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I have never traded this security. I really have no idea where this trade came from. Neither did the guy on the other line of the phone so he just said, "dividend". Anyway its really messing up my taxes. Anyone have any suggestions? EDIT _________________ Just got this email from...

My IB statement in Dec 03 shows this: 2003-12-22, 00:00:00 NXPS -- -0.5333 1.4500 0.77 0.00 That is listed under the stock transaction section. Basically saying at midnight I shorted half a shard of NXPS. I have never traded NXPS. IB says it is a dividend. IF it was a dividend why is...

Now another question: I dont qualify for trader status as I am a swing trader and trade about 4 times a week. I am under the impression that with an LLC you do not have to have trader status inorder to elect MTM. Does anyone know if that is true or not?

I am unsure if that is completely true. For example if you have trader tax status your allowed to deduct all your trading business expenses as ordinary tax deductions directly from gross income of any kind, in full, without any limitations. I also hear that is very risky. What happens if you...

Hi Everyone, One of my main strategies is a dividend play. I have recently learned that dividends do not count as capital gains and therefore do not get deducted against capital losses. I was thinking about starting an LLC to try and get around this and gain all the extra tax benefits...

Its interesting how everyone seems to have problems with IB. I opened my account about 6 months ago and have yet to have a problem. There support may suck but I have never had a reason to call them.

Ya talk about a spike.. 150% in 45 minutes ^^ I wonder what its going to do tommorow..........

danka

Question for all you pros out there. Where can one find ex-dividend dates for various stocks? Ive looked but cant seem to find anything. Is there a web page that has a list for every stock that issues a divinded?

MCD dropping like no toher.. Short at 23.81 :/ cover at 23.50 fast 1 minute trade lol

I have been unable to get to www.interactivebrokers.com for 2 days now. Is anyone else having this problem?

Agreed. When evaluating a system I will generally take the average % divided by the number of days the trade is on. Doing such gives me an idea of the average percentage gained per day.

ig0r, Not always true. In swing trading I have found that most losing trades will come back within a few weeks. Granted you always have to have a point in which you are going to get out no matter what. Just my experience though. :)

I think your assumption is wrong. There are in fact non optimized systems that backtest quite profitably. Where are they? Well that is your job to find out. Why would someone give you a technique they spent countless time developing?

> 50% win rate does not mean curve fit. Ever had a system that takes smaller wins and larger losses? Well it means a very high win rate. Does that some how equate to curve fit? If it does I must be in the dark.

Bob, Thats funny. I have something vary similar but it holds for two days. Has a 70% chance of being correct. What I do to give myself a good fealing is to test random groupings of stocks for each year. For instance ill take say 50 stocks in 95-96 and see how it did. If the system has...

Why dont you look at the religious thread(666 SMA I think?) and see who started the topic? It was not GG.

Chit Chat- What is the purpose of that specific forum? Where are GG's posts that do not deal with trading? In Chit Chat. What is wrong with this? If you ban everyone that you disagree with your going to be the only person left. :p GG- I wouldn't call you an atheist but an agnostic.

This is by far the best answer given.

I am working on doing the same. I use slices as well. My system cuts the portfolio into 8ths. It does a grand job at smoothing equity curve. I never thought about using a point system before though. You gave me an idea to try it with different entries. I have a standard exit system I...