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You have to amend your tax returns for 2005, 2006 and 2007 to use up the $8,000 loss. Make sure when amending the 2005 return that the futures loss is reported on Form 6781. Don't be suprised if the IRS wants to see documentation of the unreported loss.

The OI in Dec is only 16,053 contracts, if every long takes delivery it is only a fraction of the gold available in the warehouses. Where does this Comex "doesn't like the physical guys" come from? If the Comex "doesn't like the physical guys" then why do they bother to have warehouses...

Chart related logic would say Double Top and Double Bottom.

If you are going to short an uptrend then at least wait for a resistance area. YMZ has previous tops around 8900, 9200 and 9600. Nothing special about 8700 area.

IB's policy of not doing a ROTH conversion makes no sense. IB will let you withdraw money from an IRA account and IB will let you put money into a ROTH account, but IB will not let you connect the two transactions to do the ROTH conversion. It is not possible to get anyone at IB to explain...

Oh, really? Tradestation closed down the accounts of all customers in Canada without telling them why.

The Nikkei high of 38957 recorded in Dec 1989 was a bubble peak. It usually takes decades before a maket bubble peak is surpassed. Just do some reading on maket bubbles to gain some insight.

Not closed for futures. CME Group has futures trading until 10:30 or 12:00 CST on Thanksgiving Day depending on the futures contract.

The Tramita Real Estate Fund has more than doubled in the past 12 months going from 155 to 332. I am not aware of any real estate investments on the long side that are even up over the last 12 months, let alone more than doubled. I find their historic returns difficult to believe. Who...

What is the datafeed used at your office? Are you allowed to install 3rd party software on the office computer?

It isn't just IB and it is not a suggestion or appearance. Any broker has the right to close any customers account at any time without recourse. There is no legal or regulatory requirement that any broker do business with you.

Why is it amazing? People will spend all sorts of time and effort to get something that is FREE.

Ask IB to remove the existing paper trade account and then start over again and create a new one.

What quality writing. "MILMAN: Goldman about to make a new low. Yeah. And Dow is about to make a new low, and I’m selling my goldie. I’m out. Yuck. Yuck Yuck." "Yuck. Yuck Yuck" !!! LMAO :D

GIGO: garbage in, garbage out. Bad data intraday being used to calculate pza.iv. EOD data is clean, so NAV is correct.

Interest rate for what? Interest rates are what they are, how you apply them is up to you.

The best broker for ES depends on a number of variables such as number of RTs a month, account size and platform/API requirements. The piker and the professional will have a different best broker.

Isn't it the farm payments that made them millionaires? :D

Does the frozen Bigfoot come with an official certificate? Can you guarantee me that I will make 3% a month by buying the frozen Bigfoot? I don't want any cheap stuff, only expensive stuff with a guaranteed 3% a month return. And of course, I need an official certificate and no monthly dues...

All scammers claim that they are legitimate and continue to do so even after they are convicted or flee the country. If it looks like a scam, smells like a scam and squawks like a scam, it is a scam.