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would any tax accountant do or do I need one that specializes in trading? In terms of a salary, I was thinking of just paying myself periodically through dividends. The issue is more about the reinvestment of capital being taxed at a lower amount I don't really mind paying tax on distributions I...

Thanks for the detailed reply, im guessing my understanding is a bit out of wack as I thought the capital gains would just be charged at corporation tax from what I have read so far. Most of my holdings are weekly to monthly. I make roughly 4-8% on average a week in terms of returns on aum of...

Hi I was wondering if anyone has any experience in starting an investment business. I trade mostly US stock options but I also trade the underlying stocks too occasionally although I am UK based. I have made very good returns for a while now I reinvest the majority of the capital to grow my...

Thanks guys

Hello fellow traders. I was wondering if you guys could help me to better understand how to calculate the returns of a trade. I have seen a lot of people state they risk 2% per trade etc but lets just run through an example. I am trying to create a new trading plan for myself which will...

Not sure if entirely helpful but the value of a company is generally perceived as the present value of its future cashflows. Therefore, actions which will reduce the share price for a long time as you put it are those where the future cashflows have been significantly diminished. I would say...

Investors of bonds demand to be compensated for time risk (which incorporates other kinds of risks changes in interest rates, inflation etc). Therefore under normal conditions, you should have an upward sloping yield curve the 30 yr > 10 yr > 1 yr > 1month etc. Yield is a function of price and...

could you pm me where you post your trades / insight as I couldn't not find it through googling

is there a particular reason for that? Can you suggest any good online brokers with good platforms? What platforms do you use for your analysis? Cheers.

Which broker do you use to trade options?