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Calm down, IB always has the correct account value after things have been liquidated.....calculating before hand is a waste of time. I've had over 100,000 executions (not shares)....and they're always right down to the penny. They've got some of the best accounting I've seen at any brokerage...

There is a general excise tax (GET)....which is 4.166% applied to almost any transaction. Kinda like sales tax, but broader. Real estate taxes are dirt cheap compared to the rest of the nation. On average around .85-.95% ($850-950 per 100K). If your a resident of the state, then it's close to...

Same nationwide rates for roadrunner (superfast here....1.5-2.5mb download speed) DSL through verizon 29.99-59.99. 56k many providers...for Big Island I love turquoise.net's 56k service, always reliable. Hawaii is a very well connected island. High speed access is available in most...

4:30am to 11:00am currently-- daylight savings doesn't apply here....so the rest of the year is 3:30am-10am. ..........I really dig the schedule, it leaves the whole day open & makes every weekend almost like a 3 day weekend. Just stay on your current schedule (or close to it) and the time...

Weird....We lived at the Kona Pacific condos for months & I traded from there while we closed on the house. Small world! Livin' the quite life over Kealekekua Bay now. btw (hehhe)....You forgot the tangelos & apple bananas! Mmmm.. Punalu'u sweet bread makes the french toast. Gotta go...

Oh, yeah.........seems to be quite a few traders in Kailua Kona. & PS PS....theft is a pretty big problem across most of the islands, not much violent crime ...just petty theft stuff. Also, shared majorities here all about 22% of population: 1)Asian 2)Caucasian 3)Polynesian/or of Hawaiian...

Agree completely, I keep full time residency in TX, but trade in HI for a few months outta the year (the cold ones). I've got a awesome vacation home here, dolphines jumping in the bay ...incredible sunsets (again)...etc..etc....an UNENDING LIST OF THINGS TO DO...if you enjoy anything outdoors...

Let me add more conspiracy to the theory. I've had IB orders that get changed in size....or are repeatedly canceled when a ton of margin is available. I've replaced the orders only to have them canceled a minute later. Finally, after the 3rd,4th,5th try of battling with TWS do they stick...

Yes, the numbers are massively under estimated. Yes it sucks...but the clip is interesting. I have these A$$holes take about $1100-1900 outta my profits everyday and I am just one. YOU THINK THEY MAKE THAT LITTLE(agreed)....please, they're just trying not to upset the public anymore than they...

Agreed.....too many small accounts at IB make things expensive & are too much of a pain in the ass--it hurts the real traders........go away 5 fig. accts! Some are even 4 fig (hahahhhah :eek: .....)

Really great idea....I wish I had something to contribute, but all my stuff is damn near zero drawdown. But seriously, someone please post some phat drawdown info on a good system!

Thanks Def. Keep those improvements comin' (as long as the commissons are low! :p )

I've got both IB & TS accounts. For equities TS stinks. Very cumbersome plateform, order change is a nightmare, GTC orders don't work (are good for the day only). System gets bogged down and delayed, while IB never does. They go down in totality about the same as of late. Speed seems to be...

Good for you, now actually add something useful to these threads or quit spamming everyone.

I'm tired of hearing from this spamming idiot.......I've probably made than he ever will....and I'm sick of his "drumming" --must be trying to gather hedge investors as a last ditch attempt to do something. GO AWAY ALREADY.

Agreed. Thanks again Def, for all the help & posts. IB's probs (very slight ones) this week cost me good money....but just do as well as you guys have for the last 18months, & I'm there for life. Sure hope you never stop posting- you are a huge help!

YES, There were multiple IB downs today.....I've seen almost the identical as seen in your post. No downs in tradestation today.....I use both. I trade about 50-70 diff. securities at once at IB, and its not possible to do this easily at Tradestation. IB is almost never down, better than...

Real estate is considered "real" property...not personal property, if it is fixed to the land. Mobile homes are personal property.

Looks like one of the worst months that I've had in about 2-3 years. :D

Trajan, Scientist........ease up guys. We get worked up during trading hours, no point in doing so afterhours! Smile, you get to trade for a living! I agree with both of you, but the middle ground almost always lies inbetween. We could all live in nice safe bunkers -like moles.....or we...