A update on the wash sales in the tax returns. I purchased a popular tax software for active traders. But it initially did not work out of box,...
I purchased one of the two popular tax software for active traders, and it turns out to be a very bad experience. In my twenty years of...
Thanks for this thread from 2012. My broker (IB) still screwed up my 8949 and 1099-B badly: first they could not generate any 8949 and 1099 until...
I have been reading everything I can find on wash sales and I hope to share what I learned so that the thread is beneficial for other ETers....
Thank everyone for your inputs. Still digesting all the information.... Thank you and ET. Indeed the volume of my trades seem to have crashed the...
I am an active trader and recently received the form 8949 from my brokerage account, but upon close look the wash sales do not seem correct....
Google FACTA and FBAR filing if you are a US citizen.
I would automate as I find the execution becomes much easier this way. If you experience periods of losses, you can always blame your computer...
A good job report today and TLT rallied. An very interesting day.
Time to post to prove that I am still alive, I suppose. For 2015, the return was 12.98%. For the first half year of 2016 , the return was only...
If I remembered correctly, the first stress test for US banks was done in 2009 not in 2008...
EU would likely set stiff conditions in the following-up negotiations with UK in order to set an example to deter other countries from following UK.
Thanks. It's good to know someone has good experience with IB data. But do you use the API to get the data? I use API to get the data.
Yesterday (the day of Brexit) IB did not have historical data for spy near the market close. Previously I had similar experience: the IB data...
Johnson's of Johnson & Company LinkedIn site https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-johnson-615a1865 How many HF did he help to pass the 200 million...
Actually my automated system is neither low-latency nor like running a large portfolio of securities. Still it took me a while to realize the...
If there is a need to run an automated system on a laptop, then a workstation class one like the p-50 is worthwhile. I used to run an automated...
I bought a thinkpad about 1.5 year ago and was glad it did not have not many bloatwares. Xeon is more stable and more reliable and so is often...
this from wiki: Fund performance Hayman Capital earned 212% in 2007 by shorting subprime. In the next 8 years the fund averaged 1.56% annualized....
I guess if you want to buy and hold sp500 for many years, it does not really matter whether you hedge currency risk or not. I do a lot of short...
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