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A good way to stay clear of malware is to have a seperate PC just for trading. No email on it, and no surfing. Also, consider building your own PC, it's 10 times easier than you think, basically plugging the blue lead into the red hole etc, no need to be a real nerd. Loads of youtube build...

Cable is the nickname of GBP-USD. As I said, EVERY day is a good day to scalp Cable. And scalping to me means average 5-20 tick profits and 5-10 tick losses.

IB, it's hard to find a better global broker.

Seq, if you do start to take control of your own Bitcoin and move them to your own hard wallet then please take your time to understand how things work. It's both very easy to lose Bitcoin as it is to not lose them when dealing with the tech, sending/receiving etc. So at the beginning use tiny...

If you choose the right market, like Cable, there are NO bad days to scalp. EVERY day offers 5-10 excellent trades.

1. Yes. But understand that if you're in it for the long term, it's painful to hold. As you know, 80% retracements are the norm so get mentally ready for them. Long term by the way is 5-10 years. 2. I don't think futures are the way to go when looking to own Bitcoin. A better way is to buy...

Nah, Twitter doesn't work like that for those sorts of people because a) they'll tell everyone they covered around the top, and b) then shorted the dump...

I don't think you're going to find what you're looking for, ie a good stock that you can buy on the open, go to work, come back and sell at a profit. People spend 12+ hours a day looking for the above and most of the time cannot find that one stock every day that's going to make them the easy...

All the better for shorting then. But then I don't see how regulation has anything to do with how options are priced, unless it's to do with margin. Even then, options need shorts otherwise longs cannot buy so there can't be a market.

Selling Puts is actually a phenomenal strategy to use, at the right time of course. Every 5-10 years the market gets so battered, and put premiums get so high, it's almost a given to make money. The trick however is, you must WANT that stock, and be fully prepared to pay for it, if the market...

Yep, many ways to skin the cat. Some always cover at 10%, ie if sold for 100, cover at 10.

Your best bet is to take a demo of the software and work with it. Basically I have 3 different versions of the program open at the same time, each with 3 different feeds (I pay one price for the software, not 3). It works great. Each running version has its own set of charts all powered by a...

Ensign about $40-$50 a month, can't remember as I buy a discounted 2 year sub which I think makes it about $25 a month. I find Ensign charts look better on my screen. It's also far lighter on the features than Sierra which is fine for my needs. Sierra is cheaper, maybe $30 a month but it...

Bid-offer spreads on IB are excellent, I really don't think they can be beat. For example, LMAX make a big song and dance about how good their product is but I've been closley watching the bid-offers on both over the last several months and I'd say on average Cable with IB has been about 1/2...

True, and this is fine for larger traders. Bid-offer spreads on those futures make them less attractive than spot for shorter term trades. For longer term trades they may well be cheaper due to the overnight financing costs. And of course I'm always teasing about the Land of the Free. I'm a fan...

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think people in the Land of the Free are free to trade CFDs either.

Rule number 1 in trading. Make sure you understand when a market opens and when it closes BEFORE you even think about trading. As for getting confused when the market closes. If you take the time to find out when it closes you a) won't be confused, and b) will know how long you've got before...

Only in the Land of the Free do you need $10m with IB. In all the other countires, you're free to open an account with a small amount of cash and trade Spot FX.

The OP is asking too many questions when the simple answer is right above - Use IB for > $25k and IC for below. Both are excellent brokers but IB is simply the best. No more research is needed. However, IB carries a minimum commission which kicks in under about $75k of size. So if doing...

A far better strategy is to tighten your stop because chances are where you bought, others did as well (if your strategy is solid). Therefore, you know, and the boys know, where all those unchanged stops are. Assume you bought the Dow at 26,800. Initial stop at 26,700. Market moves up to...