What is the Capital Requirement to start a broker/dealer?

Question by Greg: What is the Capital Requirement to start a broker/dealer? Does Stocks, Bonds, futures, options, etc Best answer: Answer by Volleyball Socrates Jr.From “Net Capital Rule (Rule 15c3-1)” Broker-dealers that clear and carry customer accounts generally must maintain net capital equal to the greater of 0,000 or two percent of aggregate debit items. [...]

Is Margin Interest deductible dollar for dollar or just a percentage pertaining to stock capital gains?

Question by stockpro: Is Margin Interest deductible dollar for dollar or just a percentage pertaining to stock capital gains? Best answer: Answer by itsjunglepatI believe that margin interest is considered interest on a loan.. just like if you are paying interest on a credit card. If I’m not mistaken (because I don’t itemize on my [...]

Karsten Schroeder, Amplitude Capital: Can German engineering drive a CTA? (2)

In the world of CTAs and hedge funds, Amplitude Capital is a rare success story. Founded by German engineers and market professionals in 2004, the firm currently offers 3 fully systematic CTA programs managing a total of about 1bn USD. The programs are often top ranked in industry databases. The firm also made headlines when [...]

TEDxYaleWorldFellows – Nicky Newton-King – African Capital Markets: The Elephants in the Room

Yale World Fellow Nicky Newton-King is the Deputy CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and a member of the JSE’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors. She heads a team of lawyers which is responsible for advising the JSE on all aspects of law that affect the operation and regulation of a stock exchange. [...]

Capital Markets Mythbusting (Series): Stock Market Myths, Penny Stocks and Cash Flow

The Blog Entry that Accompanies this Video is at: investorandtrader.blogspot.com My Daily Blog is at: investorandtrader.blogspot.com There are just so many myths that revolve around the capital markets. I’ve discussed some of these in the past. But recently? I’ve heard another myth making the ’rounds’ as it were … so I thought I would spend [...]

Can I claim capital gains loss on options trading or wash sale rule apply?

Question by Danbarroso: Can I claim capital gains loss on options trading or wash sale rule apply? I traded stock options many times often within 30 days, each time taking a bigger loss; Say I BUYcall options for TM(toyota) sell within 30 days, rebuy within 30 days (different strike price different expiration date), each time [...]

How do I leverage capital?

Question by Kurt: How do I leverage capital? How is the best way to go about leveraging capital? I read recently that banks leverage at 10:1, or even higher. Houses let you leverage at 5:1 (for scalable investments) Stock margin accounts let you leverage at 2:1 Forex lets you leverage a lot – but that’s [...]

25 March – JSE Lunchtime – Ntombenhle Radebe – Nedbank Capital

(www.abndigital.com) Stephen Gunnion speaks with Ntombenhle Radebe, Equity Derivatives Trader at Nedbank Capital, looking at: Resources and Gold counters pulling JSE into red; Final estimate for Q4 US GDP; Harmony pullback after 12% surge yesterday; Retail stocks trading strong; Mondi settling land claims in KZN.

what is the best way to limit capital gains on options and stocks?

Question by nas: what is the best way to limit capital gains on options and stocks? I was wondering if i can incorporate or form an llc trade under the broker as an entity and pay overall tax on all my gains instead of each trade and use some profits to buy stuff i need [...]

Fracon Capital

I am seeking capital and technology partners. You could be individuals or groups like hedge funds and proprietary trading firms who are interested to incorporate my strategy into your system. Let me know if you have technologies that could allow me to run my strategy on a fast machine. The trading speed and liquidity of [...]

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