Rationalize
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www.thinkorswim.com 4 options/futes & wrEckquities.
Can open a non-resident alien account.
Happy trading..
Can open a non-resident alien account.
Happy trading..
darrensingh
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Hey - did you manage to get an account open? Am UK resident
Am also in the same situation - online brokers outside the US really offer little choice in modern trading tools.
Really like the look of thinkorswim, but when I called the other day, they said I couldn't join
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Am also in the same situation - online brokers outside the US really offer little choice in modern trading tools.
Really like the look of thinkorswim, but when I called the other day, they said I couldn't join
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Rationalize
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Australian resident. Have opened an account, as a corporation with ThinkOrSwim in 2003. No problems. Took about 1 weeks. Some time ago though.
Opened an account, as a corporation with Interactive Brokers about a month ago. No problems. Took about 2 weeks. Admin staff seem not so bright. Worked out ok in the end.
Also, here's the problem with these two brokers IMO:
ThinkOrSwim -- Great charts. Did have great tools, esp tick database. No more. Expensive commissions compared to peers. Gradually being "porked" by Ameritrade, which took them over recently.
Interactive Brokers -- Terrible interface, and the "API" is a bit of a mickey mouse job. The damn thing needs to reset itself once per 24 hours [!!]. POS for program trading. The "tick data" is NOT ticks. No way. Nah ha. Fun for a retail trader to play with a "program trading API", but oh boy .. low frequency strategies only.
*** Cannot beat their commission rates, and world exchange access however.
Summary: Execute trades through IB. Buy a data feed from someone else. TOS is a good intro mix of both.
Also, for the newbees -- Trading is easy. Trading profitably is very hard. If setting up an account is getting you down, probably best to stop now, and just buy a datafeed to paper trade against.
Opened an account, as a corporation with Interactive Brokers about a month ago. No problems. Took about 2 weeks. Admin staff seem not so bright. Worked out ok in the end.
Also, here's the problem with these two brokers IMO:
ThinkOrSwim -- Great charts. Did have great tools, esp tick database. No more. Expensive commissions compared to peers. Gradually being "porked" by Ameritrade, which took them over recently.
Interactive Brokers -- Terrible interface, and the "API" is a bit of a mickey mouse job. The damn thing needs to reset itself once per 24 hours [!!]. POS for program trading. The "tick data" is NOT ticks. No way. Nah ha. Fun for a retail trader to play with a "program trading API", but oh boy .. low frequency strategies only.
*** Cannot beat their commission rates, and world exchange access however.
Summary: Execute trades through IB. Buy a data feed from someone else. TOS is a good intro mix of both.
Also, for the newbees -- Trading is easy. Trading profitably is very hard. If setting up an account is getting you down, probably best to stop now, and just buy a datafeed to paper trade against.
That is quiet right about IB, I have done the same. (Trade with IB and get data from DTN, better execution, better commission with no data interruption)
My question to the thread is:
Are there any territories from where one can establish a trading company to qualify for "Tax exemptions" (for a person qualifying to be a nonresident and qualifying for non-substantial presence [183 day rule], living abroad and is able to relocate globally without hesitation)- with the hikes in taxes almost everywhere one has to find ways to find better tax shelters out there.
Any logical advice will be highly appreciated.
ryugriff23
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yeah i was looking for a while mate. Im Australian and these guys hooked me up with everything. www.scopetraders.com
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