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Do you get SIPC protection with MB ?

I have been trading FX for a few years with satisfactory results (if I don't take into account the time spent on this) . I use leverage up to 1:10 , generally 1:2, 1:3. My goal is to make 30 % p.a. over the long term or more (more of course is always better). I checked out the perfomance of...

if EUR/CHF futures aren' t very liquid , I would not touch it in this pair, although you are on the long side ...

IB rollover charges can be a ripoff, last time I checked OANDA had better interest rates. btw I didn't know you could trade forwards on CME :confused:

Sorry , what are those patches you mention ? I thought there was no longer any support for QT ?

Is QT still working with IB ?

you are giving back what you win . I try to never give back the bulk of the gains I made. A few losses and I play defense. I also play defense after an exceptional winning streak. 25 K is stretching it with commodity futures, too much leverage. You have no room for error when you start, only a...

New traders don't feed older traders, IMO this is one of the myth commonly told among traders at leats on ET, its B.S., in fact new traders are bad . The more traders there are the faster the opportunities get arbitraged away. What you want is a market with few competitors in your niche.

AFAIK Altucher traded very succesfuly a few years ago (back in the dotcom era and early 2000's I think) and managed money for Niederhoffer. When he published some of the strategies he used or knew were used by others , Niederhoffer called him a clown . Altucher seems legit to me , of course he...

FX makes no sense these days, I don't even look at news and wasn't looking for a move on CPI as this has recently been a nion event. Afterwards I read CPI was at 10 month high , so dollar should have risen logically , yet the dollar got smacked as if major dollar negative news was out. So...

well with the Gingrinch talking about a new gold standard to take votes from Ron Paul, there has been plenty of talk of what it would be like . I read it would not send gold prices higher and is just undoable. One thing is sure, gold bugs like B.S as much as gold so do you want to trust their...

Really ? Isn't the assumption of good value based on the hypothesis that there is no double dip ? In 2007, the market was fairly valued as well. The question asked is relevant. IMO the market is propped up in part by intraday activity of HFT's, then hedge funds who play the musical chair game...

Ok I was wondering why the market was not reacting to a CDS trigger, why is it only on 3 bil and priced in ?

Probably a PR exercice from the club's management. The girls aren't that beautiful btw, just average saturday night dancefloor queens. Personally I think there is nothing more distasteful than those public display of extravagant spending .

Wrong wrong, wrong . Yes today it looks like this is the way things are going to be. First of a lot of folks from pre-facebook generations will NEVER have an account. Secondly when all the young people will have an account, FB will stop being cool. FB could really become unfashionable one day...

I think there is a big misunderstanding about hedge fund investing. It's something obvious to traders but not to academics , portfolio managers etc. It's self evident , all hedge funds are not created equal, And the question of whether investing in hedge funds as a group adds value is the...

Where did you read it was his personal account ? I read he ended up with that , with his money management business. I don't think you can get there with trend following on a personal account. Trend following just doesn't provide the returns needed for that.

is this a youtube link ?

Also what 's very symptomatic is that everybody loves Apple. Look for crashes elsewhere ? When everything will crash , Apple will too.

contango is a term that applies to commodities not financials. interest rate expectations will determine the shape of the curve for the different expiries, it's not a commodity product, so no contango.