Essentially, I am willing to give back up to 3 months of my efforts and 20% of risk capital for a chance to double my risk capital.
My other idea is to have no daily loss but only a certain number of points/ticks in risk capital. I assume I can borrow money for margin. I start...
What are your thoughts on having a daily loss limit? Is it a good idea? For me, it means you have to be lucky to get your winning and losing...
Yes, but if I am already invested, then can they simply grab my money by increasing this fee overnight? What is there to prevent them from doing so?
What are the regulations preventing ETF sponsors from increasing the management fees to some exorbitant numbers, like 90% of NAV? Which specific...
Ideally I would like to have a business plan agreed with a third party before start of each trading "cycle". It would say: you start with size X....
I am looking for a way to implement a limit on the maximum position size in each futures product that I trade, as well as ensuring that my account...
But I am asking if income from futures trading is taken into account when establishing which tax bracket I fall into?
How do I determine my ordinary income tax rate so that I know which capital gains tax rate applies to me? I would have no other taxable income,...
If I become tax resident in the U.S. and my only income is from trading futures (trader status as per IRS criteria), what rate of capital gains...
@Robert Morse Does Lightspeed offer the auto-liquidation feature on any of the stock trading platforms?
FCMs/futures brokers I contacted say they are unable to set auto-liquidation of an account at a pre-determined account equity value. However,...
Including reg fees, am I right in saying the net cost for 5,000 shares of a $30 stock will be around negative $0.12 (credit to my account)? Is...
Is there still a combination of a broker and ECN that allows rebate trading, i.e. trading with a net positive trading fee (rebates for providing...
OK. I will answer myself after finding this on the web: Microsoft Word - FPB 09-01 - Clearing Fees for Member Firm Accounts CME - CBOT - NYMEX -...
I am considering a business idea of an arcade-type business for trading futures on CME. I am thinking of setting up an LLC that would become an...
@Ironbeam @Robert Morse Does every FCM require a personal guarantee of an LLC's member when opening the account for this type of entity? Is...
Perhaps this is the answer to "how many contracts to trade at most?". If they have done all the job for you and come up with a number that...
@Ironbeam As a side question - can you, or any other FCM demand a margin that is higher than what the exchange says it is? When would that be the...
How do exchanges like CME calculate the margin for a particular futures contract? Do you use that value, or a multiple of it, as a guide as to...
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