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where else should they exist?

i never understood this. why would someone want to prove to a bunch of unknowns that this person is able to trade succesfully in the first place? also, how can you use the fact someone is not willing to prove it to you as a benchmark for anything? maybe, i'm just speculating here, the kind of...

re Benefit #5: the card deck might not change, but times definitely do change both in trading and in poker. the pokerhype is over, there's less stupid money and more computers. that's why poker players trying to turn trader and not the other way around. because of lower entry i'm sure it's...

i don't get it. what 5 minutes are you talking about

they don't mention it anywhere afaik (likely because they don't want people to claim they were screwed when for some reason they don't), but it's common practice.

if you look at it that way, for example every cent of dividend IB pays out to its shareholders is also stolen directly from you. that's not the way it works obv.

it would be better if you would provide a real example, not an unrealistic assumed one.

Thanks for the reply. I'm trading from the Netherlands. I've got PM with IB and that's fine. I currently have & would like to keep the bulk of my account with IB and a domestic broker; just every now and then for special situations a broker that does allow trading in adjusted options would be...

I was wondering if anyone could advise me on a discount broker that accepts non-US & offers trading in US options that are adjusted (for example, because of a spin-off).. so tickers like KMI1, RAI1, etc. I've always been with IB, very happy about that, but they only offer these particular...

how do you get realtime open interest?

it's difficult to imagine you are able to come up with a winning system over the last 4 years, but over this period of time haven't been able to come up with at least some minimum capital to trade it. it just sounds inconsistent.

well that depends. an LLC in its basic form pays 20-25% corporate tax, plus dividend tax if you want to take the money out of the company. so not so attractive for trading. the netherlands accomodates quite a few special investment vehicles/entities though, either transparent or...

no they're not, taxed completely different. this case was about an individual.

chill out, nobody cares about your little fight. with regards to the netherlands, i don't agree the Supreme Court ruling gives 100% certainty to traders for being taxed at 1,2% on total assets. a lot of the definitions used (i speak & understand dutch as well) can be interpreted in different...

Market doesn't need to be empty, any not so liquid market would do. still think it's far-fetched though (and if true, very illegal in several areas, and not that hard to prove). it's still a bit difficult to understand what made you come up with this accusation? do you have access to trading...

i actually live in holland and attended a debate on HFT organised by a business radio station overhere. one of the main guys there was this big shot from dutch company IMC, who are now taking over that GS unit. he made a pretty strong case for HFT and explained a lot of things quite well, but...

due to HFT and their automation (again) spreads have come down, commissions have gone down. even taking into account "fake" liquidity, if you set up your routers properly you can still get filled much better than you could 15 years ago. in a sense, it's 100% comparable to what has happened in...

wow. it must be nice to live in a world that's completely black and white.

to compare tobacco to HFT is ridiculous imo. several have emphasized the positive things HFT has done for financial markets. They're so obvious, you can't ignore them. I'm not going to repeat them as I and others already have mentioned them, and this topic has the danger of going full circle...

i'm full of compassion for anyone who wants it. i just can't stand the overwhelming sentiment of some who seem to feel the market as a whole owes them anything or is robbing them somehow, simply because it once provided them with profits and now it doesn't. the fact the market dynamics have...