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I've read a lot of reviews but none that would go into enough details: Could the Hololens be used as a monitor replacement for the purposes of running and interacting with a Trading Platform? From what I've read it should be possible to Remote Desktop to a machine running the full trading...

It is banned from being advertised. But can it still be offered as a product by a brokerage firm? And does it count as advertising if the brokerage firm lists it as an offering?

One easy way around this is to simply not live in that country anymore. Relocate to a new a country and operate through there. You could opt to simply move from country to country every few months so you would not need a work visa nor be tax complaint. Your ability to move around is limited...

IBController is a wrapper to launch and log in to IB Gateway. Even if it is in Java it can be spawned like an .exe and therefore can be invoked through a Process via C#. So simply use your C# tool to execute the command line needed to launch IBController. (It's possible to launch Java...

If hoping for assignment: Strategy is that it will be assigned and the price is expected to increase over the weekend so that you can sell for a profit. If hoping to not be assigned: Avoid paying commissions to close out.

When buying the option you are actually placing two bets: 1) The direction of the move 2) When it will move A near term option suggests you are expecting it to move quickly, whereas a long term option suggests you have no idea when it will move. Therefore there will be a bit of a premium on...

I always recommend you check with your local tax authority/accountant if in doubt but: 1) The US does not tax non-resident aliens living abroad :) (If you spend enough time in the US to be classified as Tax Resident than you are viable. For the US this is I believe about 6 months). 2) Income...

Couple of questions: 1) How does it address second level authentication (besides username/password there is a prompt for an additional password to be entered). 2) Is this a headless solution for IB Gateway, or a solution which is headless that launches IB Gateway inside it? (In other words...

Hello Seth, It's admirable that you are willing to put in the hard work, as that will be needed. Unfortunately, you've decided to focus on something that is pretty difficult to crack: Day Trading. Now I don't want to get you down, but if you want to win at day trading, there are a few ways...

A few important key differences that really impact how traders approach the subject: 1) Options can be settled in stock (rather than cash). So if you sell a put and it gets assigned, you only get sold the stock at the put price. Which you can keep and sell later whenever you feel like. 2)...

Perhaps another easy way to understand it is like this: The US Government needs 100$ It 'Creates' (out of thin air) a Paper (in essence an IOU) for 100$ and sells it as a 'Bond'. A buyer buys this Bond for 100$ of real money. The US Government now has 100$ Extra *CASH* (but also a 100$...

The Buy-Write strategy on Dividend Paying stocks will generate additional cash-flow, but is not generally a beneficial (on the long term) investment strategy. The main reasons would be: - Quiet dividend payers do not offer much in the way of premium. You will collect a small premium and...

IB has two cost structures, perhaps one of them is better than the other for you? You also seem to be trading low priced stocks. Maybe it is worthwhile to consider a trading strategy that works with the commissions you are charged (rather than find a broker that charges the commissions that...

Found an issue. Took a few messages back and forth for them to understand the issue. They confirmed it was an issue and they could reproduce it. Haven't heard back on a fix after a few months. Found my own workaround fortunately. Otherwise customer support has always been great for me...

I subscribe to a few of the cheaper stuff (mostly Reuters). It's quite useful, and informative. But I would not rely on it at all for real-time trading. However its' great if you want to know why XYZ just went down 5% a few minutes ago. For what it's worth, I think Reuters news on an Eikon...

An easy way to think about it: You are being charged *per night* that you hold the stock. Don't hold anything overnight, and you won't be charged. For more specific details and timing, you should consult with the broker (they may charge after market close, or after after-hours close, or just...

A Basic Living Wage will free the individual to either seek a job doing something they enjoy or somehow contributes to society (rather than waste away their life so they can feed themselves). It also allows them to focus on improving their skills, or other educational or cultural pursuits. It...

I think basically what you are asking/doing is: Use the leverage in your account to purchase an asset that gives a yield greater than the cost of borrowing. A real simple example: You borrow 100,000 USD from IB at 1.9% Use that to invest in GE with yield at 3% You pocket the 1.1% per year...

If I'm not mistaken, you are trying to automate your trades? Why not use the IB APIs and do it programmatically rather than through the UI?

They are partly correct. There are a few types of options traders: 1) Those who buy/sell options on speculative trades expecting to take advantage of leverage to reap huge profits (but also take high risk if they speculate wrong) 2) Those who buy/sell options as a way to leg into or out of a...