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    Poland Traders

    10k pln per sq meter too much for polish traders :D
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    Oanda Lands $17M in Financing

    I guess returns from their brokerage business are much better than from trading business. Olsen Invest managed account program risk profile 6 is down 18.7% for the current month as of 26 Sep 2005, -15.7% YTD
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    On Bloomberg - psychopaths make best traders

    now I know why there are so many great traders here...
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    Living on a boat and avoiding taxes

    What if you as an U.S. resident own an offshore company (managed and based outside US) and you don't pay yourself dividends? I guess that's perfectly legal... ECI income is taxed by IRS, but: These ECI rules only deal with business income and they recognize "U.S. business activity is trading...
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    Data Feeds for FX ?

    try eSignal with Hotspot
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    Career advice for bank robbers and the myth of buy and hold investing

    you mean U.S. indexes? look at nikkei225 stocks in the last 15 years for example. of course you can always say: 15 years is not too much :D the S&P500 return is zero for the last 6.5 years why are you so anti-trading and pro-b&h, vhehn? sure, most traders lose mainly b/c they don't have an...
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    Results too good to be true?

    How many trades? I guess > 1000... with realistic slippage and so frequent trading I can't imagine how could you get PF >2
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    JP Morgan prop desk - worst results in recent memory

    http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/results/compare.asp?Page=InvestmentReturns&Symbol=jpm
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    What is the single most important element in trading?

    size of your account
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    Is trading sexualy inviting...

    thanks for the link, 100% true :D
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    forex trading systems & structural break

    option writing program has superb risk/return ratios - so far. look at the currency programs this year...
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    forex trading systems & structural break

    LOL or ask IFX Zenith developers
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    IB's VERY BAD customer support

    No, as I said earlier I know for sure that our business doesn't have to be regulated, the question is will IB open Professional Advisor Acct (capability to manage more than 15 accounts) without being registered with NFA or SEC or other local body - because there's no such requirement for us...
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    IB's VERY BAD customer support

    How long does it take to program allocation profiles for IDEAL Pro trading?
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    IB's VERY BAD customer support

    Here's another example of IB's customer support quality. Two private messages with Steve from IB regarding allocation profiles with IDEAL Pro --begin-- David forwarded this to me. Yes you can do what you want in an FA account. rgds steve DT-waw wrote on 03-30-05 09:10 PM...
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    IB's VERY BAD customer support

    Yes, I know for sure that our business isn't regulated by any organization, becasue we are not the counterparty to transactions with retail clients and we have no plans to advice to more than 15 customers regarding buying and selling commodity futures or options. The question is, will IB...
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    IB subaccounts

    Could you tell me which U.S. regulation states that it is illegal? http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/institutions/institutionalMain.php?ib_entity=llc
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    IB subaccounts

    Well, it does make sense. Let me outline a simple example: 1st model opens LONG position at 1.2970, 2nd model opens SHORT position at 1.2970. Now, 1st model has a stop-loss at 1.2940. When the price will reach 1.2940, 1st model will close LONG position BUT 2nd model will still hold open SHORT...
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    IB's VERY BAD customer support

    Here's the story. Me and my partner wanted to know whether IB will open an "Professional Advisor Account" for IDEAL Pro (spot fx) trading only, without being registered with SEC or NFA. From IB website: "Professional Advisors may be required to register with an appropriate regulatory...
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    Managed Futures Index down almost 10 % -- horrible April again

    look - http://www.iasg.com/SnapshotPT.asp?ID=54 perfect head & shoulders pattern, they should short themselves :D
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