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ummm...AFAIK this is irrelevant b/c you're talking about an index. the beta of itself is useless. unless i'm missing something...

there's the mini ng contract which is only 1/4 the size of the big one. http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/energy/natural-gas/emini-natural-gas_contract_specifications.html if you don't want to trade futures for the love of God don't trade ung b/c of the contango issue. beneficiaries...

as ari gold from entourage would say "boom...done" http://www.finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=111&f=sh_avgvol_o1000

http://www.greencompany.com/HedgeFunds/HedgeFundIncubatorFunds.shtml

you might want to check out mint.com which aggregates accounts from various fin institutions.

both sound good.

i'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're joking. it wouldn't surprise me at all to see a brief spike up as the dumb money buys in then a huge reversal then the media shows all these pics of people crying b/c they "couldn't lose b/c the gubmit told them the market was...

my own $0.02 usd is that quants/hft's/algo's/ufo's/whatever doesn't matter at all once you get past the micro scalping phase. sector rotation is a multiweek strategy which by definition is not hft. you could trade this using closing prices only for crying out loud. anyways don't mean to...

ofthomas makes a great point re the cost of exchange/regulatory fees. this is unavoidable and the only way to reduce them is to lease/buy a seat which i would caution against b/c this subjects you to SE taxes which can rapidly eat up any savings. re the question from above, if you're paying...

doublet83 - have you thought about an incubator fund to be used until you're ready to go? also, pm me if you have any questions re the cfa.

+1. IMHO there's no watch to capture the weekend effect b/c as another poster said someone would have thought of that b/c by definition it would be free money all else being equal (e.g. just sell a ridiculous amount of premium friday afternoon then go to the bank monday. re the question...

if you do more than 1,000 cars then the rate drops down to 0.49 usd much the same rate as deep discount trading. however you're still paying a higher rate on the first 1,000 cars. still it's cheaper than ib even using ib's tiered pricing...

stay away from tza or any double/triple/quadruple, sextuple, etc for anything other than daytrading (and even then you should just trade futures) b/c of the negative compounding effect on price (just goog it). spreads are tempting b/c they reduce the cost but they also reduce return and are...

ofthomas is right re getting the platform that's best for you. there's no best platform for everyone. for example, scalpers pretty much need 3 things in life - food, water and xtrader. if your timeframe is anything above scalping the cost/requirements/data feed go down a lot. for those...

it's all lt cap gains now so that's good. the "caveman" answer is really simple - just put on a collar and be done w/ it.

the vol is leaked out during the day on friday and most of it is gone by early afternoon (12 - 1 pm est). if you're long a call/put and it's past noon on fri don't sell b/c you're trying to beat the weekend.

just follow the price. for example, in the middle of this past week price rose b/c of the expected winter storm/cold temps then it gave back all the gains and more - that is a sign the market wants to go lower when it reverses on bullish news.

a product moving exchanges doesn't happen that often. tf moved from cme to ice in june 2007. when a product moves volume can dramatically drop off - esp if there are extra data feed fees to pay now and/or the other exchange starts a huge marketing push for their own comparable product although...

yes - tf is mini russell 2000. ice is the exchange tf is traded on like cme is exchange es is traded on. call tda and ask them if you can trade it - you should be able to.

ibrainch is right w/ advantage being another reputable shop that focuses on futures day traders - low rates (def one of the lowest in the industry), financial strength, no prop trading nonsense, infrastructure, etc. also re ddt, for each platform not only is there a fee (like $60 per month...