Interactive Brokers Communiqué - New Commissions

Those of you using Interactive Brokers will already be aware of this, for the others here’s some cool news:
Interactive Brokers Announces the New Industry Standard in Deep Discount Commissions for Professionals
In keeping with our mission of providing low cost trade execution and clearing services to professional traders and investors worldwide, IB is pleased to announce […]

Weekly poll - Realistic Rate of Return for a Day Trader

It’s been a while since I updated my “Weekly” poll.. Here are the results for the most recent one. It looks like the majority of voters feel a return of 10 to 30% is realistic..

Week’s candidates

What a week.. even taking into consideration it was options expiration week we saw some real whipsaw moves all over the place. My scans aren’t producing many candidates, particularily not on the long side. Here are my stocks to watch for this week.
Long: None - There were a few who could have made this list […]

Long weekend

It’s a long weekend here with Labour day. Had a very nice trip to Martinborough the wine region of the North island for a picnic in brilliant weather. Unfortunately we didn’t bring a camera so couldn’t take any pics. The drive over, 2 hours from Wellington, is one of the most scenic routes I’ve driven. […]

More on Winston Peters

This is hilarious.. Winston Peters’ party NZ First wants to eat the cake and leave it whole too..
New Zealand First is insisting on sitting on the opposition benches in the debating chamber, even though Winston Peters has been appointed Foreign Affairs Minister.
Deputy leader Peter Brown says the fact it has a minister does not mean […]

GOOG!

Long live the new king of hitech Goog!. Google blew out of the water all earnings expectations for the third quarter. It’s up 10% in aftermarket trading and will probably gap up tomorrow. Let’s see if it can drag the market up.

Bullish again?

Nice late day action to the upside seen today. And as conventional wisdon has it the big boys are the ones controlling the close. It may still be a temporary retracement from the push downwards, who knows. Time will tell.

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