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Not quite a newbie trader. I should have said "before placing my first trade as a full time trader and with the professional trader mentalilty". I am around the break even to ~$100 a day level.

Before I place my first trade, I would like to have my tax situation settled. Two choices I know of : Form a llc or S corp and trade under it, or get the mark-to-market status. What's the best and quickest way to achieve this status? Do I need the Series 7 license in order to obtain the...

Thank you all. That's plenty of data for me to digest for a while. My plan is to port the historical data to Mysql, than access the database from Matlab for some fun analysis. My next tough project will be to connect to IB and download realtime data into MySQL, then do a quasi realtime...

Hi, Where can I download the complete list of Nasdaq and NYSE listed companies? CSV format would be preferable, I will be able to manage other formats (binary, ascii,..etc.). Please PM me if it can't be publicly disclosed. Thank you. -harry

Orion Financial, LLC is in Wayne, PA. Not too far off Philly. But I don't know how good they are. Any comments are welcome. I am also looking for a beginner friendly trading firm in or around Philly. Thanks.