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In my experience the best platform for trade confirmations and immediacy is IB TWS (Classic view). TD's TOS is cluttered and confusing.

Why not buy and hold a broker? Government regulators, that's why.

Wipe your mouse twice a day. You'll be fine.

In my opinion, you're putting too much trust in any broker, expecting to get filled on a contingent opening order on a triple ETF, when the market gaps down sharply. Appreciate that the market, and the broker, needs to first log the price of your contingent instrument, before it then gets to...

Without knowing your age or your financial situation, it is impossible to advise. But don't beat yourself up too much. You took your shot, and your losses, unlike many others, were not devastating. If you continue trading, the next few years are likely to look like the last year, until (if)...

For perspective, in the U.S. last year 80 thousand people died of the flu, with 7 million infections.

Interesting. Are there any categories of systems, instruments, markets, advisers, etc., that you've seen that are more likely than others to fail after presenting successful backtests?

Where is price now in relation to where it was X bars ago. And is this data set over time likely to be predictive of where price may be X bars into the future, for a particular instrument? Yes, keep it simple.

The term "ETF" covers an extremely broad range of instruments, and each category of ETFs exhibits different characteristics. So you should first try to define the ETFs that interest you (high or low volatility, indexes, commodities, income, etc. etc. ) then begin to look at how you might go...

Historically, a military conflict will always give a bump to a president's polls. Next up from Trump, guaranteed: "How can you impeach me when we're in the middle of a war in the middle east? I'm trying to protect American lives." For exciting weekend reading, see: Korean War, Vietnam War...

Level of experience, capital, knowledge of risk control, etc. etc.

VIX futures are a poor trading instrument. Wide spreads, thinly traded, and very dangerous in the wrong hands. You cannot rely on stops on any VIX products in a black swan event. Risk control in every scenario must always be top of mind in looking at any market or strategy. This is not a...

Read our history in the area back to the sixties. In all ways, and at all times, we have been the assholes in this saga. The Iranians have every reason to hate America. We created the monster.

Of course no intention to take any attention away from impeachment. Time for generation Z to march off to war. They have not had theirs yet.

Yes, the elephant in the room that fund managers pretend is not there.

Do yourself a favor and move on. Come back to VIX instruments after you have 10 years of experience in the markets, and even then tread lightly. You'll thank me later.

Yes, what should prevent you from shorting the VIX ETPs is...sanity. There are a few trading instruments that can clean your account, and in some instances your net worth, and these are a few of them. There are better ways to trade volatility. Good luck.

Massive amounts of capital looking for a place to call home, that's what. You want to bet against that based on a hunch? Good luck.

Strong volume and tight spreads. Good volatility, lots of life. Profits with growth. A solid pe.

Twenty years ago I was in precisely your position, with precisely the same questions, and at precisely the same market levels near all time highs. I asked an experienced options broker if it would be a good idea for me to sell puts. No, he replied. Because shit happens. I didn't listen...