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I lived in NH for about 20 years and it was(and is ) great. No state income tax AND no states sales tax. Of course, Property taxes are somewhat higher but you that can be mitigated by not buying the most expensive place on the block. Good communications infrastructure. If you are live in the...

Baron, If you are counting U.K. traders- here is another one ! Best part of trading U.S. from here is that you can "lie in" till about noon and still not miss trading the open :-) Until we get our own forum, we can always clutter up the other forums with our threads and/or posts :-)...

You said " just hate having to keep all that cash over there in rapidly diminishing dollars.. oh well " I believe IB has futures trading - - just short a few USD contracts on the currency market and you can hedge(or even gain) on the dollar risks :-) Just an idea

Here's another U.K. trader- I agree it's tough trading the US mrkts around tea/dinner time but I just setup the laptop w/ ticker next to the hob and chopping board and keep trading :-)

Don't use it, personally- never liked the stuff anyhow. I suppose that is part of my risk control philosophy. (of course, I have to have a margin account just so I can short :-) ) but otherwise try to avoid it (in trading and everything)

A few posts back you referred to a profitable setup called a Phoenix setup- might you elaborate a little bit on this- just a cursory explanation will do.

Just doing some thinking - The DJ30 has gained 15% from its recent low in just about 3(three) weeks time. To some, this indicates that earnings, earnings growth and overall business conditions will be improving looking out over the near term - However The interest rate on a 10 year note is...

just simply curious - why can't you use IB anymore? ? ? I was thinking about switching to them.

I think I will wait till next week when I can buy them cheaper. .OR next month, when I can buy them even cheaper. . OR next quarter, when I can buy them even cheaper than that . . OR etc., etc. At least as far as I can tell- the trend still seems down to me.

Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems some of you guys might trade the same security several times in the SAME day("People will a hold a stock for 30 seconds if they can make a profit"). Anyhow, my questions is this- I believe the IRS defines a wash sale as selling a security and then...

Often times the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming freight train . . . . . . .

Hitman, I have read and followed this saga with interest- especially everyone's helpful hints. All that I can add is the following: Through very much painful trial and error, I learned that I did not want to be with anyone who did not REALLY want to be with me- at the end of the day, it is...

I am a home based trader looking to join/or form a trading group to discuss markets, trading, charts, etc., etc. Is there anybody out there? bucket-trader

I am curious- how many stocks might be in your "trading basket" and what sort of method do you use to select? bucket-trader