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    Why NYSE?

    RTharp, one question for you: if one was to come into Echotrade as a new trader with no experience, would the firm let that individual trade ONLY nasdaq stocks to start off?
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    Why NYSE?

    As long as you stick with the top Nasdaq stocks, they offer good liquidity and volatility.
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    Why NYSE?

    Or you could trade a 1000 shares of a Nasdaq stock, pay less commissions by trading less shares, make 1 or 2 points in a few minutes and still come out ok.
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    25k $ minimum

    check them out at echotradeonline.com
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    25k $ minimum

    Echotrade only requires a $10,000 minimum.
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    Pre market stocks

    All stocks could trade premarket and aftermarket on the ECN's or Selectnet(if Nasdaq).
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    ? for Don Bright on K-1s

    And just to add to Don's last post, with tax deferred retirement plans, if you do withdraw money before the age of 59 1/2, you get hit with a 10% IRS penalty for early withdrawal.
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    A Quick Question

    what new rule?
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    ISLAND or REDI, which is better for QQQ?

    In addition, Island is the cheapest ECN. When adding liquidity to the book, they charge no fee; when removing liquidity from the book, they charge just .0025 per share.
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    Nasdaq trading

    If anyone is interested, I found an excellent link that goes into detail on Nasdaq....http://nasdaqtrader.com/trader/tradingservices/marketwatch/tradermanual/tradermanual.stm
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    dumb question about margin and shorting

    also 4000 shares if i'm not mistaken
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    After hours & premarket trading

    Anyone know if ARCA trades with other ECN's/market makers or only its own book during pre and post market trading hours?
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    Why Prop??

    Slave2Market, you mention that if you are trading with an LLC you can pay up to 39.6% in taxes. This 39.6% would also apply,if i'm not mistaken,if you are an investor holding stock for less than 1 year since it is all short term capital gains. And even an investor can't put their gains into a...
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    Why Prop??

    Don, one question : when trading at your firm or any other LLC for that matter, every trader, from what i understand, uses mark to market accounting. Does each trader have to make this election to the IRS or is it automatic?
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    Worldco LLC

    not a bad deal...i wonder if all LLC's are like this.
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    Worldco LLC

    Don, in your last post you mention "Yours is limited to the amount you put up, ours is the amount of capital being used. So say i have 25k in my account and I have an open 5000 share long position in a $50 stock and the stock for whatever reason is halted and drops 10 points after opening back...
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    Worldco LLC

    try this link uptik....http://www.stocktrading.com/Fees2002a.htm
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    Worldco LLC

    There are firms out there that require less than $25k to trade for your self...one of them that i know about is Echo..... http://www.echotradeonline.com/chartpicks.htm
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    Archipelago

    From what i read, i believe that Selectnet hours are now 8:00AM-6:30PM EST. Anyone else know for sure about how ARCA routes during the pre and post market session?
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    Selectnet

    anyone?
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