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So should all American futures traders open accounts with brokers in Canada or Europe?

Excellent points. Thank you for your post. What do you think of RJ Obrien? I was under the impression they are a pretty safe firm. Any other firms like RJ Obrien that have been around forever?

What are the safest futures brokers? MF Global and PFGBest have me worried! Besides selecting a safer broker, is there anything else a futures trader can do to keep their money safer?

What type of cell phone should I get for international travel in Europe? I would imagine it would be an unlocked GSM quad band phone. Unlocked so that you can use a local SIM card. GSM is the most commonly used network technology. Quad band would allow the phone to work on more networks...

The central banks have been flooding the world with liquidity for decades. It wasn't a problem in the past, so why is it suddenly such a huge problem now?

Didn't happen in January 2009. Production costs for the biggest producers are probably close to nothing.

oil prices are high because prices are determined by speculators at digital casinos. if prices were determined by producers and consumers at the negotiating table prices would be 1/3 to 1/5 of what they are today.

Pardon my ignorance, but does the Fed REALLY buy tons of ES and SPY to drive the market up? Or are you guys just joking around?

Jim Rogers isn't a billionaire from what I have read.

What are the largest fortunes ever made by INDEPENDENT traders? By independent trader I am talking about someone that only trades their own money. Not someone that manages other people's money. Obviously lots of hedge fund managers and money managers have gotten very rich from trading but...

If a financial transaction tax was passed in one country wouldn't it simply result in all the trading volume moving to other countries that don't have the tax?

So with the iPhone you can talk on the phone and trade on TWS at the same time? The iPhone has no problem multitasking like that?

What is the best smartphone for Interactive Brokers customers? iPhone? Blackberry? Something else? Specifically can you talk on the iPhone or Blackberry and use the Interactive Brokers mobile app at the same time? I know that some smartphones have limited multitasking capabilities. I...

Who are the losers in futures trading? We all know that there are winners in futures trading that consistently make good money. We also know that futures trading is a negative sum game when you consider trading costs. So while a couple people win the vast majority of people lose. I would...

Are fixed income futures harder to trade than other types of futures? I am interesting in learning more about trading interest rate futures but I am under the impression that interest rate futures are harder to trade profitably than other markets. In particular I am interested in short term...

I was thinking the same thing but PTJ did not lose money several years in a row after 1987. Robbins says his client lost money for several years after 1987. Also I have a hard time believing that a genius like PTJ (or any super trader) would have the patience for the aimless ramblings of...

Why are interest rates going down so much?

Who are the best forex brokers for trading micro/mini size lots? I want to trade very, very, very small size positions initially until I have some success with this. I will mainly be doing swing and position trading. Which forex brokers would you recommend for trading extremely small...

This is the same man that created all of these problems. He has no credibility at this point and it boggles my mind that anyone actually cares about what he thinks.

The best Greenspan can hope for is to go down in history as a Wall Street yes man. Most likely he will go down as the one of the biggest idiots ever to work for the Federal government.