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When I tried the demo it worked for buying GOOG. Margin was 15% of notional value. PM is going to fill the void for swing traders who might have fled retail to a prop account for more overnight leverage.

I would choose one that has the yield and transaction costs you like. Better to buy 100 shares of a $100 stock than 1000 shares of a $10 stock as far as the commissions are concerned. Also, I don't think you can buy t-bills at the auction through IB unless you're doing 1 MM or more.

Salvatore, I have an Advisor master account with 3 client accounts underneath it. They are all registered to me. Can I control all 4 accounts with 1 device? Also, I already have a device from one of the old (non-FA client) accounts. Should I send that one back and start over? My view on...

You can sort them by yield in TWS. They are all pretty close to LIBOR.

It could also just mean people are buying other styles of furniture not sold at EA.

For T1 you'll get a SLA guaranteeing bandwidth, latency and uptime. If it is to a residence it will most likely be delivered to you over the last mile via DSL anyway, but the SLA means you can bitch and they will actually do something about it if your connection goes bad. Are you running ping...

It's only worth it if you are building a very high-end workstation. Otherwise you're working for minimum wage. This is if you are purely looking at it from a financial viewpoint. If you enjoy tinkering with computers then you should DIY regardless of the cost savings.

If it makes you look good I'd put your CAGR and Sharpe ratio on there. This would be if you're going up for another trading job. It makes a big difference if you are getting out of prop trading because of failure versus being successful at it but wanting to do something else for a living.

Open an Advisor account. You login to it via TWS and it will trade all the accounts underneath it as one.

I think PM is going to have the same effect on retail traders that direct-access discount brokers did. If you are skilled it will help you make more money, otherwise you will just blow up trading strategies that you do not have the skills to manage.

I have Cottle's book. I need to go over it again, as it doesn't all sink in the first time around.

Like any broker, they make money on commissions and fees. They buy trading services and financing wholesale and sell them to you at a markup. If they have a payout less than 100%, they are also taking a portion of your gains. If you have nothing at risk other than your deposit, they will...

You guys are talking about two different things. Let me see if I have it straight. Haircut- This is a premium paid to Bright by the trader to subsidize the risk that Bright takes on in allowing you to hold a leveraged position in excess of their guidelines. Margin or debit balance- This is...

Congratulations. You going to live in it or flip?

Can anyone post a list of those tickers?

You will find that many equity brokers will not accept checks that are obvious sources of borrowed money. So don't try to write the credit card or home equity check directly to them. Put it in your bank account first.

This is risk-based margin you are talking about, similar to SPAN for futures/options. There have been several threads about this, and I will defer to Maverick as the expert on this.

No problem finding a boyfriend down there. The flip side, if you're straight, is you won't have to compete with all those tanned buff guys for women.

The fast SCSI drives are nice. I had one on my HP workstation and it's definitely faster , including booting up. I don't know that I would pay extra for it though.

The internet is also being used to spread all kind of religious beliefs quickly, including the OP's conservative agenda. It boils down to... If you don't like what's on TV, don't watch or just change the channel.