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Anyone know what firm i can get $500,or somewhere around there,daytrading margin requirement for the ES and NQ?

What do you mean exactly?

To anyone who is daytrading ES and NQ,how difficult is it to consistently make at least 2 ES points a day($100 total profit/contract)?Also,what are the daytrading margin requirements for ES and NQ?

So if buy a stock one day before the ex-dividend date and sell it on the ex-dividend date,what rate do i pay on the dividends?

Can anyone recommend a few good online firms that offer low commissions,good charting package,and fast executions for trading ES and NQ?

If anyone has read the above article,does the moving average crossover strategy mentioned in it actually work?

I'm thinking of making the switch to index futures(ES and NQ) from stocks for daytrading purposes.I thought of a few reasons why they would be more advantageous.If i forget anything,please add. 1)60/40 tax treatment of gains 2)no pattern daytrader rule 3)no short sale rule 4)more trading...

It looks like for this year that 50% of the dividends received will be tax free;and from 2004-2006,all of it will be tax free.Does anyone know for this year what the maximum tax rate will be on 50% of the dividends?

Can anyone recommend a few prop futures firms around the NYC/NJ area?

Anyone have an opinion on CKCM as a potential long play?They will pay $2.50 a share on June 4 to shareholders of record on May 20.Stock closed today at $3.92.

Do these mispricings of convertible securities happen often?Is this something an individual investor can partake in profitably?

I see this term quite often when it comes to certain styles that hedge funds use.What is this exactly and is it profitable?

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What about a strategy of just buying high paying dividend stocks and writing out of the money calls on the stock every 2-3 months.Is it a viable strategy if you're targeting 40-50% returns a year?

I would have sold the GE June 30 calls for .90.

How do you figure 10.6%?...if the stock gets called away,you are selling it for 27.50 plus the 3.10 premium.So your total proceeds for tax purposes are 30.60.You paid 29.19 for the stock. 30.60-29.19=1.41 1.41/29.19=4.83% return,not 10.6%.

Has anyone had good experiences with buying on the day before the ex-dividend date and selling on the ex-dividend date where the stock barely drops or even opens higher?

Anyone at a prop firm that issues K-1's can answer this...you deposit $10,000 with a prop firm to open an account;you earn $100,000 in stock dividends during the year and you have $100,00 in capital losses from trading.At the end of the year,your balance is right where you started at $10,000.My...

Anyone with a prop firm that issues k-1's can answer this...would the above situation be treated differently,namely,would the $100,000 in dividends be offset fully with the $100,000 in losses?Also,does the $3000 capital loss deduction limit apply to prop firms?

So if you have $100,000 in dividends for the year and $100,000 in capital losses,is it true that you only get to deduct $3000 of that $100,000 loss,but still have to pay taxes on the $100,000 in dividends?