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Thank you so much, @BMK, that explains it.

Thanks, Thanks, but that's what I will get. Maybe the broker deduct 10% for non-US traders? I'm sure that 10% of the total dividend is deducted, I just don't know what it is for.

I own 400 shares of MMM, the total dividend is $600, I will get $540, how is it calculated？Thanks!

Please see the screenshot, they keep popping up after I deleted them. I don't use them anywhere in the software. Really annoying.

Too many wanna-bes here, it's kinda pathetic, if playing a successful trader on forums makes you feel good, go for it. But I can tell you know little about trading.

How long did it take Al Brooks to become profitable? What about Mark Douglas? Don't tell me you are smarter than them. When you ask a question here, most replies are "stop trading", I'm sick of it. If you are not capable of understanding my question, maybe you should skip my thread.

1-2K may be enough to trade a few MES contracts, but it feels very different to trade the same size with a big account, much more relaxed, better results.

Thanks for all your suggestions! This is not a hypothetical question, I don't understand why anyone would ask fake questions. My family is actually my wife, she doesn't trade but she earns very well. I earned well in my day jobs in my previous life, I treated her very well, now she takes care...

A little background: I've been trading S&P 500 related products for 7 years, SPY, spy options, ES, ES options, MES. In the first few years, I traded big accounts (usually started with $25K) and lost a lot, two years ago I started to trade very small accounts (1~2K), I only trade one or two MES...

Thanks for the info. The "all-in-rates" link on this page is broken, what's the total fee of trading one MES contract? Also, I can only use your own trading platform, right?

That's an ideal situation, but life is not perfect. If a software can help me prevent it from happening again, it's still a solution. And it can be more reliable than self-discipline.

I can't, I just can't. If I can eliminate the huge loss days, I would be a winning trader. Why can't I use a tool to help me? Automate trading goes further than this.

No matter how hard I try, I just couldn't control my daily maximum loss, any brokers can do this? Monitor my account, and when the loss exceeds a pre-defined amount, liquidate everything and lock my account until the next day. I mainly trade index futures such as MES.

I failed by trading 3 contracts by accident. I find it ridiculous since there is daily loss limit and maximum draw down. There are also other little things that may fail you, if you traded at the wrong time for example. Being from Asia, I also had constant connection problems. With the macro...

It's OK now, support fixed it. Thanks, guys!

Everything is great with AMP except the connection, very frustrating. IB is so much bettern on this.

Yesterday I couldn't connect CQG for a couple of hours, chat support fixed it for me. Now I couldn't connect again, I have open positions, I'm waiting for chat support, but there are 22 persons waiting in front of me, it will take a while. Does anyone know how to get help quickly?

It's finally over. Traded this tiny account for 3 weeks, which makes me really miss those big accounts I have burned over the years. If I traded small... Thanks everyone for your support, happy trading! Signing off.

Thanks everyone for trying to help, really appreciated it. But trading is a very personal thing, I can only be saved by myself. I'm on a self-deconstructive mode. I made the same mistakes as last trading day. P&L: -44 + 11 data feed fee Current balance: 92

It's the lower line of a channel, thought I could scalp one or two points. I was wrong, but if I got out, it would be my last trade as I had reached my daily hard loss limit. I really wanted to have a green day. Anyway, no excuse can justify that terrible trade. :banghead: