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I'm confused... Is NYMEX going to compete with NYBOT on identical contracts? Yes. NYMEX is going to offer through GLOBEX, but NYBOT is going to offer through eCBOT? NYMEX is on GLOBEX now, NYBOT is now (as of tomorrow) on ICE. Don't know what will happen with the CBOT agreement...

By "rent" I meant a hosted server with an ISP. Then they worry about uptime, not me. But it's not competitive.....

Those are on NYMEX and have no volume and spreads wider than Paris Hilton's legs in a camcorder shop.... We want the ice .....ice ice baby!!!!

IB when will you have these? :D

They don't have FIOS TV by me yet. So I'm stuck with Comcast raising their rates every 2 months.

Another update -- I got FIOS installed finally and it FLIES. I got a download going last night at 19.7 Mbps. Amazing speed. So far no outages, at least not that I noticed (I also have a cable modem so I might not notice). Another side note -- they <b>*insisted*</b> you had to use their...

I need to replace my "trading" PC (which I leave running automated trading systems during the day currently but I plan to run 24x7). When I got it hyperthreading was the latest thing, now it's quad CPUs. The PC will need to be able to handle concurrently: - Running a SQL Server...

No experience -- but you really shouldn't let it get to that point.....yes you can gripe and I don't know how well it's documented -- but if you really wanted to make sure you kept the stock you should have closed out some ES just to make sure.....

How can a guy who calls himself SideShowBob take anything too seriously? :p :p :p I'd like to do my taxes myself and then get them looked over by a professional to make sure I didn't screw up anything major. I'll look into that guy in Denver, he seems reasonably priced..... Green is the...

Thanks, I know getting info here is not always the best source....but it beats info from the IRS. I read that their own help hotlines are wrong 1/3 of the time, but that if you follow the IRS help hotline's advice and later have a problem it doesn't matter if you did what their own helpline...

What's wrong with a do it yourself colonoscopy? I didn't say I was averse to paying profession tax advisory fees per se, I'm more concerned about overpaying them....

Interesting. Green is the expert but he charges like it. Their website says $750 to start, then likely $1200 as the total. Given that I have 40 stock trades (and also 10 option trades I forgot about) and the rest are futures trades (which you don't report -- just the net gain/loss) this seems...

I posted this in a different thread and it was recommended I post it here: I started an LLC last year with my father, elected MTM for securities only, and traded 90% futures. I'm getting ready to file an LLC return -- from what I understand it's a partnership return (for a multi-member...

I read Green's book awhile ago, I guess I better dig it out. As an entity, you're saying the LLC doesn't need to worry about MTM or trader status-- I can automatically deduct LLC expenses? As for FICA both members also have other jobs which take care of a lot of our FICA, so we're only...

I started an LLC last year with my father, elected MTM for securities only, and traded 90% futures. I'm getting ready to file an LLC return -- from what I understand it's a partnership return (for a multi-member LLC) which passes through gains/losses. My question is -- are there any...

This reminds me of those "hidden" IB fees (that are "hidden" in plain sight on the fees page). I think it's reverse psychology -- if IB makes it so obvious for any idiot to find, the real idiots (umm...me) won't find it :p

Are you sure you can go short? I would think they would only allow "closing" position trades, not opening position trades. Either way it was my fault....I thought it was rolling soon but I was looking at March not April, so I thought it hadn't rolled yet.

IB -- please make the error more descriptive so we can figure this stuff out.....

Thanks dude, my bad! I thought it wasn't rolling yet because the next month on ECBOT wasn't getting much volume -- but that's because the front month switched to April, not March (which is the next month on ECBOT). Guess I better watch more than two contracts :(

All my orders for Feb gold at IB are rejecting with a "cannot allocate to client accounts" error. Other orders seem fine -- is Feb Gold no longer able to be traded? If so why can't the error say that?