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I sold them last year and I need this info for my taxes. My Scottrade account has no history on buying any shares of KFT because I never bought them, but I have a "Net Proceeds" value from them. is the Cost Basis $0 because I never paid for them? Or is it their share price on the day I...

Everyone has had that idea at some point. And then they realize that the stock price is reduced by the dividend amount when dividends are paid. And they're like "d'oh!" Remember the feeling you had when you came up with that idea... that spark of optimism thinking that you just came up with...

i've played around with that, but there are too many days when it doesnt revert at all. and because vwap is reset every day, if it doesnt revert by the end of the day, you've lost you chance. oh, on that note, you cannot have "vwap over some period." there is only one vwap; its period cannot...

??????? it's 3 times in 5 days, not 2 months.

in for MAESTRO to tell us the correct way to calculate the mean using higher degree polynoms. forex forums are full of RTM/average down strategies/EAs/whatever. most of them suck. a few are hedged. a couple have lasted for years until they finally blew out on the day price moved [your max...

Winners buying from/selling to many people.

you mean this spike?

First one here as it would have appeared in real time. Cheers if you can use MACD and stochs profitably :D

are they making this a rule?

No kidding, that's why I've been studying this for so long. I can't trade how I want to with stocks due to wash sales and tax annoyances. It's futures or *gasp* forex. Actually, forex, with it's super tiny lot sizes, would be perfect for learning if it wasn't so corrupt and unregulated...

bump for updates

Holy computing power :eek:

Someone PMed me and asked me to post specifics of the problems I'm having in this thread. So... (I'm typing this from memory as I don't have access to my notes right now, so sorry if it's a bit spacey) I am having trouble "trend following." In order to follow a trend I need a definition...

I'm glad you found this thread helpful. I have taken a break from posting in it because my progress stalled as I was not able to quantify price action the way I hoped to. I have a lot of questions to which I still haven't been able to get answers and it's taking me a long time to figure out...

Alright I just talked to them. OEC: It will not be an ECN OEC: Commissions will be PIP based and as low as 1-2 pips on the popular pairs OEC: At OEC FX, you pay no commissions to trade. Your only transaction cost is the dealing spread. OEC: With spreads as low as 1-2 pips for most major...

Yes I was asking. Thanks.

cliff's notes on what a rebate (in the context of trading) is?

yeah i checked there last night when i got back to my computer and there was nothing. their email said more forex details coming soon.

im gonna call them next week and ask: what the order routing for fx is (ecn or bucket shop) fx spreads how fx commissions will work if short pairs pay interest if you can trade in whatever size you want (a la oanda) assuming the answer to all those questions is good, this...

posting from my phone so i cant copy paste. anyway i just got an email saying theyre upgrading their software and will allow forex trading in a couple weeks. anyone know if theyre gonna be an ECN or allow variable lot sizes?