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  1. Robert Morse

    Dorman Trading financial statement 2016

    What FCM does Dorman use? Where is your account custody? I thought they were an FCM.
  2. Robert Morse

    Option trader tax status

    This is the format many of my customers have chosen. If you are only trading 1256 contracts, I'm not aware of any benefit to also looking for TTS from the IRS.
  3. Robert Morse

    Good Option Advisory Services?

    Not exactly what you asked for but this website has a lot of information. https://marketchameleon.com/ and if you know what you are looking for, LVX (Sterling VolTRader) has an option scanners. https://www.lightspeed.com/trading-platforms/livevol-x/...
  4. Robert Morse

    Can IRS force Trader Status?

    I agree it is not the only reason. When incomes hit $500K+ and you get warm weather+lower cost of living, that seems to be the push.
  5. Robert Morse

    Can IRS force Trader Status?

    I have close to a dozen people I know that moved to Florida from NY and 50% of the reason was state income tax. They all make $250K+/year and were able to relocate and not affect their business. I have also heard of retired people that don't want to move south, moved from NY to PA because they...
  6. Robert Morse

    Interactive Brokers: Fixed or Tiered?

    Exchange fees are the maker/taker fees that the exchanges offer and charge for offering liquidity or taking liquidity. In general, you pay for taking an offer/hitting a bid and get paid for not doing that. the only regulatory fee I'm aware of if the Section 31 Fee on all securities sales. It is...
  7. Robert Morse

    Short GDX @ $22.57

    Do you enter your entire position on the first trade or day? Have you considered entering a little each day over a price range?
  8. Robert Morse

    Gain capital/ futures online

    thank you...
  9. Robert Morse

    Can IRS force Trader Status?

    What if you had an LLC? Do they not allow you to go back three years with losses like the IRS?
  10. Robert Morse

    Gain capital/ futures online

    I had them enabled. I assume the markets are better in the morning.
  11. Robert Morse

    Vega and how to figure out where it is going

    This is a screenshot from LVX. Try the demo. I can't give trading advice. It would make sense to only check the options range you are monitoring. This is MRO with HV30 and IV30 only.
  12. Robert Morse

    Gain capital/ futures online

    I can't see these because I don't get the market data. We can access these from RealTick.
  13. Robert Morse

    Gain capital/ futures online

    I can look tomorrow if I can bring them up on my CME-Direct platfrom.
  14. Robert Morse

    Gain capital/ futures online

    That might be, not within my expertise. I do like the CME as my counter-party vs my FCM. I also like it that there is one market without fragmentation.
  15. Robert Morse

    Gain capital/ futures online

    You can switch to FX Futures. Do you trade directional?
  16. Robert Morse

    options trading, basic question on closing/selling before expiration

    You would choose to not close the positions B4 expiration if: You have an offsetting stock hedge that this will offset You want the stock positions after expiration
  17. Robert Morse

    Vega and how to figure out where it is going

    We offer Sterling VolTrader (previously Livevol X). With this software you can examine changes in implied vol over time. This might help with your process. https://www.sterlingtradingtech.com/sterling-voltrader/ https://www.lightspeed.com/trading-platforms/livevol-x/ Email me your contact...
  18. Robert Morse

    Skilled futures trader with history of discipline issues resolves issues and finally succeeds over t

    IMO, sim trading is good to test software, not to monitor P/L.
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