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The OP either is a uniquely challenged and eccentric individual, or is engaged in some relatively high-quality and witty trolling. I'd give 98% odds in favor of the latter. :D

Hi ****, Just happened to notice you answering posts in exactly the same way -- namely, by advising the posters to use ****-- on several different threads. In fact, it seems that every post you have ever made on ET, dating back to 2006, has been in promotion of **** or its predecessor...

I apologize if I misled. That wasn't my intention. But I certainly wouldn't call it a "private bank", and in my opinion its purpose is so that banks are regulated versus regulators, rather than to enable some shadowy "elites" to "rule the world", which many conspiracy theorists seem to imply...

Regardless of any technicalities you may put forward, the Fed and the IRS are both US Government institutions. But that's not really what you want to hear, is it? So I'll try to keep you happy with this: The ECB is in fact privately owned by the Easter Bunny. The Easter Bunny's middle...

None, it turns out. Nor is the Federal Reserve. Maybe it's wise not to believe everything you see on the Internet...

IB's cancel fee policy is very complicated and I wouldn't be surprised if it changes periodically -- why rely on ETers' faulty memories rather than just looking it up on their Web site? E.g., http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/cancelModifyExamples.php?ib_entity=llc

One rather significant effect, depending on who's excluded, will be that spreads will go up. A lot. Given that the "big boys" are excluded or have ways around it, it will mean the difference in billions a year going to big Wall Street firms vs. the "end users" of the markets -- investors and...

ROFL..why is trolling so popular on ET? Other boards/forums (even YouTube) have trolls, but not in such a large proportion or ones willing to put in so much effort. Maybe trading itself, with its high failure rate, etc., produces more trolls than other lines of work? Scary prospect...maybe...

Under "normal" circumstances, your order will of 100 should be hit before any quoted bid of 99.99, as per reg NMS. Unless it's some anachronistic, non-reg-NMS market where market makers/floor traders have some absurdly favorable privileges. (This may not apply at the open or close due to large...

Why not plain limit? I think it's the only way you get first in line (or nearly first in line) for your price of 100.

This probably isn't much of a help to you, but (all?) full feed vendors in the $1000+++ range support Linux. NxCore "officially unofficially(??)" runs perfectly under Wine. Activ and QuantHouse natively support Linux -- no need for Wine or virtualization at all. But the latter two get more...

If you didn't already, you might post the error message you get on some forum. It's sometimes quite a challenge to get things to run under wine. Some stuff runs perfectly with no changes; other stuff, lots of hassle but ultimately fine, and of course there's a third category that simply...

BRK.A started, ended, and averaged significantly less than 80,000 in 1998, starting '98 at a mere 46,000. In fact, BRK.A traded at >80k only relatively briefly in June. That said, I do agree with what I think you're really getting at -- that BRK.A's real returns over the past decade haven't...

Markets I trade, "market limit order" would be an oxymoron :D What do you mean by that?

Is this "net net" really objective, or even what a shareholder should care about? BRK.A, as far as its trading price is concerned, has significantly outperformed cash since 1998, at least nominally: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=BRK-A&t=my&l=on&z=m&q=l&c= Of course, taking inflation...

Is it even possible for Germany to default, practically speaking? Presuming (wrongly?) that Germany, a relatively conservative EU member, being near default would mean that nearly every other EU state were at or near default as well, wouldn't the ECB just start printing & distributing Euros to...

This kind: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Madoff :eek:

I just started getting issues spontaneously several years ago. No idea who sold them my name -- just out of curiosity, anyone here know how they get their lists? I agree that there are a few good articles there from industry veterans, so I keep resubscribing now. I concur with the others...

If you believe this, I've got a very nice bridge in my back yard I'd like to sell you :D

This could be the best possible advice given to the OP; but, seeing that most people fail to do anything in attempting to trade but squander their money, odds are that it is the worst possible advice. :(