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Only the new rule (portfolio margin) use the holding concentration percentage. The old reg-T doesn't have any restriction on concentration percentage. The portfolio margin is a risk-based margin rule. That means if your portfolio is not diversified, they will adjust the margin. (A highly...

Yes, pm fits your strategy very well. You will be the richest man in this country soon. :D

portfolio margin. Brokerage firms can use this new margin rule starting from Apr 2.

Are you with ib? Are you using the new margin rule?

Assent can give 50:1.

Assent pays interest on balances.

Are you serious? I'll show you a TOS statement. :D Do you have a TOS account? How much are you paying? BTW I don't have any vol req in my terms with the brokerage firms, but I have no idea if they will change my commission schedule if I trade only 20 contracts a year.

nitro, Do you mean you get better fill with ES options?

You sounded as if you know everything. But since you know everyone in this industry, you don't need my help. LOL. If you want to bet, I can show you my trade confirmation with only 1 contract and the commission is 0.75 + sec fee. You can't get it. That doesn't mean nobody can get...

I pay commission as low as IB in Ameritrade without cancellation fee. Nobody pays 9.99 + 0.75 / contract unless you are very new to option trading.

Don, Any plan to the Boston office? Where is your Boston office?

Do you find it running faster with 07 version compared to the old version? With less than 100 DDE links, my system runs very slow under Excel XP. I am planning to upgrade to 07' but don't know about the benefit and the stability of the product. Are there a lot of work to upgrade (I have a lot...

Suppose I have a carryover loss of 20K from my retail account. This year, I make 30K from a prop firm with a K-1, how do I take my carryover loss to reduce my K-1 gain? How should I do that in my 1040?

Do you have DDE link?

Of course. Because the china stock market is not as mature as US market, there are a lot of manipulation. Look at US markets. A decade ago, it was rare to have djia to move more than 100 points. Now, it happens every week. (I didn't look at the statistics, this is just my impression.)

I didn't mean it won't fall. My argument #2 actually indicates the bumpy road ahead for the china market. Smart US investors want the china market volatile. When the market is too high and they see too risky for them, they will try all means to create a serious correction for them to have a...

They never want that, but it did happen in the past. The market is ok imo. There are several reasons for that: 1. currency speculation. Suppose you buy the stock at USD 1 now (around 8 yen now), if the yen goes up 10% next year, US investors will get a 10% return even the stock doesn't...

If they have the growth rate of over 50% to 100%, P/E is not high at all. All China stocks are growth stocks. You can't look at P/E. Do you know their PEG?

Don, It is a good idea. I think you and Mav should talk about credit, debit charge, haircut, and leverage for both stocks and options. Use examples of pair trading, and option spreads to illustrate the points. When you use an example, please break down the credit we will receive, the...

Domestic, Why do you think jbo advantage looks better now? Though I think there are still some advantages with jbo, jbo doesn't look as attractive as in the past with the introduction of pm.