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    Excel or API feed for earnings dates and ex dividend dates

    I am looking for an inexpensive feed that will provide next earnings date with pre market or after market times. Next ex div date.
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    Roaring Kitty

    Those that short a stock to 150% of the float know the risks. If they were not hedged properly then its their fault for their losses or blown up accounts. DFV was speaking of a massive short squeeze for 18 months on Reddit. This was his theisis. Those hedgies and mm's made bank taking the...
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    Roaring Kitty

    Those hedgies and MM take the risk in shorting a stock to 150% of its float. They got burned, I see no issues here. I make a bad trade, my account can get blown up too.
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    Say what.....Robinhood annual margin rates drop 50%%%%

    Plenty of 1MM accounts, just look at screen shots on WSB
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    Suggestion For Brokerage Firm With Good Customer Service?

    Robert was my rep for almost 3 years. I could not of asked for a better more responsive account rep. If you requirements are a direct access broker, no one better than Robert and Lightspeed.
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    Think or Swim Issues today? 8/17/20

    It worked until 9.32am and then froze.
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    TD ameritrade contingent order execution error

    FWIW I ran an order at 9:42 to market 25 shares of DHI and it took 4:30 seconds to execute. TD was having major issues at open today and if it keeps up will lose my business.
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    Fidelity now is a zero commision

    Looks like Fidelity is matching the Zero commission structure. https://www.fidelity.com/bin-public/060_www_fidelity_com/documents/Brokerage_Commissions_Fee_Schedule.pdf https://www.fidelity.com/trading/commissions-margin-rates
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    Poker player moving to trade/advise please

    A trade is similar to a poker buyin. Pokerplayers only play a percentage of their bankroll because no matter when you go all in very time they are 100% for a double up. A disciplined trader must keep their individual trade to a percentage of their account. While the poker player can use a...
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    Poker player moving to trade/advise please

    What is similar is risk management between poker and trading. Also controlling tilt will make a difference between a successful and non successful trader. If there strengths in your poker playing, then you have a small leg up in learning to trade.
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    Fastest Execution Broker with Hotkey functionality?

    Are you providing liquidity or taking it?
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    Surprising study shows California is actually a low-tax state

    don't forget the excessive fees on gasoline CA charges, plus vehicle reg fees. The state has a low income tax rate for about the first 60K in annual joint income. About 2.5%. CA maxes out at 13.3% and at 86K per year for a single puts an earner into the 9.3% bracket.
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    Best news subscription for news on individual stocks

    Benzinga Squawk may be what you are looking for.
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    Already profitable, what's next?

    If full time is your goal, get a second job for a year or two and build up some wealth and add to your bankroll. You can get to 50/100K in no time.
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    Alternatives to Excel for tabular data? Minitab? Tableau?

    Tableau's internal query engine will speed up your post SQL processing over Excel. Additional views of your data could be an advantage. Also their internal data manipulation engine is closer to excel than of python so it may be easier to use.
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    Alternatives to Excel for tabular data? Minitab? Tableau?

    I would recommend downloading a trial version of Tableau. It will read directly from the SQL table and you can do your manipulations.
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    Lightspeed Trader Adds Short Locate Functionality

    Understandable, IMHO from a backoffice perspective, just allow x number of active locates without an active position.
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    Lightspeed Trader Adds Short Locate Functionality

    Robert, This sounds like it is for those stocks that are classified 'T' on the Level 2 screen. For those stocks that are listed as 'L' Locate will there be an automated way to request those locates? We currently need to email the short desk and I may miss out on an entry in the few minutes...
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