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FIX solution at IB has required minimums: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=4945&p=requiredminimums

Isn't this him? http://adventuresincapitalism.com/page/Whos-Kuppy.aspx

First mover advantage is the only reason why BTC is more valuable than Litecoin. BTC infrastructure is more advanced than Litecoin. There are more developers working on BTC applications than Litecoin. The ecosystem is deeper, better, and attracts more talented developers. Otherwise, you are correct.

Before proceeding, note that I am not a tax professional. In order to be eligible for trader tax status, you need to demonstrate a certain level and frequency of trading activity. I believe that in order to set up an entity for a trading business, you must first qualify for trader tax status. I...

Alternatively, you can just start out with a service like Project Fi or Republic Wireless. You'll have to pay upfront for phones, but you'll recoup the cost quickly on the monthly fees. It would be interesting to see if someone has analyzed the most cost efficient method already.

Note that you can designate accounts as either trading accounts or investment accounts and this might affect your tax reporting.

I doubt that is the goal. I suspect the goal is an attempt to alleviate "fat finger" errors. However, when there are liquidity events and you really need to get out of a position, IB essentially tells you that it knows better than you on whether you should be allowed to liquidate. It is...

They have always paid interest but when interest rates were lower, their interest rate calculation (based on US Treasuries at one point, LIBOR at another, maybe something else now) resulted in a negative interest rate (so obviously no interest when that happens). Now that interest rates have...

You can tick off the box to not receive the warning, but IB will still cap the price of your order regardless. Their price capping algorithm is so stupid, I have had several cases where you would not believe how stupid it is. I have complained and IB does not admit that it is stupid and does...

Correct me if I am wrong, but if you go short and it goes to 0, you can only make 100% unless you pyramid.

Could you explain why a cryptocurrency layer would add anything to the usefulness of gold when there already exists companies such as GoldMoney?

There are ways to turn off all that automatic update/download crap in Windows 10 if you do some searching. If you feel like this is your best guess as to what the problem is, you might want to look into that.

That is possible. Although when I look at a historical chart, I can't see the incident that I am remembering. Of course, it is pretty hard to see anything in the chart when the high is $5,200,000 and the low is $1.20.

It was something recent (maybe the start of 2017) where the stock went above $100 in just a few days after being < $10. It got halted and then it opened up something like 75%+ down. I seem to recall it might have been a shipping stock, but my mind is drawing a blank.

The extent to which I have investigated the situation is absolutely zero. I wish I could remember the ticker symbol that was halted before so that I could see how it opened. I remember it not being pretty.

Seems like a decent price. The stock will probably open up < $100 after a halt of this length. I'm trying to remember the symbol of another stock that had the same behavior and after the halt it was cut by more than half. And that stock wasn't halted nearly as long as this one has been.

Not my idea, but makes sense to me. Japan is already printing money like there is no tomorrow. Why not give $100,000 to any couple that has a baby? Increases population growth and gives families money to spend.

I've officially complained about 10 times about IB's ludicrous price capping algorithm. I understand the goal of such an algorithm, but the current implementation is amateurish and has the potential to cost me a lot of money. If I ever lose a significant amount of money because of it, I will go...

I would just keep programming things that are important to you and you will naturally learn along the way. Or you could post code somewhere (i.e., github) and ask for comments on it. Or you could hire someone to review your code and teach you some programming techniques. Lots of possibilities.

SPY distributes a dividend on very specific days. You don't have to worry about each company's dividend. http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/spy/dividend-history