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    Brokers offering futures in IRAs

    Correct me if I am mistaken, but aren't the only futures you are allowed to trade in an IRA account are cash settled futures?
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    Ivan's Trade Thread

    Gone long NZDUSD @ 7335 with a target of .74-.7440. If it hits early, then reverse the trade. Stop around .7280. Either way, flat the trade going into NFP.
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    Need a better prop firm

    D'oh. Meant to say "offered".
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    Mugged by Interactive Brokers!!!

    They do it because checks bounce. I have had checks bounce back more than 2 weks after they supposedly cleared, and one of these checks was from BIG money center bank - JPM. They are just protecting themselves as I would (and will from now on).
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    Need a better prop firm

    To answer your question: It is rare, if at all, that you would find a prop firm to sponsor a visa application for you. First, US only gives out about 65k new visas a year which were supposed to be for hard to fill jobs, i.e. medical field/nurses, etc. In recent yrs this has been dominated...
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    help needed with IB commission structure

    remove liquidity is market order, add liquidity is limit order
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    Any limit on leverage?

    I have only seen 400:1 leverage with brokers who are market makers/have dealing desks. And that leverage was for low balance accounts, because, quite rankly, they want you to crap out your balance. I don't believe you will find any dealers willing to extend that kind of leverage for account...
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    Oil-to-Gas Multiplier?

    Gas in the pump will never go down as quickly as the futures price because the station owner will not sell his gasoline for a price that is cheaper than what he paid for it. This is why retail gas always lags the market on the way down. (Now up is a different story!)
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    FICO inquiry by FCM's

    I've never had to give my ssn when I purchased a car outright. I can understand a loan or lease. That's a no brainer, but no car dealer has ever run a credit check when I did a straight up purchase.
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    FICO inquiry by FCM's

    From experience, 7 to 16 points. Takes about 6 months to drop off.
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    Genesis

    They don't do options at this time in Laser.
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    FICO inquiry by FCM's

    On margin accounts they tell you that "you authorize your broker to make and obtain reports about your identity, credit worthiness, and general business conduct". This has always been on margin account forms, so you always authorized them to do it, but yeah, I've never had anyone actually pull...
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    McCain Wins By A Landslide !!!!!!!!

    Do you have a link for this info you put forward as fact?
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    McCain Wins By A Landslide !!!!!!!!

    Republicans, as in Joe and Martha Republican, vote according to their inferred direction in taxes and how it will affect them depending on the candidate. Bush and Co. are not concerned with costs. They just shift it to the next group to fix. (And yes, I voted for this idiot!) Sorry, I meant...
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    McCain Wins By A Landslide !!!!!!!!

    Actually, Republicans think with their wallets.
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    Your Broker Is Your Enemy?

    piker
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    Your Broker Is Your Enemy?

    If you are resolute in your belief that there are no firms that meet this referenced criteria, then don't attempt to trade the spot forex market unless your bank extends a line of credit for you to trade on their system. It's that simple. It's like I mentioned in another thread a few months...
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    Your Broker Is Your Enemy?

    Hotspot, ADM, IB, vCap (via FCStone), Fimat, MF
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    RBNZ Drops Rates 1/4 point

    RB New Zealand drop cash loan rate quarter of a point to 8% even. Kiwi drops like a stone. NZDUSD hits 6 month lows and AUSNZD hits all time highs. RBNZ hints at further rate cuts to come even tho they expect inflation rate to grow to 5% in Sept from 4% this past June. Apparently they are...
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    Worst TWS Yet?

    How about just reinstall one of the legacy programs and only upgrade when you feel it is competent? It's probably too late for this, but I have 2 machines that run the TWS. I only upgrade one at a time so that if (IF?) the new TWS is screwed up, I still have a machine that works ok on the older...
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