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So is IB at much cheaper cost.

International brokers will generally not accept accounts from U.S. residents (other than accredited investors) because U.S. regulators prosecute them if they do. There are a few exceptions. Much/most speculative trading on foreign exchanges is actually done by CFD's rather than shares to...

There would be no simple ratio because the deltas of options at different strikes are different. That means that the values of the two strikes would move a different percent when the underlying value changes, destroying any ratio calculation.

I suppose you can put on a synthetic long position (e.g. long call short put) on one exchange and a synthetic short position (e.g. short call long put) on the other. The strikes do not have to be the same.

It is hard to comment further without knowing exactly what A and B are. Maybe you are talking about the same company's stocks traded on different exchanges in different time zones?

IB offers the most products overall, including many foreign stocks, bonds, forex, etc. but is not necessarily the best in certain specialized areas such as commodity options or forex in my opinion. So I think IB is the easy winner using the criterion you list (breadth of coverage), but I...

Without getting into the details or the assumptions (which are not clear to me), but just on the strike availability aspect, you can probably get fills at any strike you want if you put in a limit order at an appropriate price (use a model or adjust from the prior close), even though no bid or...

Incorporate and pay yourself a salary every year. Then you are just another W-2 employee.

I think it is too small scale for papers or TV to be interested. Also they will not be able to understand what this form of proprietary trading is or why you gave these people money in the first place. To them, since no licensed broker was involved, it will sound like a failed investment...

These posts are welcome but should be in an appropriately-named thread, not under "Wheat Curve". Wheat curve refers to the pattern of prices of different futures months relative to one another. Could you post further posts in a new thread titled "Quality of India wheat stocks" or whatever...

$75 to file in Ontario (Canada) Small Claims court. http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/courts/scc/b4aClaim.asp Other add-on fees may bring the total cost up to 2 or 3 times that.

Unless more assets are found, we might get 60% total if that. There is always the hope that more assets will be found. Some accounts might possibly be unclaimed and add to the available total. For example, they might have been really owned by Wasendorf but put under a false name. Also...

I recently got the 30% distribution also. Note you need to submit a separate proof of claim by Dec. 15 (if not already submitted) to be eligible for further distributions. However, the initial distribution was calculated at 30% of the account value *after* liquidation. I think it should...

Autohotkey scripts tend to be timing and cpu dependent and unstable. Just because it works in one environment does not mean it will work in another. You need to tune delay times between key strokes etc. and in the end it is unsupported and you would be better moving to an API solution which...

Definitely - and also his U.S. corp will have to withhold appropriately on any payments made to non-U.S. persons, namely him. There are probably other special filing requirements as well for a foreign-owned corporation.

People here will likely suggest some. See also http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748704759704577265722419871332.html and http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748704759704577267660673833538.html#articleTabs_article%3D1 As oldtime points out, there is no one...

Well, as I said before, IB is not necessarily the best choice if you are not trading actively because the activity fees will eat away your small account over time. Instead, choose a broker with no minimum trade requirements.

RJO seems to have NinjaTrader http://www.rjofutures.com/online-trading/

They do, and you get Canadian insurance with them also. However, some people prefer a pure futures broker that supports third party platforms like CTS T4, such as RJO Canada. IB also has limitations in its support of certain spreads and some object to its automated liquidation policies...

Peter Catranis, who is a CTA, told me he likes them and has now become an IB for them. He feels they are very solid, owned out of Singapore. He was able to negotiate good rates with them. He is always happy to chat at pgc@pcatranis.com