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    Trader Taxation / CPA Experiences

    Sorry I pasted fairmark twice............ the other place I suggest to look at and consider is: http://traderstatus.com/
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    Trader Taxation / CPA Experiences

    If you are looking for a free simple nuts and bolts tax guide for traders I suggest this: http://fairmark.com/traders/index.htm If you are looking for a good CPA or legal advice for reasonable industry fees, I suggest this: http://fairmark.com/traders/index.htm My personal...
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    New Tower Components

    Consider the matrox G200 quad video board...you can find them on ebay....new. They list for anywheres from 7 to 9 hundred. You can get a new one there for 300....it will run four monitors off of one card with the cables. It is a good card...and can be bought cheaper if you do not get the tv...
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    Trader Status and Taxes

    8hap, Check the following sites: http://fairmark.com/traders/index.htm http://traderstatus.com/ Hope they help you out:)
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    dual monitors and profits

    It all seems to boil down to ability to me....fighter pilots must have the ability to monitor many things at a time...as far as I know they are screened for their capabilities to be able to multi task different things under extreme situations. What are your abilities?....can you handle all the...
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    charts hypnotise you

    The other day I was looking at a Head and Shoulders and suddenly it changed and became a channeling staircase with little flags all over the place...the next thing you know it looked like a falling knife... then it started to look like a dead cat.....I 'll tell ya I am seeing things....pretty...
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    Trader Tax Accountants:

    Suggest you look at: Traderstatus.com :)
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    Street Smarts

    Thanks for the insight concerning the book...sounds like I need to go to the library and read up...based upon what you guys have told me, I just need to thumb thru it to see if there is anything there of interest. Most likely I know or am aware of most of it...thanks again....OVERtheLINE....I am...
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    XP of Win 2000 which is best?

    I agree, 2000 without a doubt:)
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    Street Smarts

    oooops........$175.00 new:D
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    Street Smarts

    Can anyone attest to the book.... Street Smarts: High Probability Short Term Trading Strategies -- by Laurence A. Connors, Linda Bradford Raschke. The book sells on Amazon for $148.75 new and can be bought used for $148.75....Ebay might have it cheaper. Big question is...for that price...
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    IB JAVA platform

    I switched and I have not encountered any problems. Same as always. The new Java update just allows it to interface with more web applications. After reviewing IB web site I noticed that if you were to download the Trader Workstation for the first time it would require you to use the new...
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    Aug 14 == Y2K

    It may or may not have a profound effect upon the market. However, any investor with half a brain is going to check out the list at the SEC web site to see who has signed or has not signed. Those CEO's and CFO's that have signed stand a much better chance that their companies stock will...
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    which is best the direct access broker

    Without a doubt in my mind.... IB is the best
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    Short Housing

    Anybody notice that the ratings on these stocks are still high even though they are coming down....sound familiar? I wonder how many people will get burnt this time holding the bag.:)
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    Sorting out for good values WMB...

    CartelTrader, WMB sounds ok....last year because of the unusual warm winter natural gas was not in much demand. As a matter of fact the year prior, they had somewhat of a shortage and everyone was crying foul...thanks to ENRON. Then the slingshot effect took place and...
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    Trailing stops now at IB

    Davealex, How do you think that will stack up against SMART execution for the trailing stop? What if you confined them to island?
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    Trailing stops now at IB

    Machine, IB supplies daily bulletins....they point blank tell you if the problems is theirs or if it is someone else...my experience is this....once in a while it is IB fault....usually it is not their fault...I have suffered through power outages at home and loss of cable feed at...
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    Trailing stops now at IB

    hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant believe what I am hearing....great news Def!!!!!!! Now when there is a power outage or software failure or other unforeseen problems I will be able to breath a lot easier. I can hardly wait!!!! Great news....great news.:)
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    Get a real job?! Daytrading article.

    There are probably several thousand daytraders....and there are millions of long term investors...last year the long term investors lost anywheres from 50 to 80 percent of their portfolios...which took them ten years to accumulate and then lose it all in a couple of months....they foolishly held...
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