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The discussion is getting interesting :) I had thought about using a forex broker before, but this means: 1- The 1000$ I move there are still "missing" from my stock trading account and 2- If I use too high a leverage I might get a margin call (= bad slippage) I didn't know about EUR...

Hi guys I live in Europe (using EUR), and I currently invest mostly in stocks for the long haul. Seeing the bad fate the dollar is facing I'm trying to remove the forex aspect, so I would basically need to hedge the dollar amount invested in stocks with EUR What's an efficient way of...

they're traded on CBOT or CME and it is my understanding they are included in the basic US Futures package!

I can't seem to get quotes and trade the BRE (brazilian real futures) and other futures using IB, and was wondering if I'm making something wrong. Futures are enabled for my account, and I get quotes for some of them (e.g. ym or es), but I just can't trade some of them Also, I was thinking if...

Yep, but they have also called all of the market crashes There are many false positives but when you actually look at repeating omens (like 8 or so) most of the false positives are removed and it's actually possible to have a probability edge for protecting your portfolio with puts for a...

Have you found a reliable way to check, day by day, the occurrence of hindenburg omens? I know how they are calculated, but I only have access to IB TWS and thinkorswim for data, and can't seem to find a way to see if a hindenburg omen from there.. Specifically, I'm having trouble finding...

Please excuse my noobish questions but I've just been reading about yen carry trades and there's a couple of things I'd like to understand: 1- you short the yen and buy a high-yielding currency, then pocket the interest difference 2-at this point, you're open to (often leveraged) currency...

Frosty, could you please tell me what software and broker you are using to backtest and actually run the bot? Thx

The only way you can prove me you've got a point on warren is by becoming richer than him.. then you can talk and I will listen

Buffett lately can't beat the market because he IS the market... He's got way too much money to manage and he just can't buy small cap growth+value companies like he used to, nor does he have the time to actively manage them like he used in the 60-70ies To all others throwing shit at him...

Sorry but price doesn't mean anything, it has no value whatsoever in determining a company's value (other than maybe an impact on liquidity e.g. a BRK.A stock at 110k is not as easily trader as a 10$ stock)

Well, to trade pre-market on news you have to: 1- know it IS possible for a retail trader (I learned it a few hours ago, for example, which makes me think I wasn't the only one :P) 2- find a brokerage that supports it 3- read the news on a stock 4- be able to act on the news at once...

Is there any easy way a retail investor can trade pre or post-market? (just tried fiddling with IB TWS and found that you have to uncheck an option in the TIF tab in the order ticket to make the order go through during pre or post market) Anyway.. I know there are wide bid-ask spreads and...

Again, for the sake of honesty, I'd like to point out that I've been getting help from an IB representative via PM and he could reproduce the bug on his computer You can try reproducing it too: -Open a market scanner page, and go to US EFP - Change the price to "raw price" (not interest...

Doing that with a conversion would be nice, in theory, the problem is putting it into practice I.e. choosing different strike prices for the synthetic greatly affects the whole trade For example if you try using a 70 strike price synthetic on QQQ you would only get like 30$ of interest in a...

Update: I've installed the latest Java version, it still works as before Since I've tried this on 3 different PCs I'd like to know if any of you has actually tried (and succeeded in) buying/selling an EFP.. And to all those who are bashing: what's a person to do? I'm investing a good...

Just wanted to let you know for honesty that an IB representative has contacted me through PM and we're working together to reproduce the problem

I won't even comment on the idiotic comment above this post Anyway, it turns out that after multiple chat sessions, I was able to speak with a nice CS employee who told me it's a problem with my version of Java (it apparently causes those strange bugs) He sent me an email, I'll try...

This is my experience: - I'm trying to sell some EFPs to gain interest on the first 10K, but when I try doing that the interface turns purple, a window saying "Logging in.." pops up, and nothing happens, the order does not appear anywhere So, to contact the customer support I have 3...

I've been reading another thread about finding a way to accrue interest on the first 10000$ (which IB doesn't pay) The thread discussed using EFPs or conversions to do that The problem is that I can't seem to sell EFPs, whenever I do that nothing changes in my account tab at IB (no margin, no...