Good thread. Agree with all the above. Most are lemmings to the sea....and the 5% with vision does seem like an interesting number, seems as...
Look carefully at your IB login page... both 1099's for the old and new account should be there. I had a 1099 revised by IB and my old account...
Tradelog counts shorts as sells for "gross sale proceeds"....so they should match up. Verify that you imported any open trades from the...
I might have miss-read your post. If you were short overnight from 6-1 to 6-2, the you DO owe a dividend.
You would only pay the dividend if you were short overnight from 6-1 to 6-2. Looks like you shorted on the ex. div day (6-2)....so you shorted...
Yes, a tortise does win the marathon though the mine field. -Commissions eat up 30-45% of total gains, losses take another 15%. I get to keep...
Good questions, but it I answered fully....I'd be out of business, but here's a taste: 1)I often arbitradge pairs that have a 95% or better...
Candletrader....that statement works as well. You can be skeptical, I don't mind.....but don't be openly hostile. A good system over years is...
Metooxx is correct, most good trading systems are terminal when size comes into play. I'm quickly aproaching terminal mass with my system, the...
Yes, 7 years trading, I pulled out my data since everyone is about dumb founded by the statement .....I had a handful and a half of losing...
Rolegario: Back to your first post on this thread: "In my quest to define a winning trading strategy, I'm obviously worried that all my work...
Trader99 is correct on it getting tougher with size....I now trade about 125 symbols at once (40-50 are very active). I used to trade only 2 when...
To heck with Ed Seykota....I've traded exclusively short term in one area for 7 years, only had a handful of losing days, NEVER a unprofitable...
I trade $2,000-3,000 in commissionsper day at IB ....no other place is cheaper for direct access size. It's the best $2000-3000/day I could...
Does anyone know how dividends from mutual funds will be treated? Will they also qualify for the 15% rate?
Just signed up for esignal last night.....openbook works perfect there.....but still major openbook problems with IB again today.
I've had massive openbook failure for months through IB. It'll quote only the top or will give a "swiss cheese" look at openbook...only about...
BUNDLEMAKER IS CORRECT. & ALSO AGREE WITH HIM THAT THERE ARE MANY MORONS HERE, WHO NEED TO PAY ATTENTION. REPOST: I believe IB is...
I believe IB is phasing out the text statements as of 4-30-03, go down to the second set of pulldowns for the statements...you can view your...
I use TRADELOG to import all trades from IB into the software, I make about 6-7 thousand trades a month.....so it really comes in handy--it's the...
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