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    portfoio margin for an IRA account with IB

    i think you could get around margin restrictions by opening a self directed ira, so it would be more of a trust structure, and you then could get around margin restrictions and even be able to buy real estate. It's just that you will need a good amount of money.
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    Netflix Short Was Hedge-Fund Manager Tilson's Biggest 2010 Loser

    First of all all these comments are of non traders or rookies. Seriously, did you read his reason on why he is shorting? If you didn't then don't comment. The market has been in a bull market right now, which is hard for shorts to make money. Patience and his thesis for netflix will play out.
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    Wall Street Warriors 3?

    After the market dropped I think they did season 2 and stopped. They might bring it back not sure. Season 2 was meh, a lot of the people on it were kind of wiped out. Timothy is still running around trying to self-promote. You should of seen him on the kirkreport, they had an interview...
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    FOREX Tax Reporting with IB - Help

    I currently use Trade Log, it does a good job in downloading transactions. It calculates the gains and shows you in a list, where you can also change it around for specific time periods. It does also a good job, by figuring out your profit in your base currency which say is USD, when you make...
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    DailyFX from FXCM

    It's ok, nothing great. I used them when i first started trading, but over time figured out how to use TA myself to make trades. Sometimes they hit the market right on and other times are awful bad. You will need to get a feel for the market and look at your own charts so that you can double...
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    Leave FX Spot Market for Currency Futures

    Hey I am curious how to convert my trade size's from my fx spot trades to fx futures. If i am trading a 1 million eur/usd or gbp/usd is the equivalent futures 10 eur futures and say 10 gbp or is it different?
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    Trader Compensation Percentages

    Hmm, I guess the amount traded is factored in. I couldn't imagine a trader at a hedge fend taking more then have the performance fee.
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    Trader Compensation Percentages

    Hey I am curious how do most hedge funds compensate there traders. I know most will get a base salary and then a bonus on the winnings. I am just wondering is there a set standard for the percentage of earnings paid out in bonuses?
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    License Question

    To register with the nfa you would probably have to take the series 3 and series 34.
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    IB Futures Intra-day Margins

    Didn't IB take away intra-day margin for futures?
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    PFG Best

    Does anyone have any experience with PFG Best? i was considering there currenex solution. I am currently with IB, and looking to add another broker. I'm wondering if they have good liquidity, or if i should steer clear of them?
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    Forex.com: Ask < Bid

    Don't use them, they are a bucketshop.
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    Best smartphone for Interactive Brokers customers

    How hard is trading like that through your android? I am curious, because i would love additional functionality that itws doesn't have.
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    Best smartphone for Interactive Brokers customers

    Multitasking is fine, but you will log tws out if you access it with your iphone and vice versa.
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    Best smartphone for Interactive Brokers customers

    Iphone version is better then bbry version due to the fact of a bigger screen for more space.
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    New NFA Regulations as of October 18, 2010

    The final retail Forex regulations (which requires registration for forex CTAs, CPOs and IBs) have been published in the Federal Register. The final regulations will be effective as of October 18, 2010. The regulations were adopted essentially as written with the execption of two major issues...
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    Good alternative to IB?

    Seriously you shouldn't be using Windows xp, anymore. I figure it's some bug between the two, IB wont fix due to the fact the OS is obsolete. I would recommend you update to windows 7 64 bit, trust me the improvement in performance will help. Also that 8gigs of memory is a waste since your...
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    TOS update??

    I tried TOS before, they once had an outage, and there was a big movement in the markets. You could hear people picking up your call and hanging up since they were so busy.
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    IB-can't get rid of FX Trader

    Have you entered the symbol pair in your quote list?
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    Is IB's action subject to SEC or US Law?

    Think about it, if there in the same account and you decide to trade fx on leverage your using your regular stocks as leverage. Depending on what order you told them to liquidate i would guess they would do the stocks first.
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