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That's an sec rule, not broker. Not sure what a workaround would be. Only way around I know of would be a cash account which would eliminate margin. Most brokers won't allow options without a margin account. I do think that IB does have cash accounts that allow stocks and buying calls. You won't...

http://chatwithtraders.com/ep-049-haim-bodek/ Theirs a link to the podcast. I've read the book Flashboys and seen many articles on elite trader talking about HFT. I find this stuff interesting yet doesn't really effect my trading as I personally swing trade off daily charts. I mean a Dom...

I use dtn iqfeed with amibroker myself. Just their basic service, I don't trade intraday. Just thought I'd mention that I'm pretty sure their Api has a one time fee to use. Their Api is only free if it's for developers like amibroker who can bring customers in.

Sorry, I should rephrase that. If I backrest a strategy which includes being short or long over multiple years, it should outperform the S&P per annum. This is of course over a period where the S&P has shown neutral, bull and bear markets. I'd like to throw you a percent but I'm still a new...

I've always considered the S&P 500 to be a good gauge. I think I saw the average gain on the S&P is between 7 and 8 percent per year. So in my mind, if you can't beat that return with active trading or investing, it's kind of a waste of time.

I did a bit of googling of this myself not long ago. I'd suggest you just google " currency hedged etf". I found many articles with the same overall opinion. Basically, most of these hedged etf's in the long run don't perform aswell as the non hedged. They basically said that the cost of...

I think some people take this video the wrong way. I've read his book and did most his course. He does use the term support and resistance in one of his setups he calls the " anti". It's basically a trend fade on a failed breakout of resistance or support. One of the parts of his course that...

Check out Adam H Grimes. As a newer trader myself I can't say how well his ideas are vs others but he's got a lot of great material. He does t have a YouTube channel but has a a free course filled with video lessons covering from basic chart reading, psychology. Back testing and data analysis...

Thanks for the feedback. I was aware of IB customer service not holding your hand. But I think it may be worth it for the savings I'd have. 1-3$ per trade I would be spending instead of 9.99. TD direct investing has been amazing the few times I have called about any issue or question but I...

Okay, I did some "Google Search" on Interactive brokers and odd lots and was getting confused. Certain exchanges like Nyse, Amex, Arca, won't take odd lot orders. Now from my understanding their are many venues in the market. I'm assuming that NYSE listed stocks aren't only available to trade...

So been trading live for about 8 months now. It took some time to get come to an agreement with my wife when I wanted to open a trading account. She has no interest really in investing or trading. We discussed this for awhile and came up with a sum to trade with that A) we had no immediate need...

Looking to you guys for some advice on excel. I haven't used Excel in years but did some Microsoft Office courses in school, which was quite some time ago now. I'm currently learning to use Amibroker and am having a blast learning their AFL language. Reason for looking for excel is that A...

So reading what I wrote, I noticed my brain wasn't working right for a bit. "What confuses me here is that I find it weird that their was not one set of limit/stop orders that met somewheres between this gap. I mean in essence couldn't a trader have a buy stop order at 11 and the trader who...

So this question is about how are market prices created when it comes to daily gap ups/gap downs. Been trading for about 6 months, my style would be more swing trading/price action studies. Watched a documentary the other day called "Ghost Excange" which kind of goes on a bit about todays...