Just a note. This is one of the toughest trading environments I have seen. A bear market,no momentum and .01 spreads make this a very challenging...
K-1's that we send our traders show: Capital acct. at the beginning Capital Contributed during the year Partners Share Withdrawls &...
Treykool, After you make a capital contribution to a firm like Bright, LWS , ECHO and other pro firms, you are actually trading firm...
If you trade at a pro firm that allows you to trade options, most will give you Broker/Dealer margin on spreads, Conversions, Syntheic Puts,...
cartm, Try Platform Technologies in NYC at http://www.plattech.net/ . They do JAVA, JAVA Script, C++ and Visual Basic programming . They...
m22au & Robert Tharp, I offered to pick up all the server charges for Don's site, but he did not want to have anyone help him. His e-mail...
I heard that Sonic.net was going to charge Don Johnson for space on their server and for this reason he took the site down. I e-mailed him, but...
ziggurat, LLC's are not subject to the same protection as customer accounts. I would talk to the LLC Managing Members and express your...
Don, I hope your sugery goes well and you make a speedy recovery. We all miss your words of wisdom. If you have a laptop, give me an...
Newatthis, I haven't heard anything like this . The daytrading trading firms generate a substantial income for SLK and they provide...
I highly doubt SLK will stop servicing the trading community. SLK business is built on clearing. I'm sure a good portion of SLK's income comes...
traderjimbo, There are rules for trading NYSE direct. A trader cannot execute in the same stock for 30 seconds after using NYSE direct....
Just a note. There are advantages to NYSE stocks that include liquidity, centralized market place and price improvement. In our firm , we have...
Vinny1, You should only pay tax in your state and any federal tax that is due, if you are a member of a LLC. If you live in NJ and commute...
Just a note . I don't give legal advice but LLC laws can vary from state to state. LLC's based in Nevada & Delaware may have some advantages over...
Just a note. Why do we need another option exhange? Is option volume increasing or decreasing? Does the ISE and the four option exchanges...
Don, Man does not live by Bread alone! We do take lunch once in a while on the East Coast , or at least strech our leggs for 20 minutes....
Don, I would agree with you. However, if there are traders who are daytrading five plus positions(or are at lunch) , a stop order can lower the...
I believe that it is the software(not ARCA) that accepts stop orders. The program in the direct access software accepts a "stop" order and sends...
Just a note. Stop Orders are accepted by the NYSE and AMEX. Generally NASDAQ does not accept Stop Orders. If you trade NASDAQ and your software...
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