Recent content by sark_anZas

before you consider getting a job consider putting a bit more money in your account. If you don't have a little more (like 400 euros) then get a job while you study ur ass off and make low leverage trades like .01 lots. It's possible though, i started out trading stocks with full leverage in the...

I think regulations like these are barriers to entry for younger and smaller traders who want to learn and experiment, but don't have 10k to throw away. Regulations such as these only add to further financial segregation between the consumers and the investors.. The poor stay poor because they...

here's the letter than i am constructing to send them.. it's not finished yet. feel free to criticize or plagiarize at will. Dear Mr. Starwick, I am writing this letter regarding the recent proposal RIN 3038-AC61, which would further limit the ability of common people to participate in the...

I woke up this morning and almost spit my coffee all over the screen when I read this email IBFX sent me. Dear Valued Customer, As many of you are aware, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on January 13, 2010 that it is seeking public comment on proposed...

I've been using Zecco Forex/GAIN capital- they have good tick data when the feed isn't frozen. I thought about switching over to IBFX because they have a debit card feature and tighter spreads, but am sorely disappointed with their data feed. Any suggestions?

watch out with ibfx. they have horrible data feeds. the tick data on my live account only goes back 2 decimal places, which makes it all but useless. not only that, but their data feed lags, and is often HORRIBLY inaccurate. check this link to see what i mean...

I've been looking for over an hour. No luck :(

My mistake, I meant a strike price of 135 for 2.15 a contract

yeah, i'm lost. :X i know that much already.

One option contract is worth 100 stock. So if I buy a 135 put option with a strike price of 2.15, then I pay 2.15*100? If that I exercise that option at 135, do i effectively hold 100 shares at 135 or 100 *contracts* at 1.35? Logic points to contracts. For example a 135 put at 2.15 would give...

First of all, Are the requirements different in the U.S.? If no, Can someone explain these options in more detail? 1) Power of Attourney 2) Employer/Employee basis 3) Certification / Establisment of Business 4)Other Options?

how is this effect produced? Can i adjust my scale to a cetain number?

I bought my first bit of stock at 10k.. then a few days later my account value shot up to 25k after a parabolic move. ...then I lost 17k because 1) I didn't look on the long term (i thought it would continue going up) 2) even if i did look on the long term, i wouldn't have understood it. 3) I...

Download VirtualBox from Sun MicroSystems. It allows me to run a win XP virtualization as a regular window. I've been running schwab's professional trading platform through this, and It shares the screen with my 20+ Safari windows with no problem. I can do this because the of version of XP I use...

You don't make any of the profit over 100 pips. If the trade is under 35 pips at the end of the day (21:00) or if the trade goes above 100 pips then it effectively becomes "their trade." They take the profit if it never goes above 35pips, and they also take the excess of what goes over 100pips...