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    Cable Router-which one?

    Anyone using (or have used) a Linksys wireless router or any other wireless routers? Comments, problems, advice? p.s. If so which model(s). Thanks
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    FutureWise Trading Group

    Join this Yahoo Group and they will answer any of your questions: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FutureWise_Trading Here is what I know... Todd Snively is the President/owner of FWTG (FutureWise Trading Group) and CCI (Commodity Consultants International). FWTG is the IB and CCI is the...
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    OneChicago (CBOE, CME, & CBOT)

    CHICAGO SINGLE-STOCK FUTURES JOINT VENTURE SELECTS NAME; Appoints Peter F. Borish as Senior Managing Director of Business Development CHICAGO, November 14, 2001 – OneChicago, LLC will be the name of the recently formed joint venture of the Chicago Board Options Exchange®...
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    Stocks or Futures??

    Have a friend who trades in the Bond pit at the CBOT. He says most beginners on the floor get their feet wet in the DJIA (DOW) pit. If I remember correctly all memberships include DJIA privileges. So you could just lease the cheapest membership which is the IDEM. Looks like its around $100 a...
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    Single-Stock Futures Trading Delay Sought

    Friday October 12, 5:43 pm Eastern Time Single-Stock Trading Delay Sought Markets Say Single-Stock Futures Trading Needs to Be Postponed CHICAGO (AP) -- The U.S. futures and stock markets advised Congress this week that trading in single-stock futures, which they hoped would begin in...
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    is there trading on monday?

    Cash Markets • Stocks U.S. stock markets open. • Bonds No government bond trading. Futures Markets • CME All interest rate and foreign exchange products will be closed for pit trading. Equity and commodity products will observe regular trading hours for pit trading and...
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    Broker Ratings--

    voodoo_invest They do but you need to use [b] instead of <b>. Hope this helps. Jay
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    New Futures Rules IB-now what?

    Its says: "margin requirements for security futures be consistent with the margin requirements for comparable exchange traded option contracts". Most in the futures industry predicted and assumed this from the beginning. They believe they will have the same margin as short options, in the...
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    Trading Retirement Account Long and Short

    I trade my IRA in a futures acct by going through a Trust Company. The Trust holds 30% of the funds which I can use to do the normal buying mutual funds, stocks, & bonds. The other 70% is sent to my Futures broker (who they have some kind of contract with). These funds can be traded like...
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    Must know before trade on Monday!

    The DOW futures settled down 255 points pre-cash-market on 9/11. Take that into account when evaluating the DOW futures vs. cash. Both the CME and the CBOT have deferred Index Futures rollover from September to December until Tuesday, September 18.
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    Countdown...

    Asia-Pacific looking ugly tonight even after last weeks weakness. Looks like a follow through from Europe on Friday. Wait and see :( Japan (Nikkei 225) -5.61% Australia (All Ordinaries) -2.85% South Korea (Seoul Composite) -3.06% New Zealand (NZSE 40) -4.13% Singapore (Straits...
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    No futures industry equivalent to SIPC

    Go here http://www.cftc.gov/files/tm/fcm/tmfcmdata0106.xls to see some of the financials of all the different FCM's. Updated here http://www.cftc.gov/tm/tmfcm.htm in February, May, August and November of each year. Also do a "background check" on your broker and/or the firm here...
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    Overseas Markets and early indications

    Japan (Nikkei 225) -5.04% Australia (All Ordinaries) -3.71% Singapore (Straits Times) -6.72% New Zealand (NZSE 40) -4.56%
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    Stocks or Futures?

    Futures Advantage: mark-to-market treatment Section 1256 of the IRS Code 60% of the Gain or Loss taxed as a long-term Gain/Loss and 40% of the Gain or Loss taxed as a short-term Gain/Loss (note: I believe Stock Futures unfortunately will not fall under this favorable tax...
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    Did I feel something?

    Was it a shift of the under 25k trader to futures? Looks like it might just be, will need to wait and see. Would be interesting to see what kind of movement IB has had to futures accts from equity accts over the past month (or lack of). CME GLOBEX2 Record Volume Surpasses 500,000 Mark as...
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    Hewlett-Packard buying Compaq

    Hewlett-Packard to Buy Rival Compaq -NYT http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/010903/business_tech_hp_compaq_dc.html
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    HELP: Beyond Intraday Trading

    Hitman, I'm also 21 coming up on 22. Started by trading equity options in a custodial acct at 15. Currently getting a degree in Finance, I spend about 4 hours a day at school and 8-10 hours trading and doing research. I trade futures, mostly US & TY, recently started trading FOREX also...
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    Radio news source?

    BBC or Bloomberg.
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    Who's The Best Currency Trade Trainer?

    "FDIC will protect you if the bank fails but does not protect you against embezzlement by the brokerage company." Risk I'm willing to take. Your first post encouraged trading of the mini, tell me what protection you have with a reputable futures firm that you don't have with a reputable...
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    Who's The Best Currency Trade Trainer?

    The firm I'm with has a fidelity bond along with FDIC insurance.
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