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All markets can feel like a scam at times. As far as i am concerned the real scam is the stockmarket. FX can be a scam if you try to compte against your market maker. FX can seem illogical because there are so many factors at work. When you strat doesn'twork (assuming you have several ) just...

Anyone is having problems with their "upgraded" platform ? Another case of aholes running development I am afraid....

Sorry but the rules make sense. In a stock account, leverage is limited to 2:1 overnight, 4:1 intraday. That applies to ETF's, it only makes sense that regulators require 100% margin for those ETF's , otherwise you have a situation such as zdreg likes to exploit where you can have 12:1 leverage...

Bigpig, if you don't trade too frequently nd have separate data you might want to use the webtrader. Trading with TWS can certainly be a misery depending on which version you use and what orders you most often place. Just logging in is a job. Things change and not for the better. These pop...

OK , but is this new ? Is that part of the agreement on qualified intermediaries ? How come I never heard of this ? I still think it's very difficult to implement and as a trader, itshould not affect you, you trade futures, only margin would be subject to the tax and even with other...

well then Goldman's super computer is out of business, they won't allow that !

I think it's as I said "non resident alien" is a person spending time in the US as a non resident , obviously such person must pay taxes for their US based income and that extends to the stock of company they may own. But that does not apply to everyone living outside the US. EDIT : I found...

This can't possibly be ! Imagine the consequences, no foreigner would want to hold US assets, such a law would not make sense anyway, besides my guess is it would be very difficult to implement. The original link talks about "non resident alien" I believe this describes foreigners spending...

so what's the big deal ? You mean you need to trade those leverage ETF's on margin ? !!:confused: Don't you have enough leverage with 2 or 3 times , you need to buy them on 50% margin ? If that's what you want to do , you are better off trading eminis probably.

how do they destroy liquidity ?

I would bet that for most users, improvements have brought very little. Trading hasn't changed since 2005 or 2001 . You still do the same things whether it's placing multiple orders, spreads, entering stops etc. No need to overcomplicate. TWS is simply too complicated to use now, (go watch...

nothing wrong with the programmers? You gotta be kidding ! IB doesn't need any additional programmer for TWS, what it needs is zero programmer because programmers have proved to do nothing but mess up with your trading and generate a net cost to everybody including IB. IB only needs to use...

Why don't you call the genius developers to tell them a big *** you ! I hear IB recruits on the basis of IQ but these guys are the biggest idiots, stupid dumb straight-out- of college kids who know nothing about real life trading obviously

Is this related to the new crappy platform ? I have only had problems since they upgraded.

I think Google will continue to be a powerhouse but I believe that one day they will come under scrutiny from regulators and that really bad stuff will come out and the stock will take a huge hit or the company will be a shadow of what it is today. I suspect Google ad program may be just a...

Stupid people go to Dubai . wtf would you want to do there ! Fucking floating island , this place exudes bad taste .

Succesful people underestimate the luck factor, unsuccessful people tend to do the opposite . But luck in general is more important than you think. Even in trading .

Would you keep a substantial amount of your net worth in a Citibank CD, offered by a foreign subsidiary, Citibank in the Netherlands for example ? I heard Citi is or was de facto bankrupt, what happens if housing keeps going down and CMBS go the subprime way, and same for creditcards and...

LOL There is another theory that can be verified if you spent any amount of time on a dating website : people who advertise themselves as "very good looking" usually aren't that good looking !

I was wondering if there were any evidence or legal cases that would confirm the theory that there are bias based on looks in the workplace, with positive discrimination for good looking women and negative discrimination for (very) good looking men. There are several studies showing attractive...