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Horses for courses. Im 25, single, so different circumstances.

I agree. Margin is too thin.

Not so bad. After the close you go out, party hard and rock on. Get home 5am sleep till 12, Have brunch then trade. Sounds like the life.

I heard somewhere like Geneva would be nice. I think the main considerations here are: 1. Tradeability: stability, speed, reliability, cost of internet. 2. Liveability: Quality of life and standard of living. whats there to do in your free time? bars, cafes, restaurants, nightlife, beaches...

Just found another thread on this, from years ago http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22456&perpage=6&highlight=best%20place%20trade&pagenumber=1

Excellent suggestion. How does Monaco stack up against islands like Bahamas or Barbados? Im guessing probably Monaco has better infrastructure and connectivity yes?

Hi, Where would you trade if you could trade from anywhere in the world? And why?

Hi, Who do you trade for? Propex?

Guys isnt $2500/month a bit steep? Does anyone know what the commish is like for US equities? (Say if you trading 600k/shares month?) Thanks. Nizar.

Yes. IB has one. You can screen by trade rate which is number of trades per minute. Pretty helpful to see which stocks are really ticking over.

Hi. Just an update. This thread will not continue. The purpose of it was actually to create a track record so I could trade the strategy at a prop firm. I've decided that I no longer want to trade prop, and instead will continue to trade my own account with IBs leverage. However...

Sincere Apologies. Didnt mean to offend at all. Please continue.

Hi guys. Can somebody please explain the main differences between the Tokyo Exchange and the US exchanges in terms of the way they work? For starters, the Japs it seems have a lunch break between 11am-12:30pm. Is there a closing auction at 11am and then an opening auction at 12:30pm? Or...

If you use limit-on-open orders, dont they have to fill you at the open, by definition?

No. But forward trading the system realtime using IBs PaperTrader for a year or so should tell me if the system performs to spec. Im in no hurry.

Hi. Thanks for your response. 1. I would use limit-on-open orders; so should execute right at the open. 2. See 1. 3. What is a "larger" order ? 4. Yes of course thats why I said high volume/liquidity stocks. For example, say, I was trading LINTA and there was about $5million worth of...

My research shows much the same. There are actually about a further 30-40 large cap stocks that have a 60-70% hit rate which is not as impressive but still worth trading because they either have (i) significant trade frequency and/or (ii) a fat payoff ratio. Though of course with these...

If you are talking big cap stocks, say those that trade $100mil+ per day, and you generally buy on the open, at what stage will your order start influencing the opening price ? Say if this stock has $100mil money flow per day average, and does about $5million on the open. If your order is...

Thanks Jack. No need to try it out for me. As long as I know it can be done then thats cool. Also, I havent actually traded US stocks via IB before. It says on the homepage that the commission is $0.005/share or less. Does anyone know exactly after what point does it become "less" ...