.- Better- Gambler- Speculator- Trader- InvestorThe gist that I got was the difference between investors and speculators are hold period and leverage. 

I have seen day traders make $50-$100 or even more in an hour. 

Interestingly enough I talked to one experienced trader that thought the rising interest rates would start putting pressure on the "big boys" using fed money to stop bidding so aggressively and we had hopefully reached the top of the pricing trend for NPN pools (a good thing for us small to mid size investors using higher cost private money).

I'm from Plano and togetherwith my biz partner we do commercial (me) and retail (him) mortgages and loans.Plus my Forex trading :roll: Again, Welcome!

Flat fee is the way to go, I wouldn't pay a skip trader a percentage of the deal.  

Traders are the ones like me who hold from 2 seconds to 20 minutes, short term, day traders.

Hello All,I've been following BP for a few years now but kept dabbling back and forth between REI and being a swing trader in the equities markets.

Can't say on the tax returns, not sure what he has to file or if you are a day trader on the side.Regarding the monthly financials - this is likely under an hour at CPA rates or maybe a couple hours at bookkeeping rates. 

Certainly spending dollars so acquire properties denominated in ZAR should be favorable from a forex standpoint. 

I was making money in the market before the micro traders and the fickle FED but now its just more of "how much did I lose today?"