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Here's a photo of my workspace - today was in the red although a bit of profit at market settlement. A messy desk as well.

I have three 28" Brillance 2188P from Phillips - but they keep on going wrong. They still form quite a bank in front of me and I need to turn my head quite a bit. Obviously they are in Portrait position. I have experimented with them being on 125% and 150% magnification (otherwise text is too...

Thanks - having a look on it - but then again I am not gaming - so I guess that the graphic requirements are different.

I use 3 x 4k monitors at full resolution. Using a XTrader Pro on a i7 7700k (but no noticeable difference to my i7 6600k, and my old i7 4790k which even though have now passed down the food chain I think was actually quicker). None of these machines were overcooked as I want reliability as...

My broker told me that I needed an LEI from 2/1/18 to do a trade in the EU (eg ICE Europe). See my post https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/leis-rearing-their-ugly-head-again.310330/#post-4475454

It's just cost me about EUR 100 for my LEI and there is a renewal fee - so your claim of no cost isn't stricitly accurate. Maybe the cost is minimal. I don't know enough about it to really comment but I am suspicious that it actually helps anyone having started off my career in regulation. It...

Just to say I got my LEI from KDD. They seemed a bit disorganised, ie I had trouble with their website login, etc, but friendly and they were significantly cheaper than the rest. Took about 3-4 days.

ADMISI said that I need it to trade ICE Europe It's G20 sponsored so not just the EU. But it is darn silly and another bureaucratic cost. Why not just have say a 4 digit country code followed by the company registration no. I am can just picture the civil servants sitting in expensive...

Following on from the fun and games back in 2014 - I got the following email from my broker today: Account: Dear XXX LTD Subject: LEI Registration and MiFID II MiFID II will introduce additional rules on transaction reporting for all FCA regulated firms that execute trades on...

This seems to have reared its head again - I will create a new thread

Just wanted to say thank you for your advice.

Hi Jones75 I work on the basis of having withdrawn 100% profits until seed capital, and now withdraw 50% of nett profit. This grows my trading account whilst ensuring that I can live and enjoy the fruit of my efforts - I am doing this as a day job (or admittedly as one of my day jobs). This...

Hi Marketsufer When I said proprietary trader - I mean with my own money. (I own the prop firm - well my wife also has 50% of the shares but they are non-voting!! and unfortunately I don't have unlimited capital!!)

Hi Matt I was speaking to somebody who went through this route in the UK and it cost him nearly £300k to get the required compliance. I would also probably need to hire a full time compliance officer at quite a substantial salary. I am looking at ways to ride piggy back on somebody who...

Hi Bone We know each other as I did your course about 6 years ago - I'll PM you

Thanks for your comment. I really don't think that this would affect me too much. Most of what I do is pretty quantitative - although there is still a subjective element. I would be presenting my trading history accurately and honestly and either they would want to accept the risk or not...

Hi Matt Thanks for your reply. I am not based in the US. I would have to follow UK regulations which are different and much more onerous and I don't want to go around trying to raise capital from the public.

Hi I am based in the UK - and have been trading for my own account consistently profitably for the last six years. I average about 40% net per annum, 60% gross (I trade fairly stable spread combinations so entry and exit commission costs are high - as are platform as I use a co-located...

I believe that you are an active NFFE if you earn more than 50% of your gross income from day trading (eg. see part XXV of the W-8BEN-E) - this would make logical sense. But don't ask me how do you know what your income is going to be before you make it. You might like to look at my post from...

Just a quick update to say that so far I am really getting on with Tradestation and am finding EasyLanguage to live up to its name. When I try and use it in anger it might be a different story, but there is really good support, lots on the web, and a good amount of data available for back...