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http://locatestock.com/Home.aspx Your prime broker has to allow third party locates. They charge a premium for a day trader to receive this locate. They charge a much higher fee for over night borrows. In most cases, this is the only way traders can short these stocks. It is a business...

Tradestation is programable to scan for such conditions. You will have to learn to program to their charting program.

Have the platform running on you home PC. For about '$20/month you can use a citrix program called gotomypc. On anyone's browser, you can sign in, see your desk top, trade from anywhere you can get a stable Internet connection. You will have the added bonus of always having access to you...

Most option exchanges charge brokers for net cancellations generated from their firm, if the cancellations reach over a certain level per month. Because IB does not want to pay the fees themselves or decide which clients are creating the excess cancellations, they charge everyone. The fees...

If you check out the website for the company that runs the etf or call them, you can see past data. I don't think any of them will project dividend for you. I've heard that Bloomberg has an accurate up to date "estimate."

It sounds like your not a trader, just an investor looking for better returns. I think you should consider finding a good money manager that will manage your funds professionally. If you'd like to contact me directly and tell me a little more about you, I'll try to help you. I think if you do...

The cheapest place for end of day data is TOS by TD Ameritrade. If you open an account it's free. When you bring up the program, there is a tab for "Analyze." Under that, click on "thinkback". You can go back to the date you need and only receive end of day quotes for basic back testing.

I'm not going to comment on your current trading. If your strategy is working for you, I'd look to do the same with other asset classes. Do a little back testing to see how to adjust your strategy, then start very small with real trading and go through your learning curve. Good luck,

No. Only holder of record of the equity get the dividend. However, dividends go into the evaluation of the option as an asset class, because the inverse of your position includes div. flows. So, options price will adj. after x-div dates and include their value before.

Sounds like to have the assets and experience to open you own Customer Portfolio Margin Account. I can help. We are Introducing Brokers to Merrill Lynch Professional and Penson Financial and provide a variety of solutions for Hedge Funds, Trading Groups and Active Traders. Send me an e-mail...

Describe your current strategy with equities and options, either here or in a PM to me. You always want to look for some kind of edge. You'll want to build on what you do best. Avoid trading a new asset class just because it's there.

An option market maker would look to buy/sell at prices they feel have "edge" and would hedge the bulk of those trades with stock or other options. If that happened quickly before a hedge in the example above, the trader would lose money. Where and how we hedge and then unwind, determines if the...

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Is this a reg-t or portfolio margin? Are they charging you interest for the position or just representing your current buying power after the trade? Maybe DEF, the IB rep in ET can help.

Each prop firm offers more than just rates. Same for introducing brokers. The end results are clearance and execution. Why does everyone feel that each BD can offer many levels of service at different locations across the country, with different technology, different levels of capital, and do it...

Why don't you just call technical support and ask: http://www.sterlingtrader.com/ 312.346.9600 x290

I find it interesting that many traders here believe their execution quality is based on the broker dealer. All your electronic orders are either directed to an exchange or smart routed. Almost all the smart route orders are sent to an exchange or market maker that pays for order flow. Either...

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