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  1. mervyn

    Monthly payments on taxes

    my ground rule is never to prepay tax without regular income, no point to loan the money to dot gov.
  2. mervyn

    ES Journal - 2021/2022

    out 4750. only 55 points. I shorted at open 4730 and cut 30 point losses then traded back. I could be happier without that 30 points losses. jpm sent out a note expecting a short squeeze this week, they are probably taking profits.
  3. mervyn

    Any IB Lite users? Question re: data fees

    TOS is your best bet for “free” data.
  4. mervyn

    Black Swan Hedging

    I don’t hedge black swans. I do buy 10-20 VIX 6 month calls whenever it is below 16 and close out over 25-30. it has been try and true trades.
  5. mervyn

    Anyone using IB to trade cryptos?

    I do on ETH. Their commission is cheap compared to coinbase.
  6. mervyn

    ES Journal - 2021/2022

    Merry Christmas.
  7. mervyn

    ES Journal - 2021/2022

    out at 4717, shy of 4720. done for the day. 4750 will come.
  8. mervyn

    ES Journal - 2021/2022

    out of gate, 4698 to 4713 on 5 lots. pretty much trading discretionary on the chart this week. could have out at 4715 but the red candle showed up and I am slow to click. will see if we can go 4720 today, year end 4750 is still on sight.
  9. mervyn

    ES Journal - 2021/2022

    December turned out to be the best month this year, netted just over thousand points. 5 figure commission to amp, that’s a lot, probably should have bought CME stock.
  10. mervyn

    ES Journal - 2021/2022

    What? You had 20 points gains minimum 2 mornings ago at 4580ish. Shouldn’t you take the profits? We are trading price action, don’t marry to a trade.
  11. mervyn

    Any recommendation for the fastest news resource?

    I'd suggest you watch the news, bloomberg tv or cnbc, those two comes with your trading platforms, shall you not have the cable on.
  12. mervyn

    ES Journal - 2021/2022

    4655 met, 70 points total. got to get out of the house, errands to run.
  13. mervyn

    Missing Order Entry Tile in TWS

    new windows --> order entry
  14. mervyn

    Harvard University Professor Convicted of Making False Statements and Tax Offenses

    FATCA is one way street, no way that US will give information to other countries.
  15. mervyn

    ES Journal - 2021/2022

    first trade is done, 32 points back to the day high. let me see if we can go up to 4650-4655 before lunch.
  16. mervyn

    Harvard University Professor Convicted of Making False Statements and Tax Offenses

    This probably is a good thing for the Chinese. Once this professor is done with the jail time. He might move to China and a Chinese citizenship and do science. I read that he is a contender for Nobel Prize in chemistry, so I guess he is not financially well educated and wrongdoings never came...
  17. mervyn

    ES Journal - 2021/2022

    santa show up after all, on half of the volume. missed the action in the afternoon, let's see 4650 tmw.
  18. mervyn

    How was life in communist countries?

    I assume it is his family doctor and speaks his own language? it is more like a social visit, a bottle is translation service.
  19. mervyn

    China's $1T In US Bonds Vs US $700B Exposure In China

    You are talking about two issues. Shall US defaults on its bonds, overall costs of borrowing will go up, debt services amount will jump to unaffordable. The second is US "withhold" payments to China in particular, no one else would buy UST ever again. I am talking non G-7 countries, effectively...
  20. mervyn

    FIB took $60 dollars as commissions on micro contracts

    email them. their statement department email: tdm@ampclearing.com i always email them for statements, they got back to me in a day or two. The first time they set me up in a volume-tier rather than flat fee structure, got commission credit back on the next day.
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