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    IB TWS's forced upgrade (deadline 20061222)

    The build 863 is less than 2 months old. oh boy...IB kills this baby pretty quick. IB says any build before 864 will be "desupported". What do they mean by desupported? Are they saying older version will still be allowed to run but IB will stop tech support for it? or they are saying older...
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    Is this a wash sale: Options with different strike price

    Don, thanks for the link. According to this guide, non-equity options and Index options are marked to market. Equity options are not. Let's consider this scenario: an investor bought GM call contracts and Ford put contracts. Since these two stocks are correlated well, at the year end, GM...
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    Is this a wash sale: Options with different strike price

    If you buy xyz stock's Jan07 $30 call option and sell it at a loss, and then buy same stock's Jan07 $25 call option less than 30 days after, does that count as a wash sale? Their underlying securities are the same.
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    IB's Discretionary orders: adding or removing liquidity?

    Since adding or removing liquidity makes big difference if using IB's unbundled commission structure, I would like to know the following three order types are considered adding or removing liquidity: 1. Discretionary Limit Orders (say you enter a buy limit order with limit price $10 and...
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    ETF options marked-to-market at the end of each tax year?

    Found the answer! So I am going to answer my own question: ETFs options are not considered IRC Section 1256 contracts. So they ARE NOT marked-to-market at the end of each tax year. References: http://options2.registeredrep.com/...
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    ETF options marked-to-market at the end of each tax year?

    I know commodity futures and options are Section 1256 contracts, thats why they are marked-to-market at the end of each tax year. How about ETF options? Are they considered nonequity options? Thanks.
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    January contract expires before January??

    Searched through a lot of sources on this issue, still a little confused about whether it's possible to keep the 1256 contracts out of the MTM election. The following is copied from another elite post...
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    January contract expires before January??

    I have searched on google for "Marked-to-Market", "m2m", mtm"....etc. Now I start to understand it. But it seems that if I didn't elect mtm before April 15th, I don't have a mtm status. so the mtm rule would not apply. Am I right?
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    January contract expires before January??

    Like I said I am new to futures trading. This may be a stupid question: what do you mean by "marked-to-market"?
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    January contract expires before January??

    Is there any way I can close these positions after Jan.1 2007 so I can post my gain for the 2007 tax year? Anyone?
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    January contract expires before January??

    I have long HOF7(January 2007 Heating Oil) positions, and I was always thinking I don't need to close my positions until January 2007, for tax consideration. Now I Just noticed the detail for HOF7(January 2007 Heating Oil) contract: Expiration Date 20061229 First Notice Date 20070102...
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    Correlated futures pairs

    Thanks. How about Hog/Bellies? ...and FeederCattle/LiveCattle? Which instrument has best correlation with Eurodollars?
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    Correlated futures pairs

    Thanks. Is there a correration table for futures? i remember i have seen one for FX.
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    Correlated futures pairs

    Besides the below list, what are the most correlated futures pairs with decent volume and trend? Crude Oil / Natural Gas Soybeans / Soybean Meal Live Cattle / Feeder Cattle Dollar Index / CHF or EUR (negative correlation) S&P500 / NASDAQ100
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    FXDD's 200:1 margin leverage

    New to Forex here. I am looking for a good broker with 200:1 margin leverage. FXDD offers 100:1 leverage on standard accounts and 200:1 leverage on mini accounts. I am thinking: in order to get the 200:1 leverage, one can just open a mini account, and trade 10 times of lots than you would...
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    Get new java to speed up TWS IB

    My font also looks different after upgrade.
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    trading on AMEX

    Is AMEX down right now? I can't close my positions! This really sucks.
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    Short Stocks in IRA MArgin Account?

    no
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    IB disconnection custom sound alert

    It would be a nice TWS new feature.
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    Tradestation/IB

    Try this http://www.traderassistant.net/
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