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    EFX Group

    If you are talking about MBT, this is what I see from my actual connections: Quotes & Accounts : 216.52.236.17 & 216.52.236.18 MBFX (EFX) Order Server : 216.52.236.194 MBT Futures Order Server : 216.52.236.141 MBT owns the whole /24 (216.52.236.x) I would think that the ping times for...
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    IRA day Trading

    Tax problem with daytrading futures in Roth IRA? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=55998 Do you owe taxes if you day trade your IRA? http://www.greencompany.com/Traders/TraderRetirement.shtml Many traders are interested in actively trading their IRA accounts...
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    The IRS might come after me

    http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=110413,00.html Estimated Taxes Estimated tax is the method used to pay tax on income that is not subject to withholding. This includes income from self-employment, interest, dividends, alimony, rent, gains from the sale of assets, prizes...
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    The IRS might come after me

    The act of taking the money out of the account (unless it was an IRA) has nothing to do with you owing taxes on it.
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    EBAY and IRS

    I bet many sellers wouldnt use eBay if they had to give up their SSN to sell anything.
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    IB: Misses some Ticks, so does T&S miss some trades?

    Read: IB's tick transmission http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53426
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    Why don't more people trade index futures?

    How many traders have the money to meet the margin requirements for a 1000 contract ES position? And how long have you been able to successfully average 2 ES pts per day? If it were easy, everyone would do it. And what happens when you are long 1000 ES and 9/11 happens?
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    MedVed QuoteTracker Software

    I believe this is possible but I have never tried this exact thing myself. You would configure an SSH (encrypted) tunnel between your work and home machine. I do this and use VanDyke's products to accomplish it: VShell runs at home (SSH server) on an always-on machine, SecureCRT runs at work...
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    Stocks to park my $$ in with High Dividends

    If you are in it for the long-haul like your original post states then you are making a mistake waiting for the market to pull back before investing. What if the market just keeps going up and up? You will end up kicking yourself for not getting in now when it was cheaper. If market timing...
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    Stocks to park my $$ in with High Dividends

    CEF's, as posted earlier : http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58688 http://www.etfconnect.com/
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    Suggestion for Interactive Brokers

    Man, you really are making this difficult: Create Excel spreadsheet Enter passwords Save spreadsheet Encrypt using NTFS encryption (File->Properties->Encrypt) Result: File is encrypted on hard drive but while you are logged in you can open it and copy/paste the passwords just fine If...
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    Suggestion for Interactive Brokers

    I guess you are missing my point, if you store a text file with all of your passwords (for copying/pasting) in encrypted form then there is no plain text version stored on the computer (except while loaded in memory)
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    Suggestion for Interactive Brokers

    Why do say that? Its trivial to keep an encrypted file (containing your passwords) if you are using NTFS with windows.
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    Possible Etrade Fraud

    What does the link really point to?
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    Windows Backup

    No but that is a good idea, just ran it now, this is for a 120GB 7200rpm Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 drive SiSoftware Sandra 2007 Physical Disk Benchmark Results Drive Index : 32 MB/s Random Access Time : 14 ms File Systems Benchmark Results Drive Index : 27 MB/s Random Access Time ...
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    Windows Backup

    I've had a chance to try it with a PATA drive it and it worked fine. I don't have a bare (unused) SATA drive to try at the moment.
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    Windows Backup

    SMART? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Monitoring%2C_Analysis%2C_and_Reporting_Technology
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    The real cost of your broker

    http://www.gmacbank.com http://www.emigrantdirect.com Both FDIC insured and both pay more than 5%
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    On Day Buying Power Margin Call, how many days do I have?

    No [B] No, this has nothing to do with your credit history. [B] Yes
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    Windows Backup

    I ordered this generic one (USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE) from Geeks.com for $15 but have not received it yet to test: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=2020 At the time I ordered (a couple of days ago) they had a deal where you enter the code "FLATRATE" and shipping for the whole order (no...
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