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Thanks to both of you. I will investigate each of them

Thank you for a useful article. From this can be inferred that lightly traded ETF (especially the inverse) like SMN (Pro Ultrashort on Basic Materials) will be priced accurately during our day despite having low volume? It would be great if you can point to a source of information where we can...

There are no options that indicate trader/investor. It is the status of employment or retired or student

Thank you for hte input. I will check the posts.

thank you for the inputs.I will indicate retired then

Are there any open source options back testing software available for the US market? I could find https://github.com/michaelchu/optopsy but it seems to be pretty buggy at this stage. I was looking for something which will give me a platform to develop more complex strategies and perhaps I can...

I have had to quit my job due to disability. I have had a more than 10 year relationship with Ameritrade but for most of the time I have had only $ 40,000 in the account. A substantial part of my savings were with a different broker. When I'm filling out the application for margin trading, it...

Thank You. I should have mentioned that I was hoping to use this in a programmable strategy. I am not aware of any simple way to determine trend lines in a Python program. In any case, the trend lines are subjective. But perhaps if there is a way to get a best fit (linear regression has not been...

Hello members What is a recommended way to check for short-term trends in approximately five days or 1 week? The usual indicators of ADX, Aroon et cetera required 14 day period. If I adjust them to use lesser time frame, then the reliability seems to reduce quite a bit. For example, ADX seems...

I have a generic question which I'm sure has been answered in some form on this forum or in perhaps books on the topic. However, I have not been able to find that so posting it here. If you have got a strategy that is bringing in positive returns from a 20 stock portfolio over the last 10...

Well I just registered on this forum but I have quite a bit of experience in this so I'm venturing forth to put my views. manonfire, volente and nooby_mcnoob all have valid points. It will depend on your state of domicile, how long you are married, whether she works or not and how much do you...