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That is the problem. Once the dividend yield goes into double digits the dividend is usually cut or eliminated and the stock keeps going down. The exception to this is at a major bear market bottom when buying stocks with double digit yields gives impressive returns in the following bull market.

When you sell a stock short your account is credited with cash, so you are not borrowing any money. The assets in your account (cash and/or stocks) are the margin that backs your short sale. As long as your account balance is above zero you will pay zero interest on a short sale. If your account...

To replace the $141 million that Evan Dooley lost trading wheat plus some extra for "unknowns".

No, it is not real time data. The demo is just to show how the TWS platform works.

Once the dividend yield on a stock goes over 10% the odds of continuing to collect a double digit yield approaches zero.

If I could profit from your order I would also execute it immediately. You are the perfect Scottrade customer.

You can say anything you care to about Scottrade right here. I say that Scottrade is a bottom feeder broker. Their SEC Rule 606 report on order routing makes very sad reading.

You must be looking at different high dividend stocks than most traders. Stocks like BAC and NLY with high dividends have very high volatility.

Oh, and everyone in Congress gets a free ride just because Reagan signed the bill? The bill passed by a veto proof margin of 272-91 in the House. How many bills pass the house by 3 to 1 margins? If the clowns in Congress had any sense there would have been no bill for Reagan to sign. And not...

If your account is margined to the hilt such that it cannot withstand less than a 5% drop in the DJIA overnight then you have very poor risk controls and deserve whatever happens to your account. Many traders trust their accounts to IB for the very reason that IB has no nonsense margin...

The Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 deregulated the S&L industry. The bill was widely supported in Congress with co-sponsors including Charles Schumer and Steny Hoyer. The bill passed by a veto proof margin of 272-91 in the House. Well, my goodness! All by himself...

If it not an IRA account (insured to $250K) you get the first $100K plus (for now) 50% of the amount over $100K.

ML QUANT, you should pay a visit to the NFA website and read all about Alaron. Makes some interesting reading.

There is "too big to fail" and "we are so politically connected, don't even think about us failing". The US Treasury has always been the put option behind FNM and FRE and now the put has been exercised. Quasi-governmental corporations are plain and simple nonsense.

Supply and demand. Europe has very high diesel use and USA ships diesel to Europe and in turn Europe ships excess gasoline to USA. Price gap is widest during the winter because diesel and home heating oil are the same distillate. During the summer months diesel used to be cheaper than gasoline.

If you are interested in a vendor then call them up and ask them. Or go to the vendor website and do a symbol search.

Only contract markets (futures and options and the like) are zero sum games.

What do you as a human being do with the bid/ask? What would you want an automated trading system to do with the bid/ask?

Learn to use the search feature. IndyMac has multiple threads starting on Friday evening after FDIC takeover.

I said the same thing 3 different ways and you still managed to misunderstand me. I know you don't want to hold overnight as you clearly said "daytrade". The point is that a proper spread is 1 ES to 2 NQ.