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You do have the ability with SSF's to have 5 times your account value in equity which would probably be taking on too much risk. The guy from oneChicago says he wants to expand SSF's to 1000-1500 Stocks. Probably not russell 2000 stuff.

You can buy the etf with the ticker symbol gld. It tracks the price of an ounce of gold.

I've had an Ameritrade account since 2005. I opened an IB account a couple months ago. I'm pretty happy with the decision. I use it for position/swing trading. Some comparisons. IB- $10 monthly minimum for activity commissions ( trading plus margin interest), $10 for real time data feed if...

I'm having trouble conceptualizing how I could figure out how to get a negative debit balance back to exactly zero, wouldn't I be using a margin loan to buy the extra EFP? Thanks. Mark

Is mark to market why my cash balance went negative after my KCI stock leg of the EFP spiked higher. Would I actually pay margin interest on that money if I kept a negative balance.

I think you will be receiving a passcode card if your account is under 100,000. The letter I received said it was mandatory. I'm not sure if their is much reason to choose the electronic device over the passcode card for an account under 100,000 if that is really an option. I received one and...

You can trade certain international markets such as japan and germany from within the U.S through some online brokers like interactive brokers. Alternately you can trade etfs (EWG, EWJ etc.)on american stock exchanges that represent foreign indices.

I see that the downloads are exe files. Are you going to add Mac support. Thanks. Mark