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I'm just guessing, but since the product's been around for about four years, maybe they've captured most of the big budget trade desks that have a need for a product like this. Knowing they can't sell it to retail/smaller independent traders for $300 to $500/mo, and not wanting to cut the price...

FerryCorsten, Thanks for the reminder - on another thread - to check out LiveVolX. I had forgotten about LiveVol's combined brokerage and software analysis option. So, after seven months do you still think LVX is phenomenal? I've looked at the site, the screenshots and downloaded a demo of...

On a related note, Scottrade has been fine for long-term investing but for any options activity outside of buying a P or C or a covered write, you have to move to their "Options First" platform. That's more paperwork, no promise of lower commissions (the rep said I would have to call my local...

I have an IRA I'm moving from Scottrade to somewhere else. In addition to Scottrade, I currently have personal equity accounts at Interactive Brokers and OptionsXpress. I've got enough money at IB for now and I'm not crazy about OX, so I thought I'd look for a new broker for the Scottrade money...

I think what you're referring to is an operating loan. Loans of this type may be relatively short term in nature (less than a year) because you're lending money for farm inputs and receiving payment at or after harvest when the crop is sold. Here are some rates to give you and idea about...

If the poster is asking about lending money to farmers to buy land rather than buying the land himself, I don't know if there would be much demand for investor > farmer loans. In addition the headwinds of record farm income and record low interest rates, you'd be competing against...

I'm trying to remember the name of the trading 'strategy' where someone puts on a position so large that if it goes wrong they have no ability to cover it. I've seen it mentioned a time or two in print and I think it's something like 'Acapulco Trade' but I can't get a hit in Google. The name...

I wonder if Seeking Alpha had a troll/stupid arguing/spam problem before they got big enough to have what I assume is paid moderation? I'm guessing by now they've cleaned the clock of non-moderated sites that used to be really popular - sites like Yahoo Finance message boards. I haven't been...

Look up ex-convict Marion Barry of Washington DC. Twenty years after the crack pipe and prison he's still getting elected.

FWIW, the two authors of the 12-year old book that Old Nemesis referenced are not academics. It looks like one was a CTA and an educator/advisor/consultant and one was a broker...

If you insist on going this route, you could look up the threads by "Old Nemesis" including one titled "Conservative Option Trades." I think a lot of what he does is credit spreads but on single names, not the indices. Even though he and the departed "Put Master" seemed to approach things...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Fletcher Profiled in "Stock Market Wizards" circa 2000. The Wiki article does not have much info on the the recent history of his firm. It's bankrupt and he's being sued by a couple of pension funds in Louisiana for "guaranteeing" (and not delivering)...

West Palm Beach, Florida. What a surprise. ----------------------------------------------- From LinkedIN: Michael Rich MOJO Day Trading West Palm Beach, Florida Area Financial Services Current: MOJO Day Trading Previous: Petplace.com, eDirect.com Education: University of South...

I don't think we want to conquer it or make it the 51st state. Look at Puerto Rico: They've had who knows how many hundreds of millions (billions?) in pharma-related tax subsidies and other federal largesse and they're still quite poor, corrupt and a capital of disability fraud. What makes you...

For the IB numbers in my table, I used: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=commission&p=futures1#fixed (make sure you are on the FUTURES and FOPS tab and see COST PLUS FIXED COMMISSIONS - this is where you get the 85 cents per side) For the exchange fees, use the same link...

GMST - Thanks for catching that.

True, but I wonder if people like Robbins also appeal to adherents of prosperity theology/prosperity gospel. Setting aside the TV preachers who promise riches if you'll just donate way more than you can afford, there's a subset of Christian churches with a strong message of you DESERVE to be...

As an FYI, here are IB's commissions and fees per side for the products I trade (futures and futures options are the same price). ES would be $2.84 RT compared with AMP's $3.52. These prices assume everything is done electronically. If you choose to route to the pit (where available) the...

There's nothing wrong with internet introductions. The funny part is when someone refers to this as "dating" and then "we're getting serious" and the two parties have never met. Buy a plane ticket.

On a somewhat related note, there was a story in the paper yesterday about Thunderbird (the grad school, not the fine wine). They're really hurting and have partnered with a for-profit institution; alumni fear their degrees will now be devalued...