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And so the thousands of Americans trading from home, or in the securities industries, are not Tax Payers? I paid damn near 40% (CA and Fed) on my trading income last year. Aren't I a Tax Paying American Worker? More taxation is never a good idea. This isn't a cigarette tax. It's a (yet...

This is some bad news shiite. Some are saying it has no chance to pass. I hope so, but there has been plenty of terrible legislation that has gotten thru. Baron ought to get into this too. Maybe start a "Fight the Proposed Trader Tax" section. If this POS goes though, ET will be a ghost...

Yeah, same thing here. Had to restart. Thought it was my crappy ISP.

Interesting. I think my "off-system" trades are about the same. Like you'd expect, I suppose. Our manual trades do no better than b/e. Yeah...but I know...I can do better...if I just... :D

Mine is just a simple 2-5 day swing method. Profit targets and time stops are fixed and sent to IB at the start of trading. Doesn't seem like it would work well for you if you are doing dynamic portfolio adjustments. Or at least, it may be more trouble than it's worth to program up.

It's a shame that we had to have a market meltdown for the "authorities" to finally police existing laws. A lot of it was probably disbelief that it could happen. It was so easy for the chorus of "If they were good companies, the shorts would not be able to kill them, etc, etc...". As always...

This probably won't help, but FWIW my application (custom) uses a simple Excel spreadsheet to record trades. New trades, along with profit targets and time stop dates, are automatically entered EOD in to Excel (with old-fashioned VB6 code, but it works). The system reads them before the open...

Good idea. I'm pretty well automated. All I have to do is push the button and leave the damn thing alone. But still...I find a way to fark things up! Luckily most of my stuff is profitable enough to even overcome my futzing with it. Maybe if I paid a big guy to wack me in the head every...

One thing seems clear, those pirates are the only organisation making steady money lately!

I always thought this was a ridiculous idea for a company. I mean, who would actually pay for something they can easily get free? Can't you just go to a bank or grocery and get change for free? Next thing you know, people will be paying money for tap water! :D

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This is definitely some scary shit. And no way can our elected officials be counted upon to be smart enough to see how destructive this will be to our markets. Given the alternative, I can see ponying up a dollar or two as an extra commission. But something like 1/4% of the value, in and...

GUTS - Is arriving home late after a night out with the guys, being met by your wife with a broom, and having the guts to ask: 'Are you still cleaning, or are you flying somewhere?' BALLS - Is coming home late after a night out with the guys, smelling of perfume and beer, lipstick on your...

Not me. I always thought dose guyz were juz hard workin' traders doin' da research ta find dose damn crooked companies, to generously help protect the investing public. Who'd a thunk they was all sleazy crooks... :D

Largest Shorts “Fairfax is one of our largest shorts,” Chanos told a TheStreet.com Inc. columnist in August 2002, according to an e- mail unsealed in the case. Ah - the Herb Connection! :p

I hope IB has powered up some lobbying effort. If the "trader tax" passes, and it looks like it is heading that way, short the hell out of IB and every broker that handles a lot of retail accounts. I love IB, but can you imagine what will happen to their revenues? Gonna be ugly. Def or...

We are all f*cked if this POS passes... :(

You should be able to change orders, but I always cancel and resubmit. That's what happens anyway. I always cancel and wait until the order turns red and goes away, then resubmit. Seems safer to me... Good trading to all.

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