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What you are assuming is by reversing the system results will reverse by 100%. Surprise yourself by reversing a simple system, something like MA crossover. What you'll find out that by reversing system signal or doing the opposite of the loosing system it doesn't give you the opposite...

You need about $17K to day trade 500 shares of SPY and you need 25K on account to day trade.

I do not use fib. But this is how I would use it. Market goes up from point A to point B this is a 100% move. Then it goes down from B to C by 50% This is where you buy because initial move is up. stop loss at 70% or less initial target is double top or possible higher high. Your risk...

does duration of the trade included in your calculations (question)? Are you looking for total return on the money (annualized)? than you have to multiply your return on the year and divide on the duration of the trade.

Why do we need QID when one could just go short QLD? You need less money to buy QID and being 2:1 short the QQQQ You need more money to short QLD and being 2:1 short the QQQQ

You are running around Why short seller pays the dividend?

Quote: ......"According to Regulation T, you may borrow up to 50% of the purchase price of securities that can be purchased on margin. This is known as the initial margin. Under Regulation T, the Federal Reserve Board requires all short sale accounts to have 150% of the value of the short...

By the way if the company distributes the dividend (the short seller) pays dividend. Can you tell me why short seller must pay dividend?

If you are short on the margin you pay interest on the borrowed money. This is how IB calculates it You sell a stock for a total of 100K with only 50K on the account. You are being paid on your 50k 1.71% and you are being charged on borrowed 50K 3.71%. So you do pay 2% (annual) on...

time makes a big difference. Example if price drops 10% in two weeks you make 240% annualized in one month you make 120% annualized in one year you make 10% By the way TIME was not included in original question.

It appears that the starter of this thread doesn't know what he asked. by the way in my prior post i said "-" interest not "+". On the margin borrower pays interest.

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I second that:D

0.25 cut with further emphasis on fighting inflation. why do you think commodities are falling and dollar is getting stronger? no further cuts. So what are you going to do with this info? Hint: no cuts, there is nothing left to stimulate the economy. first S&P target 1350, second 1250...

One of the indicators I use doesn't work the way it suppose to work and it doesn't work the way it is described on their web site. I have sent an email and they could careless. I guess you get what you pay for.

that is the plan.

Exactly, their time stamp is about 7-8 min behind.

What he is saying is that automated system is based on closing price. Software will close bar (candle) on computer internal time. So system might generate a signal which might not be a signal should the clock be synchronized with TWS. Now think hard. If your system gives an early signal...

Nobody cares because it is real time data. even if the clock says that it is 15 minutes behind and every one else is trading on a 15 min. behind clock.