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Shouldn't it be the opposite? People should not be able to buy credibility

Nah my parents see the market as gambling, they wouldn't open an account for me. I trade ATM options on a pretty long time frame. My holding period averaged about 2 1/2 months with stocks (options a bit shorter) When I started trading options my profits increased a lot without much more risk so...

IB got back to me saying it's an exchange rule that margin account holders must be 21. Anyone know if this is true? My backup plan was MB and I don't see anything on their web site about this, but if if I run into the same issue with them I may as well open a cash account at IB Thanks

I tried to sign up for an account at IB, but I can't get past the signup page that asks for my date of birth because I'm just below their age requirement for margin accounts (21) I was just curious if IB asks this to covers their tail as I have read they do with other questions (like trading...

Often on this forum I see that guys suggest not risking any more than 1% of account size on a trade. This figure seems far too conservative to me. Ok, I understand that trading so small has psychological advantages as well as minimal risk for busting an account, but how are you going to make...

2 questions: Assuming I know nothing about a stock, how can I find out what sector it belongs to? Also, what's a good free source to monitor the sectors' relative strength? Thanks