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Just curious, does SMB Capital require security deposit from their traders?

At prop firms requiring security deposit, how is loss deducted from the deposit? Say I put a $5K security deposit for 10:1 leverage. If I lose 5K at the start, is the entire loss deducted from my deposit, or just a portion of it? If I have made the firm money larger $5K in the past and...

Yep, that's correct. Thanks! Do these exchanges that are open have regular trading hours that day?

Does anyone know if there's an exchange in the U.S that observes a statutory holiday on a different date than other exchanges, regardless of financial instruments traded? For example, Christmas Day will be observed on Dec 26 this year. Do you know of any U.S. exchange that observes it on a...

Does anyone know if there's an exchange in the U.S that observes a statutory holiday on a different date than other exchanges, regardless of financial instruments traded? For example, Christmas Day will be observed on Dec 26 this year. Do you know of any U.S. exchange that observes it on a...

Does anyone know how TWS gets streaming quotes from the server? Does it use RMI? I have a server that gets streaming quotes from an external quote provider through its API and I'd like a few instances of my Swing application to get them from the server in real time. Thanks!

Thanks, Kassz007.

My last trade of the year 2009 went horribly wrong and I'm still stuck. I haven't closed my position. Before that trade, I'd had a small net profit, but with that trade which is still open, I have a net loss as of December 31, 2009. Most of the trades I've made are short sales, so they are...