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Hi, mishwar. Are you asking about taxes (paid to a government) or commissions (paid to a broker)? Are you are in the US? Regards,

It appears that IB has publicly acknowledged their mistake, is stepping up to take responsibility for that mistake, and is making an effort to fix the accounts of those affected. Are we missing a piece of information here which demonstrates that they're trying to screw you? I'm sure everyone...

My sister-in-law just took a new job, and is thinking of naming my minor daughter as one of two primary beneficiaries on her employer-provided life insurance policy. I can't recall for sure (and I can't get my CPA on the line today), but I seem to remember that there are major drawbacks in...

Chris, There is a wide range of values that could address your question on expected growth, and a good part of that range are values below zero. You would receive fewer unhelpful responses if you asked some specific questions about specific strategies rather than how much money one can make...

DRT, Is the the default for your price references the spot market or the H6 contract (I notice sometimes you make a note and other times not)? I'm enjoying your journal. Thank you. Regards,

I have a one-man company that performs statistical programming/analysis for pharmaceutical clinical trials.

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I love BookTrader (BT), but I would like to see a few important updates. The first is under Configure Hotkeys / Configured Shortcuts / Configure / Customize / Size. Currently the only options are Default, Absolute, and Available. I would like to see this offering expanded to include the...

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I did take a look, and it looks like a well-reasoned entry. However, the thread author did not mention stop placement until asked, and I think the answer of 25 pips seems a bit arbitrary (what's the technical rationale for that choice?). Rather than buying on the break, I would first place...

I tend to stay out of the markets until a few minutes after news breaks so that market has time to tip its hand. Taking a position during the increased volatility at news time is not really conducive to learning how to control risk relative to reward. Even if you correctly guess how the market...

There's nothing magical about S/R areas; they tend to work because enough traders believe the same thing (and I think they work better in forex than in other markets). S/R levels will be broken, however, and that's where your money management skills and listening to the market over your own...

The comments above are about Euro futures on CME, not the spot market.

I think the original poster is asking about the actual mechanics and dollars and cents of rolling over a position (is the expiring month closed at the market price and the new contract opened at the market price? -- what about commissions?). I'm curious as well.

Maybe with the holiday they were banking on London going home early and a thin U.S. market. It looked like open-handed intimidation. I was just thinking about Occam's Razor in regard to another thread, so I suppose I could remove the short covering and reversal from my theory and just go...

You don't think someone was pushing down the market to cover a short, reversed, and then manufactured a short squeeze by pulling out the cork and going on the bid?

These Blast points... too accurate for Sand People, only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise. Just goofing, mcurto. I appreciate your on-the-ground perspective and the daily newsletter (but I just saw Star Wars again last week). Regards,

It was showing over 30K offered at some points, with 11k on the inside. After the size was taken off the offer it shot up like a rocket (6k showing on the bid then). Volume charts really highlight the chaos nicely. Four times in a row I put in a limit sell order at the high of the day...

ksonsinc, I've struggled with this problem as well. I win a very high percentage of my trades, and because of that I've let myself get sloppy with stops in the past. The downside to a high winning percentage is a long learning curve on taking losses gracefully. Unfortunately, I've had a...

I'm not an expert, but my comments are well intentioned. Working with the buy support/sell resistance idea, look at S/R levels as defined by trendlines on swing lows/highs, 50/100/200 EMAs, and Fibonacci retracements on relatively high timeframes (30 min, 60 min, daily, weekly). I find...