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    OK, I am throwing in the towel to the Futures/Commodities pits

    ? what is the difference? if you are using the leverage in FX then it is same! + with FX you have a disadvantage of not playing in a true exchange most of FX "Brokers" are likely to be OTC!
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    OK, I am throwing in the towel to the Futures/Commodities pits

    Ok understood ... just sounded like a complaint initially.... my misunderstanding
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    Tax loss harvesting with put-call parity

    OK.. doe sit apply to people who are not US tax residents but do trade US futures products through non US brokers ( but eventually on the US exchange)
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    Anyone uses eToro(Copytrader)?

    OTC and regulated in????
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    Tax loss harvesting with put-call parity

    Why would this be a violation, you are closing a loosing trade and then opening another in another financial year! don't day traders in Futures close trades before the official Day's end to avoid overnight margins and then pen same trade gain after the short break of 45 mins
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    OK, I am throwing in the towel to the Futures/Commodities pits

    You complaint is you lost fast in Futures unlike losses in Stocks Trading stock to futures is not apples to apples compare ! with stock max leverage overnight 1:1 , with Futures you are are using much more than that Simple fact.. how can you complain when you are playing a fast game!
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    Do 2 Futs ES contracts for subsequent months go in same direction ?

    Lets get some clarity are you talking about A) trading the spread with it's own book or B) legging in? With B)At retail level? as a exchange traded spread you are always at the back of the Q! and never get filled on spread spikes..
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    OptionsANIMAL - are they any good

    FAT chance:sneaky:
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    OptionsANIMAL - are they any good

    Heck, 18 year old kids are paying $60k a year for educations that are likely to get them minimum wage jobs. Here we go .. comparing tin pot probably 5 room rented office company education to a full fledged and regulated University degree . This is a famous defensive throw line put forward by all...
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    OptionsANIMAL - are they any good

    not sure how it is that so many people on this forum denigrate the educational program based on mere suspicion that is doesn't offer value for money. With options being a complicated derivative product I get that there could be value in learning the variety of strategies as compared to say...
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    OptionsANIMAL - are they any good

    So these instructors or the company being so good do they actually make money by trading ( AKA risking own money) or by selling courses $6500 a pop! that is a half million dollar question!:sneaky:
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    Earn2Trade Founder Charged With Fraud

    With all due respect 7out.. if you have 90% accuracy then why bother with any such a firm.. try mini NQ , make money and then use those profits for THE NQ and keep 100%!
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    Earn2Trade Founder Charged With Fraud

    Something worth reading! IMHO https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/false-advertisement-with-try-out-firms-like-top-step-one-up-and-earn-2-trade.351341/#post-5226800
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    False Advertisement with Try out firms like Top Step, One Up and Earn 2 Trade

    " newsletters from TST where they brag about how much they’re actually paying out to their traders." Do they disclose what % of traders got that payout? :sneaky: I doubt becasue if they do it will clearly show that these firms make money on tests fees
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    Earn2Trade Founder Charged With Fraud

    Sanabr - "I know some people here hate the model" Have you paused for a min and thought WHY? it is the ethics of the modal! as you have said yourselves "no secret the company makes most of it's money with monthly memberships and resets." and that is 64 million dollar question. Do you know the...
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    Cryptocurrency regulation

    Agree with you BMK on your last post ...and on the scarcity issue since there are many cryptos like many currencies in the world there is also a risk that people might stop using one and adapt another! unfortunately those of us who raise these kind of points are labelled as anti technology etc :(
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    Cryptocurrency regulation

    So DMK a the end of the day 1) If the entire supply chain is not using Crypto at some point somebody has to convert it to a real currency and that then either remains a non declared income/ asset (as you described in your post) and illegal or gets noted in the regulated system. so what is the...
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    Cryptocurrency regulation

    The answer is: It is possible to trade crypto for fiat money by dealing directly with a private party. sure and for that to happen there will need some mechanism and a regulated bank or money changer will be involved so can't escape regulation
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    Cryptocurrency regulation

    so two diff uses of Crypto, 1 for speculation and 2 for as a global currnecy and when that (No 2) happens ( utopia) do you think authorities will overlook it? I doubt It is just like the entire world having single measure of currency like Euro in EU and then it still will be regulated , taxed...
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    Cryptocurrency regulation

    "Crypto exchanges that accept fiat" how else could you purchase a Crypto? unless you mine it!
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