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Good question Hobo, I decided to do a search and came up with this: http://www.euronext.com/fic/000/010/769/107690.pdf For those of you who hate trawling through documents it says this on page 7 "Stamp Duty1. Stamp Duty/SDRT is not payable on equity futures and options that are available...

I trade in the UK and use IB, they are very good, but don't expect them to nurse you through your trades. The customer support is maybe the worse part of IB, which might be a consideration for a new trader. ghost typer is correct you will have to pay an extra 0.25% stamp duty buying UK stocks...

A gallon of gas (petrol) in the UK costs about £1.02 per litre x 3.785 to convert to a US gallon = £3.86 x approx 2 to convert to dollars = $7.72. A new 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home would cost at a very minumum £200,000 ($400,000) with hardly any land, and most likely more. Houses are running...

Well... It seems like MyMiniTrading is about as popular as a bee in a nudist colony. I bet half the forum are selling S&P futures, led by cocaine and swordsman, desperately hoping the markets will close lower and that he will keep his promise of : "I will leave this forum if the indexes...

I agree with what you say but I think your analysis is a bit harsh. It seems everyone on this forum is at different levels, from the absolute beginner to the consummate professional trader. I know what you mean about the "can I make $30k a year from a $2k account" posts, but surely if you...

What no one has mentioned is the low bandwidth that IB uses. I have a laptop that I connect via 3g mobile to monitor positions when I am out/away and it uses very little bandwidth.