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Thank you for explaining how derivatives are taxed in the US. As goes for my example I am of course aware of the progression. Using the link I provided above on USD 500.000 yields a total tax of USD 194,292 / 500.000 = 38.9%. According to the link this will increase to USD 197,158 under the...

Sorry, I do not know what the 60/40 treatment is. My point of reference is a short-term trader trading long/short equities with an annual profit around USD 500.000. It is my understanding that short-term trading is taxed as ordinary income in the US. According to this calculator for NY that...

In Sweden you can only take advantage of the "investeringssparekonto" (ISK) through banks/brokers offering specific ISK accounts. In the Dutch version with 1.2% taxation, can you choose any broker - e.g. Interactive Brokers - or are you only allowed to pursue the "box 3" taxation scheme...

Just to correct myself, any bank can offer ISK accounts in Sweden. But only few foreign banks/brokers offer ISKs.

See my answer above.

I contacted the Swedish tax authorities this year. They confirmed that Sweden – as opposed to any other country I have explored – does not tax trading income as business income but exclusively as capital gains irrespective of frequency of trading, volume, education, prior or current profession...

What happens at 8 am ET that makes the 8:00 - 9:30 time period normal versus 4:00 - 8:00? Does something technically differ between the two time periods or is it just the fact that volume is higher during the last 1.5 hours? I can see that Interactive Brokers allows trading from 4 am whereas...

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I thought we should make a complete list of successful short sellers making public announcements when they go short. Muddy Waters Citron Research Who else?

www.nyse.com/publicdocs/nyse/markets/nyse/NYSE_Opening_and_Closing_Auctions_Fact_Sheet.pdf

Thank you for your answer. You cannot trade premarket og after hours. However, you can trade the auctions. The reason I ask is that I saw a post here on ET a while back with the problem that some CFD auction orders wasn't filled. I just wanted to check wether that is a common problem. But since...

Have you tried trading trading CFDs on opening and/or closing auctions?

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Never underestimate the value of spending your money while you can still control when and how you break wind.

Based on your experience trading CFDs, which broker offers CFDs on the largest number of US stocks?

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That is correct. However, you also run that risk buying the underlying bonds due to the risk of default.

Base rate probabilities. If you spend 25 years actively trading, it can be not only a viable job but extraordinarily lucrative. If you spend 25 years working with IT, in all likelihood working with IT will be much more profitable than active trading and with certainty carry significantly less...

It is my understanding that the "UK-resident but not UK-domiciled" tax provisions for a highly active trader trading large volumes require a corporate set up, since a person's trading income is not considered foreign income?

I am aware of corporate set ups (somewhat complex) that achieve a lower effective tax rate in Malta. I know that the Malta set up uses an offshore corporate structure which has been cleared by the tax authorities in Malta. Maybe the same set up is being used in the UK? When the tax object is a...