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I'm an IB fan.....don't get me wrong, so calm down. THE NYSE openbook via market depth at IB is not in proper working order, for almost 2 years now. It's gotten better, we've complained (as many others have too)...but you can tell when its not working quite right. I use esignal now for my...

Our crew calls IB's market depth "broken book" instead of "openbook". It only works 2/3 the time & gives a swiss cheese look at the orders that are actually there. Its a problem on IB's end.....not with the quote dissemination from the source.

Always have more than one acount. Always have 2 ISPs on diff. backbones. Always have more than 1 computer. Always have a back-up power supply. Redundancy isn't efficient-but it'll save your ass. This is a huge must for anyone trading $$$ or size.

Agreed.

My time & sales shows ARCA as ARCA (since it is now an exchange & all-HA!)....but yes, I believe you are correct, BRUT does show as Nasdaq as well.

& Island too. Thanks ebo, for your valuable input.

Trimark, Instinet, trading desks.

Got accounts at both......MB screwed up my initial deposit.....took a week too long. That said, I actually like MB just a little bit better for equity trading. Both are good, what one has, the other doesn't .....two pieces of the puzzle that work well together.

Howdy funky, Looks like you might take the carribean plunge, cheers!-Tell mettox I said howdy. As far as "gifts" go...I believe the IRS will disallow these gifts & impose tax on them, then nail ya for tax fraud. The idea of "substance over form" comes into play here......if they are...

To take the trader deductions (which flow thru to you) you would have to also have to qualify as a full time/part trader. I know there are a couple tricks to this that may even make it work for you-from solid CPA info, but my opinion is that it wouldn't stand up to an audit. As far as audit...

Hi Steve, ARCA-EX not available. You missunderstood, I don't mean NO ARCA, I want the FULL ARCA excahnge (which means you can lock against NBBO for execution amongst other things). Put in a marketable limit on IB ARCA only, & it gets rejected (as it should)-hence the need for ARCA_EXCHANGE...

DEF- You're the man, with all respect. Thanks for everything here. Please find us some more routing options. I want : 1)ARCA_EX (not ARCA only). 2)Brut 3)Redi 4)ALL the regional exchanges, & even Trimark!* *yes, yes..give us an account discalimer to sign when sending orders to these...

I'm an IB guy (was diehard IB, but not anymore). I agree, find another broker. I've got accts. at IB, Tradestation, & MB to name a few. Sometimes you DO need more routing choices, IB offers few. Tradestation likely offers the most (non-redundant) routing choices. I actually like MB the best...

Really tired of hearing you defend NYSE, Don, YOU LOOKING TO REPLACE GRASSO OR SOMETHING?? Lets here some nasty talk about NYSE from Don--show me you can do it.....it's soooooooo easy....YOU HAVE TRADING ARRANGEMENTS DOWN THERE OR WHAT?

OK, ebo, if thats directed at me.....then I use greentrader tax....look 'em up. They just know what their doing, many others do too. So piss off & pay to post your Sh*t where someone cares.

http://www.traderstatus.com/whyanentity.htm - The previous poster seems to have about 96-97% of his ducks in a row. Essentially nothing I can disagree with on his site...just don't like the way its "geared", very slight grey area in some of it....but far better than most...

You all must be out of your minds. Read the current IRS regs. on trader status. I guarantee 3-4 trades part time, regardless of income generated, will NOT qualifiy as trader status. Ask a GOOD cpa-he'll tell ya the same. Things have changed in trader qualification in the last 2...

Sometimes size does attract size.......you gotta know the market condition to make it work, though.

"Is there a way to avoid self-employment taxes, paying them instead as regular FICA/SS taxes? if i had a relative own a corporation and it paid me, i wouldn't be paying SE taxes right?" YEA, have your relative pay the other half of your FICA ......as they should -since they may well be your...

Once again, depends on payout/salary structure of the corp/LLC & how much you actually make. I don't think this IRS (exerpt?) would cause you any problems.....because you seem to want to generate "earned income". The 30% rule seems like an IRS attack on those who try to "re-characterize"...