail traders who do make a good living. We do agree...

What if you're S7 licensed and your firm is requiring a deposit from you...is that considered sleazy? "We understand that regulators want to bar deposits across the board. Deposits will be allowed for retail customer accounts only."

Is there an objective measure of "sleazy" and "reputable"? I think if there is a rule in place, it will be applied across the board, hard to imagine otherwise. I don't think the SEC is in the business of doing anybody any "favors"

massive short squeeze coming!!

What about using hidden orders?

How do you define "capital base"? If I have $100,000 buying power available to me, and today I use $20,000 of it only, and tomorrow I use $50,000, what is my capital base?

Look for "Allow mixed EOD/Intraday data" in the following: http://www.amibroker.com/guide/w_dbsettings.html

short-list.. pun intended?

the bears? hibernating..theyll be back next summer

Amibroker is continuously being enhanced. Every now and then, there may be a bug that appears in a new release but it gets fixed very quickly. Amibroker works very well in my experience and what you heard is not correct. From Qcharts.com you can get intraday data for US stocks in ASCII files...

How long it will take you to learn from scratch how to write code depends on a lot of things, but self-confidence, persistence and hard work are often the keys. It won't be so much dependent on the software you choose. If you have the keys, anything is possible. The specific strategy you...

I'm not a prop manager and I don't know why prop firms fail (the legit ones that is). If they sometimes fail because inexperienced managers take too much risk (ie overleverage certain traders), then maybe regulation can help there too, by setting limits on the distribution of risk within the...

I think it's great that you're taking responsibility for your results at the toughest point in your career and you make some good points. This is the character of a good trader. Not all prop firms are bad, most are good, but some are mismanaged and eventually get blown out, and some are...

Interesting ideas, yes i trade stocks

Checking the balance sheet is an interesting idea, but Marketsurfer makes a good point.. plus what if the firm doesn't want to provide the balance sheet because they simply choose not to (I bet most won't provide it anyway, why would they if there's no regulation)? How well do I have to know how...

Regulation creates the impression that there's someone out there trying to create a level playing field. This breeds investor confidence, which breeds liquidity, which breeds more investor confidence. Inspite of recent scandals, the US markets are distinguished by the fact that US regulatory...

Amibroker does support futures backtesting..highly recommended http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_futbacktest.html

and for the firms that do require a capital contribution, there needs to be some way of structuring it so that your deposit is secure...right now it's like the Wild West

Interesting, maybe with this measure of trendiness, some stocks can be categorized as "trendy" and others as "not trendy", and different strategies can be applied , depending on whether a stock is trendy or not..good work