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This issue needs to be clarified... All I know is that increasing margin under duress can't be good for those markets. Maybe this will be withdrawn before Sunday open...or won't affect most markets...needs clarification.

CME has just notified all that Initial/Maintenance ratio now equals 1.0. This strikes me as a significant change to say the least. Margin calls anyone? http://www.cmegroup.com/tools-information/lookups/advisories/clearing/files/Chadv11-399.pdf...

I've looked into a few plans and every one of them only allows one transaction in a year. I'd like to have the flexibility of being able to shift in and out of the funds anytime during a year and a few times a year. Any 529 state plans like that?

I did indeed have to hedge around many of my ES puts as they were ITM with the market tanking. As I traded around it, I kept it small in size. I was able to call several of the moves up and down. When the profits increased, I finally let all the hedges go at the bottom. I was willing...

On a day like today... 15 years ago, I would have been completely wiped out. 10 years ago, I would have given up months if not years worth of gains. 5 years ago, I would have eked out a small relative gain. Today, I finally get something right... Now, please tell me where I...

Here we are at SP 1270 and 7% off the highs. Who are buying all these equity puts? the PCR is through the roof here. Several sentiment gauges are pointing to a high probability gain about 6 months out. If that's the case, then that would mean we are around the lows for the entire year...

How can you tell if a system is profitable in the long run if it is being tweaked so often? ie. You may have had a very profitable system in the long run but tweaked it because of a losing week that made it appear unfavorable.

I haven't tracked actual bullion spot prices vs futures. How did they correlate over the past year? Did the futures have a premium over bullion spot prices or vice versa? By how much?

Picking a bottom can be just as difficult as picking a top. A lot of other factors at play here, not just margin requirements. The dollar rallied today. The drop in the stock market depletes account equity as well. As we get closer to May (26th) delivery, silver should firm and demand...

Some huge offers coming across around 41.80, similar to the huge bids that were taking place at 49.6 in the middle of the night. Looks like heavy liquidation at these levels.

"There is no Holy Grail- but this is close..." http://gibbonstrading.com/trading.htm

If SI goes negative, that would be one ugly candlestick. If long, I'd notice that much of the pressure the last few days was a result of options expiration coming up tomorrow. I'd also keep one eye on the Fed meeting. It could shift money flow. Spoke too soon...SI just went negative, but...

Huge bids up there at 49.6+ after that gigantic spike has "give up" written all over it. This spike has to have taken out a lot of the remaining shorts. Then again who knows. All the silver bulls say that this has been held down for too long by manipulation and that silver should be a...

What are the cons or limitations of using Interactive Brokers that you are wanting to switch?

Campaigning - Let the public think you are on their side and against high oil prices. Point the finger at evil speculators and traders. Everyone loves a common enemy. It helps brings everyone together when you are the "leader" and when it's time for re-election. Genius - Wasted tax dollars...

If you are referring to the account in which one trades futures, it is a margin account. You cannot trade futures in a cash account. If you are talking about the margin amount required to go long/short a futures contract, then that amount is a good faith deposit or performance bond. I'm...

"I know that futures in cash accounts do not get intraday margins. " "There are only cash accunts..." Where are you folks getting this information? Trading in futures may only be done in a margin account. This is Futures 101.

Does anyone use TWS on the Mac? Is the TWS for the Mac identical to the Windows version? Are the system settings from a Windows TWS that are stored on the IB server also able to be loaded onto the Mac TWS?

Those charts and statistics do not prove causation, and that QE2 "worked." If only we could do controlled experiments in Econ as we do in drug tests, for example. My son grew 3 inches since the start of QE2. I guess I can thank Bernanke for that, too. Obama says he saved how many...

Anyone know if the XOOM can run the web app (java) version of IB's TWS?