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VOO has twice the assets under managment than SPY. just noticed that too,.

SPY is the one I always here people talk about. Looking at both now & VOO has a lower expense ratio, and for some reason a *slightly* higher yield. Any reason to own SPY over VOO?

https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/7456/Who-will-win-the-2024-US-presidential-election Is this really a cash site? Do people really trade on it? If so, how does it work? Do they have accounts you sign up for like a brokerage account? How are taxes done? Is the thing even legit? I keep...

so what would happen in the scenario in my post? You would get charged margin for 1 day then 0 for the remaining days?

Let me try this thread again.... Does anyone trade with a Ladder? If so, what do you find advantageous to using it over trading from an L2 screen? Thank you.

I am curious about any advantages people see in a ladder over the L2.

If during the trading day, you decide to buy and hold a stock more than just a daytrade, can selling another stock/ETF in a portfolio to meet the sale price of the new stock be done without incurring any overnight margin? Or, would 1 days margin still be charged, then 0 after that? This would...

I have always used an L2 screen to trade, but always curious about people who use a ladder screen to trade. Is there an advantage to using a ladder?

IRA accounts are cash accounts.

Now that we are T+1, does that mean, in a cash account, if you sell a stock position in the postmarket, the next morning in the pre-market the proceeds of the sale will be available to repurchase stocks?

What is the benefit of buying TBills in the auctions where the rate is unknown until AFTER purchase, when buying TBills on the secondary market allows you to see the percent you will get before buying? Many brokers have lists of TBills you can buy that mature at all different dates with known...

When enough people switch to Roth, there will be a switch to a consumption tax, which will cause people to pay more taxes on money that was supposed to be tax free. The government is always concerned with taxes and no concern with continuous massive spending that has no connection with peoples...

Tonight the TD Ameritrade website is being eliminated by Schwab. Originating out of Datek, the site has survived for 26 years. Big boo to Schwab.

Any reason for one over the others to hold long term? SPY seems to be the one talked about more than the others but VOO has well over double the amount of net assets than SPY? expense ratios: IVV 0.03% VOO 0.04% SPY 0.09% YTD return: IVV 7.92% VOO 7.94% SPY 7.90% Yield: IVV 1.37%...

why do you consider the log charts to be more accurate in the example you gave?

Does anyone use logarithmic charts when trading? If so, what advantage to use see with logarithmic charts? I always see the setting & never could figure out why I would want to use it.

With most brokers, If you sell on Monday Morning, then rebuy Monday in after hours, every day, should it not be a problem? If the rebuy is sold the same day, then it is freeriding, which is a violation, because the rebuy hasnt settled the T+1 until the next day. But since it would be sold the...

So it means that each day you can exit an existing position that is using all the cash in the account in the morning and buy it back later in the day, and repeat that every market day?

With T+1 settlement, does that mean you can, IN A CASH ACCOUNT, lets say, buy a stock in the after hours session and sell it the next day, then use all the proceeds from the sale to buy another stock, and sell it the next day, then use all the process from that sale to buy another.... etc, etc ,etc?

For decades there has always been a chunk of people who say they love scalping stocks & trading equities on Think or Swim. I have always found it INCREDIBLY clunky vs "standard" trading packages with Level II quotes, T&S, charting, etc, etc. TOS can do each one of those, I suppose, but it...