What about a melt-up like Jan 3 2001 when the fed dropped rates?
Just open a $2000 account and leverage it to the hilt repeatedly until you either make $1 million or Ameritrade goes belly up....
Not a bad idea, I'll definitely look into it thanks. I don't mind a net debit (since it's what I've already been using) but I'll have to price...
I've attached a 30 minute chart of the S&P 500 from Tradestation. SSB
I buy one put for each futures contract I'm holding long. I go for ES about 100 points out of the money although I'll adjust that depending on...
I use way out of the money puts (futures option puts) to hedge overnight longs, but I guess they could also hedge intraday crashes. I mean way...
I hope I speak for everyone when I say I'm really looking forward to letting the guys in the pit front-run my orders and run my stops. Is there...
Yikes....it really depends on what you're doing. A moving average is pretty simple....highest high functions are not too bad, but other functions...
<i>On Monday, February 13, 2006, there will be an industry-wide change to the trading session end time for equity options and narrow-based index...
Yes, at least that's what I've heard. An acquaintance set up an LLC and had to move to MB Trading to avoid pro fees despite the fact he was not a...
It's no different than lying about pro status -- I could lie on my application and say I'm not a pro and avoid the fees but if I get nailed then...
I'm waiting for futures on my regularity.....
MBTrading has a per trade fee. So do many of the other brokers, ETrade, TD Waterhouse, Scottrade......
Step 1 : consult an accountant Step 2 : see step 1 I am not an accountant...but I don't think they can force you to file them. And what's...
I let it run unattended but I do monitor it from work on and off all day. So if there were a significant problem it might be an hour or two...
A relative has an LLC they use for trading and they would like to open a sub-account under my FA account. I will still be trading their account....
I do the exact same thing with a F&F account. I agree with what ceftrader said -- as far as I can tell they're the same except for the fact I...
Maybe it's checking the version of TWS so it can give you those annoying popups?
I used scottrade -- they were fine for stocks but mutual funds were another story. Everything is manual -- orders disappeared on several...
Why aren't you using IB?
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