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    IB short list

    Anyone have a problem with IB short list today. My TWS told me I couldn't short SNDK or XLNX.
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    Looking for Phila. Area CPA Knowledgeable in Active Trader Issues

    I am just outside of Philly in New Jersey and I recently started using Green Company after reading many complimentary posts from other traders as well as Robert Green's informational posts. Nothing but positive experience so far, but I'm very early into my solo trading career. I am not...
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    Riskarb's combo to fly conversion journal

    Riskarb, Enjoy reading your posts. Thanks for the contributions. Not to split hairs, though, but your initial short position is the straddle and not the combo, right? just to clarify: Your initial position in the CEPH example is short 1 75 call and 1 75 put. You would be at risk on...
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    Writing Options Buying Power

    Forgive a simple question here, but I am new to retail options having traded with an institution formerly. If you short a credit spread at IB, for example, do you still earn interest on the margin you have to put up? In other words, if I sell a 5 dollar vertical for 4, am I still earning...
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    CyberTrader vs Tradestation

    For those of you who use IB for execution and Tradestation for charting, do you have to pay for two complete sets of market data?
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    First New York Securities

    check your pm
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    First New York Securities

    Does anyone else have any idea as to how receptive a firm like FNYS is to receiving the resumes of experienced traders from other hedge funds?
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    IB Advisor Friends & Family account

    Is it possible for investors in an LLC to each have their money in a separate FF account. This way they would get the mark-to-market treatment of the trading LLC, but via separate accounts. Also, with regard to data fees. Are they billed according to the advisor's status? If you have a...
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    Anyone got insane HD special (sale)?

    www.edealinfo.com
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    Where to get started?

    Hold on to your cash. Do a search. Keep dummy trading until you have found many more answers.
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    Genesis Q&A

    Serge, I apologize if I missed your response in this thread regarding a DDE link, but does your software include a DDE link (to excel, for example)? Thanks
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    Any Dell Coupons that haven't expired??

    check www.hot-deals.org they usually have dell coupons as well as coupons for various other products
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    Terrorist attack in Madrid, Spain! Heads up!

    Obviously. International terrorism is clearly Bush's fault. Didn't you all witness the great strides made by his predecessor with regard to making the world safer? Why WOULDN'T we want to give nuclear technology to North Korea? Maybe we can get terrorists together and create a dialog with...
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    Carlin Trader

    There really isn't too much info on Carlin on the Elitetrader site -- I did a search and was able to find very little. Also, Carlin/Generic does not have any reviews in the Broker section of the site. If anyone has had any positive or negative experiences with this firm I would like to hear...
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    Tradestation 7.2 Free trial

    but they offer a demo CD on their website.
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    Market makers : The myth ??

    I agree with Warren. I have been a Naz MM for 4 years now. It is possible to gather some information from the level two quotes if you understand how MM's operate and what capabilities they have. The problem is it's difficult to explain. With regard to wondering if someone will show their...
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    to all who are winning in trading the markets.

    This is a fairly ballsy for a first post. I look forward to reading the replies of other members. I do hope that you are out there trading against me, though.
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    Trading homes VS stocks

    In the long run as an investment real estate is much better in terms of risk/reward, taxes and wealth generation. Some of the rasons why people don't invest in it are: higher monetary barriers to entry (unless you can use other peoples' money) like you said more sweat involved personal...
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    Competitive Deal ?

    Don, So what then are you rates for Naz traders who do, for example, 1 million shares per month? Are you implying that my needs might be better served somewhere else if I am planning on trading 95% Nasdaq stocks?
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