JenniferL

good to hear from you -- if you send me a private message with your phone number, I can add you to the Whatsapp group!

Thanks for posting! So excited to get our group going.

Hi Fabien -- I am in Switzerland and with IB. I had hoped that PDT would not apply to us since Switzerland is not EU, but no dice. I upped my account so that I can trade freely, but still only trade with the amount I wanted to have in the account to begin with. Also, I had originally signed up for a cash account, but you need to have a margin account to day trade, so I changed it. Good luck!

I believe your broker will have access to a "local" version of many of the ETFs as well. It will take a bit of research to find out what you can get. Here is what I found when searching for "Switzerland Russell ETF" https://www.etfstrategy.com/goldman-sachs-cross-lists-etfs-on-six-swiss-exchange/ Or as Peter said, drill down and pick the stocks that make up the fund for example, to trade small caps in the Russell look at https://www.ishares.com/us/products/239710/ishares-russell-2000-etf . Scroll down to "Holdings" and see what is there. Then you can keep an eye out for which have catalysts, volume and/or are in play. On this list I can see MDCO which was in play last week. Personally, for day trading (still in sim), I take my cue from BBT team in the pre-market show. For swing trading, I follow Brian and am developing my own scanning strategies. I am pretty new, but I do feel your frustration about the ETFs. There are always work arounds.