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Hey Kyle, I look forward to the new version! Sounds exciting. I think what would be most helpful to members would be: --Examples of you customizing the hotkeys (a few common ones) live in excel, entering them in DAS with the proper montage setting, then how to use them. Also converting Andrew's hotkeys from the classes using your settings. Most of which you have gone over before, but it's always best hearing the teacher again. Thanks!

Hi Ercilia, hmm I dont recall that I entered a tax ID number, I forget, I may have, this was a couple of years ago. I just made sure I had a statement from them and excel extracts showing my trades for my records. I was lucky enough to get both of those. Not sure if international brokers have TIN numbers, sorry! But if you dont have 25k, the best approach is to day trade under PTD and when you save up enough, go with IB.

Oh that was just Andrew using his crystal ball again

Real fun

I just lift, I lift heavy when im green, so I lift heavy all the time

Well done, smart. I was able to get some pitiful excel extract that was quite confusing (did not show the buy/sell prices of the position) but at least it showed the gain/loss and quantity for tax purposes, but by day, so a lot of manual work to add up tickers...And this was after several phone call/emails/ and voicemails left. Kind of unbelievable they close your access to your account with notifying you. Never again opening an offshore account, not worth the hassle. CMEG was once good when they opened up but they got flooded with accounts and couldn't keep up. Oh SureTrader is dead btw. Just bad news all around for these offshores, sadly. Maybe they will get a more streamlined process down the road but not with my money.

lol screw that brother, red flags abound, you gotta see a bad trade when it hits you in the face, i withdrew my money and they disabled the account so i cant pull any transaction data lol, i called today and they said they cant enable it again and 'maybe' can send me a spreadsheet of some data lol. i say feed them to the dogs. No issues with IB

Eh not a big fan of not trading in the 1st 5 minutes, too many moves you can miss, it will mess with your judgement and create anxiety. It sounds like you are the type of trader who wants to trade within the first 5, so do it!. Just respect your stop, and you will get better at taking 5 min ORBS, over time, for now make sure you risk little while you learn.

Where you actually able to get through to a person at CMEG, I have not for over a week.

Yup, you have to partial out, i use 1/3 and usually take 3 partials before im fully out. As to when, it depends on how the stock is behaving and if levels were tested. But more importantly is to move your stop to b/e after your first partial, you never want a winner to turn into a loser.

dang, i always have the worst luck with the meetups, missed the Seattle meetup by a week, and I won't be in NY until a week later on the 2/28, darn, oh well boys drink well without me!

It would be best if you call their customer support line for such questions. I only have experience with the IB in the USA, sorry.

6th Gen i5? Would this be a used PC? I would not get a used PC for trading, you don't know what you're getting. Minimums to have: CPU: at least an i5 or greater (latest gen recommended) RAM: 16BG or greater Monitors: 24 inch or greater, 1080 is fine Video Card: 4x ports or greater, by far the best is nVIDIA P620 (I have the older P600, they are not for gaming), you're gonna need a screen for chat, platform, and the other 2 for stock watching. https://www.amazon.com/HP-Quadro-P620-Graphic-Card/dp/B07C68M2GJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3JJ5SAP0BDV3V&keywords=p620+quadro&qid=1575047336&s=electronics&sprefix=p620+%2Celectronics%2C186&sr=1-1

Hey, sorry for the late response, I am still recovering from PRK eye surgery, it did stop me from trading but not from working on my gainz. So if you were a beginner, keep your workout shorter, probably no more than an hour each session otherwise you may injure yourself, mostly in your joints by gaining the flexibility and stamina for longer more intense workouts. Over working out will slow your progress and fatigue your nervous system. Do about 4 exercises per session, 2 per body part, and 2 body parts a day. One compound movement and 1 isolation, example would be like a barbell bench press, then a dumbbell bench press or a barbell curl and the a concentration curl, and you're done for the day. Then for the full body lifts like deads or squats, just have that as your workout day, it should take you an hour to do say 5 sets of those with warm ups. DO NOT bother with a personal trainer lol, they will take your money but you will learn best by your own trial and error on what your body tells you and your own research, like youtube, t-nation, etc. Kind of like trading, trade with a community and learn from them, but trade on your own, no hand holding.

try to watch the BBT youtube video in my link from earlier on how to set that up, it explains everything, literally, all your questions

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Wow 3rd post today on just HotKeys, dang popular request. Please see below link and scroll to the bottom for my keys and let me know if you have any questions. Also feel free to search the forums, there are dozens of hotkeys out there but mine are obviously the best

Hi Le, Try my hotkeys and see if you're having the same problem. At the bottom of the page.

hmm i am not sure, but if you go to the DAS website support and contact tab they have a live chat where you can ask that question and get an immediate answer!

yup deluxe is what you want, see link below https://www.bearbulltraders.com/request-special-das-package-for-ib-traders/ $150 a month

Welcome! In Cali myself, moved timezones just for trading. Yes I agree, keep it simple, long term investing should be just in mutual funds like always, people will get burned hard if they stock pick. Then for additional cashflow I put my money to work in daytrading. Nothing revolutionary, just keep it simple, hard work and patience.

Dang son, Rogue Trader was a spittn image of me when I first started, fella didn't respect his stops and blow up (throw up).

Welcome to the club! Very cool areas of focus you have there! If you have any questions just message me, Ive been around the block a few times, then down that alley you dont want to go lol then back again

Hi BBT, Some of you were curious about my workout routine during the SF meetup a month ago, so I thought I would share. How healthy your life outside trading will inventively affect life in the trading room. At the very least, discipline, structure, pain, and patience can transfer back and forth. I work out for 2 hours every other day, unless my day job grinds me to take an extra day off. I did not list abdominals, as I simply do a variety of hanging sit-ups, windshield wipers, and leg raises a few times a week. Also listed are my supplements (I buy raw supplements off Amazon and mix, it's cheaper and healthier to make your own).

If it is buying power related, just focus on less expensive stocks and less risk.