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Thanks for teh reply. I am sure it is the Excel consuming all the CPU. I will check out that program.

Hi, I am trading automated systems using API Excel. One month ago I bought a new Shuttle barebone PC for travelling. However, by a mistake I bought Celeron instead of Pentium processor. It is Celeron 3,2Ghz with 256kb cache. When running my API the barebone PC is incredible slow. I have...

So, if I move to for example Switzerland and start a business I would have some men in black coats knocking on my door? LOL. What kind of mafia are you talking about? I think the mafia on Sicily interferes quite much in everyday life, in Switzerland I would expect it only to be money laudering...

I just called a lawyer on Malta, and they confirmed this is not a business. The whole point is that you as a foreigner is not going to "steal" jobs from the locals. So as long as you don't offer your services on maltese soil, you are fine. Anyway, the tax issue is not the purpose with this...

I am not liable to American taxes on my profits from buying and selling stocks on NYSE and Nasdaq. "Section 864(b)(2) indicates that trading in stocks or securities, either through a third-party or by the taxpayer or his own employees, for the taxpayers own account does not constitute a...

This is correct. This is very similar to UK and Ireland. Malta also has many tax treaties with other countries, but only air and sea with the US. There must be some very rich people living there. From pictures of the Marinas I can see some really big yachts. Big swinging traders? LOL...

I am going there for vacation. I don't know much about the country, though. I have planned to relocate from Norway for many years and hopefully I will do it this winter. Climate is my main motivation. The advantagres with Malta is that English is official language and they have a good tax scheme...

Hi, I am going to Malta in November. Any traders there? Must be with that low taxes!

I just had a look at the easy to borrow list at IB. Not too bad in my opinion. However, I have one question: If I am short a stock and it pays a dividend, will I be bought in before the ex.div. date? I can vaguely remember something about this when I searched IB's site some months ago, but...

What if you set up a company and trade through that and pay yourself a yearly dividend? Must be quite difficult to argue that is business income. I am quite certain if you spend some money on an accountant this can be overdone. Another thing: I thought the authorities in Italy was lax with...

Nahh, we have a nasty wealth tax of about 1,2% of your net worth. It kicks in already at 16000 USD. If you have 1000000 in stocks and make 10% a year, the wealth tax is a big deal. That means 28 000 in income tax and 12 000 in wealth tax. Stocks is measured at market price, but real estate has a...

Might be in some countries. If you move somwhere be sure to pay a lawyer who knows his stuff. I live in Norway and any profit from buying and selling shares is taxed at a flat rate of 28% even if it is your only income and you make 100 trades a day and make 1 billion a year. I believe this...

If you set up a corporation in Belize (which I believe is a tax haven) and pay yourself a yearly dividend, how can they claim it is not capital gain? Given, of course, that most bank accepts payments from dubious countries. I believe many countrises try to make rules to "disallow" these tax havens.

http://www.henleyglobal.com/croatia1.html I spent a lot of time and money on this last year on how to pay acceptable taxes (for me about 20%). I derive 95% of my income from trading. I found out that the best alternatives for me was Norway (where I reside now, not as bas as many thinks, tax...

Whether you trade through an Italian or foreign broker cant be the issue (?). I mean, there is supposed to be free float of capital within the EU. If I use a German or Italian broker cant make any difference, otherwise the EU-rules are not being applied, as far as I can see. The question must be...

I trade with Echo and have no problem (so far). Are these specific for Assent or others? Or is this yet another rule for anything?

Seems strange if you have to pay a higher tax rate if you use a foreign broker than an Italian one? A capital gain is a capital gain regardless of the broker?

Unfortunately not. My father became ill so I am still in Norway. Delayed until 2005.

Well, a good place to live, but many disadvantages: High taxation, both direct and indirect (though flat at 28% for capital gains), long and cold winters, sometimes even "cold" summers. Expensive to live here. A car which costs 20000 euro in Italy costs about 40000 euro in Norway. Besides, much...

Not yet. That is what I want to do. I would like to buy an apartment in Southern Europe, preferably Italy.