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    Los Angeles Traders

    West Hollywood here. Do you all trade from home? Anyone knows of trading offices in LA? Would be nice to trade at an office once in a while.
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    Updated List of Good Prop Firms in Los Angeles

    There were some ads on Craigslist LA some time ago. Do you know of any firms prop or retail whom have a trading floor at their offices?
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    Quick poll LONG straddle OR SHORT straddle on ES

    You are an idiot. That's what I am sure.
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    Quick poll LONG straddle OR SHORT straddle on ES

    are you sure about that? There're 9 trading days left.
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    Quick poll LONG straddle OR SHORT straddle on ES

    that's 40 not 70 credit or debit
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    Quick poll LONG straddle OR SHORT straddle on ES

    10 trading days to go. One or the other NOTHING ELSE on sept ES 70 points debit or 70 credit @1255 I'll say SHORT STRADDLE
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    Stockcharts.com or Desktop Software?

    You know I thought about that a couple of times. I did a few moving average lines on their charts and did the same on the charts of Think or Swim. They were not at the same levels.
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    Stockcharts.com or Desktop Software?

    If you don't do any intraday trading or need real time data. Stockcharts is perfect. I used to subscribe to e-signal and it was very expensive. I also do swing trading and use stockcharts all the time. If you want a desktop software open an account @ think or swim. They have great charts that...
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    Does a program that do this exist?

    I am looking for a program that calculates margins requirements and puts them on a chart like the one below. I trade credit spreads on the e-minis and even though the index does not touch the short side of my spread I will start getting margin calls before it comes close to it. Depending on how...
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    covering my shorts here

    I think it is time to stop being greedy and take my profits. I'm going long on the XLF. Don't care if it goes lower but over the next 6 months It will be higher
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    Is there anything to stop a capitulation Tuesday?

    I never saw the futures trading under 1220. The lowest I saw was about 1221
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    VIX futures trading at a discount. is the bottom near?

    The VIX closed @ 25.92 july contracts $25.57 august '' $24.97 sept " $24.74 oct " $24.55 Does it mean the bottom is near? I was thinking about buying some july contracts as a hedge but this does not look very good. Should I buy aug?
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    what time is the ECB decision on rates?

    is it wednesday or thursday?:confused:
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    good margin P&L options calculator?

    I use options oracle, great service and the best is free. But I can't get it to work with options on futures. Does anyone know of a program similar to options oracle that works with options futures? Thanks!!:p
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    IB TWS chart

    yep IB charts are a piece of crap, I already complained and nothing was done. They do they forever to load and the bars look even worse if you do 5min or less on longer than 1 day. I opened an account at Think or Swim with minimum equity just to use their charts and other features.
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    question about taxes and trading as a LLC or corp.

    does anyone know of a web site where I can find information about getting set up as a company? I hear there are legal ways of keeping more of your profits away from uncle sam if you set your trading account as a LLC or Corp. And if you live in a less tax friendly state like California you can...
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    which is best for the iron condor SPY or SPX?

    I have been using the SPX but I find it a little hard to get good fills when you go too far out of the money. I heard you get better fills with the SPY. The margin on SPY is 15% or 20%? which one do you like best? Thank you!:p
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    Vote HERE to add FROs to Interactive Brokers

    please vote on the link below to add FROs trading to IB. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/general/poll/poll.php?sid=3988#cat_search
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    Can you trade Fixed Return Options on IB?

    can you trade FROs (Fixed Return Options) on Interactive Brokers?
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    what happened to AMR at the end of day?

    everything was looking lovely during the day and after 3:30 AMR gave up mostly all gains on very heavy volume. Does anyone know what happened?
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