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    SEC favors midpoint prices on investor stock trades in rules overhaul

    They could start with the obvious injustice of allowing some participants to trade at sub-pennies while others cannot.
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    Margin and forex in IB and UK tax treatment

    Great. I do it exactly like that. I hope the tax authorities understand that is the correct way to do it.
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    Margin and forex in IB and UK tax treatment

    When you translate the profit/loss of future contracts to another currency, do you (1) use the FX rate on the day you realise against the net profit/loss? Or do you like stocks (2) multiply the FX rate on the contract value the day you open the position and multiply the FX rate on the contract...
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    Margin and forex in IB and UK tax treatment

    At least you can use your loss on equities to offset tax on you FX gain. I can't.
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    iBond @ 9.62% - Demand overwhelms TreasuryDirect

    I suppose it is only for US residents?
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    Margin and forex in IB and UK tax treatment

    At the bottom of the Realized & Unrealized Performance Summary section. Here you see the end result. But you have to change your base currency to GBP first. Or you can draw a section called Forex P/L Detail and see the calculation line by line. Be prepared for many lines. 30,000 lines if your...
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    Margin and forex in IB and UK tax treatment

    If Forex gains/loss is taxed in your tax jurisdiction, you need to calculate it and report it. Luckily IB does that for you, if you choose the currency of your tax jurisdiction as base currency. Both direct FX trades and indirect = when you trade stocks in a different currency than the currency...
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    From combine to (hopefully) funded with TopStep

    I do not want to be arrogant. But can you imagine anyone of thousands of traders have tried your 3 rules systematically over the years? If yes and the rules worked, the profit will disappear. Hence, very simple rules are unlikely to work.
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    Is an ETF's share price driven by . . . ?

    Arbitrage keeps the ETF price in check.
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    Who is the Greatest Trader of all time?

    Jim Simons
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    Which EUR government bond to buy?

    Do you know if you can buy the underlying bonds on IB and the ticker?
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    Which EUR government bond to buy?

    Thank you.
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    Which EUR government bond to buy?

    I know nothing about fixed income investing. If I want to invest in EUR government bonds, which are the most liquid 2-year or 10-year bonds? What are the tickers on Interactive Brokers? (I live in a country where fixed income is taxed at 42.8% but you can only deduct 20% in case of a loss...
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    Refinitiv/Datastream ticker list to download data to Excel

    I don't know that function. I use Bloomberg so I am not into the Refinitiv lingo. Sorry.
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    Refinitiv/Datastream ticker list to download data to Excel

    Isn't there an more straightforward way to deal with Nasdaq requiring "@" and NYSE "U:" before the ticker to request data than this: https://datateamoftheeur.wordpress.com/2016/03/31/us-tickers-to-datastream-mnemonics/
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    Stock correlation screener

    Wauu thank you! Do you know the universe of the screen?
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    Stock correlation screener

    To find out which stocks have the highest correlation with a particular stock.
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    Stock correlation screener

    Have you heard of a stock correlation screener? Input: Stock ticker Output: Highest correlated stocks over some period
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    Is historic average volume available in Refinitiv

    ... not to be calculated based on a draw of volume for each day but as a pre-defined historic variable? Average volume for stocks that is.
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    Bloomberg BQL - can anyone spot the error

    A lot of data to handle across 100,000 entries. I found out how to do it using BQL.
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