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Why do all you IB, anti-day trading margin guys always denigrate someone who wants to take advantage of these margins that other brokers offer? And why the assumption that they would use the FULL margining power of their account to trade as such? After all, day trader or not, at the end of the...

Just so you are aware, IB states on their website that orders placed thru the API are not eligible for non-bundled rates, only the .005 flat rate. If that's an issue.

And why do you think that is?

No. Neither does IB.

Lightspeed, simply for ease of use for most people.

deposit firm or are you someone looking for the Holy Grail - firms that front your trading? Determine which because you will get two (three?) different sets of answers.

In retrospect, I think you would be better off with FXCM for a while. BTW, ask around and find out how many fx brokers, let alone ECN brokers that accept small time traders (face it, we are all small time players in this market) have account protections up to $1MM in cash insurance. If you...

looking at the video, I couldn't help but think of that old axiom in reference to the woman who was a former credit derivatives trader and now teaches economics: "those that can do, and those that can't, teach"

The video: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/11/19/dem_calls_for_firing_of_geithner_summers.html Also, according to some political insiders, he's probably going to be around after 2010 unless someone gets some dirt on him: http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/OR.htm

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE5AH5CN20091118 US financial trade tax faces uphill battle Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:19pm EST By Kim Dixon and Andy Sullivan - Analysis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Proposed taxes on financial transactions face an uphill battle in the United States...

Didn't say that sub-s doesn't have pass-thru, numbnuts - said that LLC passthru is treated as income on personal tax return whereas sub-s is not taxed as income

It's been discussed here a few times so do a search to get a more detailed viewpoint. General consensus is that if you incorporate, you are better served organizing as a Sub-chapter S rather than an LLC since ALL LLC profit is taxed as income (and the associated taxes that go along with it)...

No Obama apologist here, but... you all piss and moan saying what a lousy job Obama is doing about the unemployed, and here they go and create/fill as many jobs as they can... and you still piss and moan. There's just no pleasing ya'.

A few better options: if you want to use the drive IN your computer, try something like this: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD-108&cat=HDD...

2 cents per 100 shares: .02/100=.0002 Seriously?

You, obviously, have no clue as to why these new margins went into effect if you believe it has anything to do with the an "over-leveraged" mortgage market.

For those who can't do math, 2 cents/100 shares is .0002/share, not .002. To the topic, many shops offer this deal because they have an agreement with their clearing for a fixed commission for trading a specific stock. If you get this deal, you are limited to what they tell you to trade...

err...changed. Better fat finger mistake here than while trading. :D

I see that there are many here who never traded futures then.

They are probably getting ready for the shift over the next decade from gasoline-fueled vehicles to alternative energy vehicles. If you have more of these electric, hydrogen fuel cell, and hybrid cars on the road, you got less revenue from the tax on gasoline, so they are getting it on the books...