My background is very similar to yours. Years of programming experience, including writing part of the Nasdaq platform. Now I exclusively trade,...
Have you tried deep-in-the-money puts? The spread, as a percentage of the stock price, is usually much smaller.
First, congrats on your first release of a very ambitious project. However, I cannot see any serious trader using it. Unless you plan to...
I never knew that. I wonder if this applies to both TWS and the Gateway (which I mostly use).
StockPile.com allows you to buy a specific dollar amount of stock, instead of specifying the number of shares. I assume that they buy full...
Interactive Brokers has low fees, but I believe they require a minimum of $10,000 in the account. I also believe they have a monthly minimum fee...
There is no way to know when the bottom has been reached, so the best strategy here for long term investments, is to keep buying, but not all at...
This sounds pretty complicated. You definitely need to run it by you accountant.
By 05:30AM on Friday morning all the equity futures were already down 0.4% to 0.7%. This was even before the Exxon and Chevron earnings releases,...
I usually use 3 screens. For my main screen which is a 24" in portrait mode, the height is set so that my middle of the screen lines up with my...
Is it possible to become rich by trading? Of course. There are many traders who have become rich. Is one likely to become rich by trading? No....
I also notice that I am much more active when standing all day, than on those days when I trade away from home and sit at a desk. My FitBit...
I suggest you google what sitting at a desk 8+ hours a day does to your body.
My suggestion is to put the money towards a standing desk, and an anti-fatigue mat to stand on. Better for you health-wise, and you definitely...
What are you trying to backup? Your data or your entire system. If you just want to backup your data, why are you buying another system? Windows...
As ajacobson stressed, ask your accountant beforehand. No matter what scheme you choose, if your accountant does go along, or won't put his name...
Yep, you are right. The map shows that they include all of New Jersey, Connecticut, Westchester and Long Island. There is a lot of farm land and...
I would like to know how they calculated the population of New York City as 23+ million. I understand that they are including some of the...
Perhaps IB has changed, but 3 years ago they gave me the option of a printed plastic card with a couple hundred security codes, or a security...
If you haven't done so already, tell them to send you the plastic printed card instead of the electronic security device. Then copy the plastic...
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