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I don't think so. I could be wrong...and just21 correct me if I am... but I think what he's trying to say is that the NON ES stuff will be treated like ES after 4/2. Therefore the margins should be that same at that point, but I don't think ES margin will change.

I thought the same thing. Somebody with poo hands must have created that title based on his quote. The headline was drastic - the quote was innocuous.

...and this is Greenspan's fault because....? I guess you know that the Federal Reserve Chairman spot has a term limit and that it was extended once due to "emergency conditions" to allow Greenspan to stay longer than is normally allowed by law. And I'm sure you are well versed in Mr...

Further, IMO the best way to make money on the movement of the VIX is to avoid trading the futures and options based loosely on the VIX. They've been out for a while and there's a good reason the volume isn't there.

The guy on the other side of that trade is probably launching a thread complaining about IB in another part of ET as we speak.

I've been in the business for a few years. I'm no expert but I'll share a few things I've learned. Aside from the advice above, I would suggest becoming very knowledgeable about rules/regs and registration requirements and stay on the right side of things at all times. If this turns into a...

The questions for any given exam are randomly chosen from a larger bank of questions. The number of questions in each subject area are fixed but the subcategories can be imbalanced, so you may have a completely different sample from the next guy. One thing I didn't like was having the same...

I agree with Aaron...not standard and in the minority but it seems to be a growing practice. There are pools and FoFs out there who set up shop and look to make money solely on the commish of their selected funds. If you are a fund paying $5 per RT and making nothing on commish, they will give...

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Thanks for that...I was wondering how this was all going to play out. I should start saving jars of urine now I guess. I think part of the desire to manage money for others is that it increases the scale and speed of the ascent. Some basic math will show the huge differences 2/20 has on an...

I agree that it represents the potential, but this much infrastructure - while some of it is required - does not need to be so costly or brand name. Your returns do need to be high and relatively consistent and you need to have a record beyond 6-12 months. Many of my potential investors...

...really going out on a limb there calling for more fund blowups given that something like 15% of all funds go out of business every year. With 9,000 funds, that's 1350 funds shutting doors this year - if three or four make the papers then by golly ole Jim was right again!!!!

So what is the answer? Clients complain about both so how does one balance the two to achieve a happy medium? Some people want 15% a year, but that's not why they invested with you when you were small and making 50% a year. My guess is just keep gathering funds until the 50% per annum starts...

I don't think yellow is possible. Light grey is an untransmitted order, from there it progresses to light blue, green etc...

What color was the order during the 120 seconds?

Thanks. I chatted with IB and apparently the issue is solely with the Jan EOM 1400 put. All other contracts seem to be going green and working properly, but for some reason this specific contract is hanging up. IB's tech support is working on it.

I have TWS up but my orders are dark blue if they existed GTC from Friday and anything I submit now is light blue - never goes green. Anyone getting orders through to Globex?

The NFA site can give the most comprehensive answer, however the short version is to pass the series 3 and register with the NFA. To actually start working as a CPO, you'll also need to form an entity and get some docs together.

A CTA manages individual accounts that belong to others. A CPO manages a single account that is a pool of money from others. You need to have the appropriate registration for what you want to do - one cannot do what the other does. Many have both registrations and run a pool as well as...

late apex is correct, the math on that record looks fine. Keep in mind how compounding works. If you are up 100% for the year and have a 5% month, then you are up 110% for the year, and so on. It works the same on the downside as well. All of those who report to AutmnGold (and others)...