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in some countries, people or gov't bureaucrats like the federal reserve president are executed for bank fraud or ripping off the gov't money.

The federal reserve act PROHIBITS the fed from giving money to buy corporate or private assets. but recently they've as temporary measure due to covid 19 emergency and it's welfare loans to airlines etc as the demise of their industry is from gov't policy. The FED cannot buy your private...

just pay your capital gains 'tax' you want to offset your gains with losses right and pay nothing in capital gains tax it's a small amount $500,000 not worth the legal and hassle, it's only 10% capital gain tax right? if your 'trader status' that $500,000 gain is tax as income tax.

these stocks trade like penny stocks ..very illiquid and very people own it. maybe just one market maker the stocks are like options. 100% up today 50% down tommorrow. no margin or leverage.

The question who bought the shares of Buffet airline stocks. obviously, he didn't sell his stocks at the exchange and was a off exchange market or OTC sale. Why would anyone buy airline stocks, Buffet is lucky somebody is willing to hold the bag??? The guy unload how much of cash from...

they have better strategies than you ,and your account is marked if you are making huge profits. these HFT machines would trade against you since they know you are a 'trader' and your trading strategy. what trading strategy. any trading strategy you have, they know the strategy. these algos...

other than for trading, the price of OTM options for commodity and some index futures is like 5% of the underlying security. I don't see the point of buying them and the lack of volume shows why. very few people participate in those options. as a hedge or speculation. these options listing is...

its big difference if an exchange is owned by traders and brokers.. why you think it was a non-profit exchange or member owned exchange. someone or somebody wanted to cash out in the 2000 to sell the exchange as 'business 'and ipo the exchange.to investors. and for a member owned non-profit...

these HFT firms are just taking 'investor' money. for a small return. it's a just investment promotion vehicle like these 3x short or commodit etc ETF. nothing special about them. they earn a management fee whether investors of these HFT funds make money or not. HFT is an investment 'product'

if you don't understand that futures margin have increased. so now your cash level is less. even though you paid 'cash' for the stock, your new cash is less from increased in other products like futures. as for options there is no margin. and other stocks. brokers can eliminate margin for some...

they are scared. and should be with negative pricing exchange 'policy' and rule. it's not worth even any legal lawsuit for the FCM to deal with the exchange boys. just don't deal with them. avoid a dealer if they are bad. there isn't a lot of competition for futures traders now. only one...

oil was selling at $10/barrel for that contract. you have a 100% or 200% gaurantee profit. They don't want to sell it or 'they' want the oil themselves. i'll buy oil at $10/barrel if you have any for delivery. the exchange is bucket shop there is no oil at $5/barrel for sale. or oil for...

those were the new discount brokers mostly for daytraders who rack up $300/month in commissions and $100/month in platform software/data level two and news fees

Why should it.? lite and pro is just software version. fills are based on first in line rule in the exhange. orders are filled depending on your line up. if you have orders ahead of you they get filled first. are you guys elite traders or amateurs to even ask these beginner niave questions...

The exchange doesn't care if you are pro or lite in filling orders. the first in line gets filled for exchange orders. lite or pro is just software and doesn't give you and advantage in order fills. in the exchange, the market makers gets filled first.

it still has some contango. uga these are for trading only. the niave public were buying these USO and UWT without reading the SEC prospectus saying these are not buy and hold securities and you don't own any commodity. yet people average down and continue to hold it. they were created mainly...

retail investors used to pay $30 commission for a stock buy with $5000 value in the year 2000 or $60 round trip so the market maker would fill your order from inventory

for illiquid stocks, nobody in the market has shares to sell or no inventory. Ameritrade is market maker for many stocks and sold you the shares rather than a non-customer. your broker is also the market maker and sold his inventory to you for the commission. the trade may not even go through...