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    Es

    How about giving some basic information such as number of round turns a day, size of account, minimum platform requirements and customer service requirements.
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    Tax Greed

    From The New York Times 09-28-2008: "New Jersey derives 40 percent of its income tax collections from 1 percent of its filers, according to Tom Vincz, a spokesman for the New Jersey Treasury Department. Last year the state collected $12.6 billion in income tax revenues, $8.4 billion in sales...
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    Run on the banks have begun...

    The tellers at Wachovia won't let me withdraw a single cent. Probably because I don't have an account there.
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    Quick Question on muni bond funds

    Ambac and MBIA insurance is worthless and the local governments might default in a bad economy.
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    Settlement prices for ES & ER2

    Why don't you read the ES options contract specification? Quarterly options: Settled into the expiring cash-settled futures contract. Serial options: Settled into the nearest futures contract.
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    Settlement prices for ES & ER2

    1263.00 was overnight lock limit up for ESU8 and ESU8 stopped trading exactly at 09:30 EDT. ESZ8 had a high of 1291.25, so if ESU8 traded past 09:30 it would have had a high price around 1288.00. If you look back at the history of index futures settlement prices you will see a number of...
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    IBKR is on the list

    There are others, Tradestation (TRAD) didn't make the SEC 799 list.
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    IB Account Statement Nonsense

    I won't be happy with IB's statements until they restore the old legacy statement format. There was nothing wrong with the legacy format and it was removed many months ago despite customer requests to keep it. I don't understand why IB wastes time and resources changing and "improving" things...
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    Can you rollover 401K to an IRA account?

    1) You have to leave your current employer in order to take money out of or rollover your 401k. 2) There is no age requirement to do a rollover from a 401k to an IRA.
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    Can you trade like this guy and succeed?

    Why bother to trade all those individual stocks when you can just trade one instrument such as ES or NQ or TF?
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    When can i negotiate the emini ?

    Read the ES contract specification at http://www.cmegroup.com/cmegroup/trading/equity-index/us-index/e-mini-sandp500.html Trading Hours (Central Time): Mon/Thurs 5:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.; Shutdown period from 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. nightly; Sun & Hol 5:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m...
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    I Hate Unsettled Money

    You need $25K, unless you trade futures. Read the SEC PDT rule.
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    IB and Russell 2000 futures

    $5.50 RT is the bundled price. Unbundled for TF starts at $4.30 RT ( ($1.20 + $0.94 + 0.01) X 2 ). Unbundled for TO starts at $5.12 RT ( ($1.20 + $1.35 + 0.01) X 2 ).
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    Are e-mini futures (NQ,ES) shortable after the new SEC regulation?

    They couldn't trade if they weren't shortable. If a buyer could only buy from another long futures markets would shut down.
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    Money Market Funds Might Be Affected

    They probably marked down the value of other investments.
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    Long term chart of Berkshire Hathaway

    Go to www.bigcharts.com and select "All Data" as the time period.
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    ES Sept. options expire next friday(9/19)...do they trade on friday(9/19) or not?

    The index futures and options expire at the same time, settle at the same cash price and stop trading at the same time: Friday at 8:30 CDT.
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    lol we have Nigerian royalty on ET. pic!

    Anyone from Nigeria offering less than $27 million cannot be taken seriously ! :D
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    Anyone trade on ICE? Or CME only?

    Use the search function, there are hundreds of references to ICE trading. There are plenty of first time ICE traders due to the Russell 2000 index move.
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    ES Sept. options expire next friday(9/19)...do they trade on friday(9/19) or not?

    From CME Index FAQ: How do the quarterly E-mini futures settle and when is the last time to trade before expiration? E-mini quarterly contracts expire at the same time and to the same price as their larger counterpart contracts. For quarterly futures contracts, trading can occur up to...
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