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  • #541
  • Sep 10, 2011 10:34pm Sep 10, 2011 10:34pm
Quoting nsteve
Try Durban, South Africa: sun, surf, relatively lower cost, good schools, English lanuage, fast enough internet and best of all - NY/London overlap from 2pm to 6pm!
I'm and ex Durbanite. Would love to go back home (in New Zealand at the moment). Hows the crime? Going down?
The road to pipland is arduous and fraught with challenge.
  • #542
  • Sep 11, 2011 3:07am Sep 11, 2011 3:07am
bottom of the ocean or outter space.....
  • #543
  • Sep 11, 2011 9:10am Sep 11, 2011 9:10am
Quoting The Fool
dude how long have you kept that up? a year of it solid burnt me out. now i just try to catch all of NY morning when I am serious. and seriously if i were really serious i would want to be an hour either side of Greenwich.

Maybe I am: how about the new free Tripoli?
Man honestly about that long.... I learned this stuff as a longer term swing/position/fundie/ trader

But I have been trying lately to learn to trade intraday and it is really a bear....
  • #544
  • Sep 11, 2011 9:26am Sep 11, 2011 9:26am
Quoting Wulfgar
But I have been trying lately to learn to trade intraday and it is really a bear....
Yep west coast usa is a mutha. you gotta pick your spots and make peace with the clock if you're gonna daytrade.

Suerte.
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #545
  • Sep 11, 2011 1:47pm Sep 11, 2011 1:47pm
Quoting pip pirate 2
Next did you know that you could trade inside of a Roth IRA. You young ones don't care, but those of us out here over 50, this is the #1 reason to trade forex.
First, forex trading inside a Roth IRA isn't better than any other instrument (stock, future, options), since you're not paying taxes on them either.

Second, the Roth IRA is such a powerful vehicle it is preventing me from moving overseas so i can earn at least 5k a year here in the US to put in it.

It would be great if one could file as a trader in the us then move overseas and write off the trading income via capital gains as foreign earned so it's non-taxable, but I doubt it's possible.

As far as I can tell, there's no way to circumvent capital gains as a US citizen. You can file as a trader then move overseas (if you want) so you could still contribute to the Roth IRA via your gains though. I just don't have the capital for this yet.
  • #546
  • Sep 11, 2011 2:50pm Sep 11, 2011 2:50pm
Quoting GJP
I take it some of you guys that travel and trade are using wireless networks. What safety precautions do you recommend when trading this way?
No experience of this personally, but I believe vpn subscriptions are a solution when not using land-based internet.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/vpn.htm
  • #547
  • Sep 11, 2011 2:56pm Sep 11, 2011 2:56pm
[quote=Rana;3055625]Singapore is a nice country.. Neat and clean... Not that expensive... Banking facilities are very good..

I've read a lot of this thread and was surprised India and Nepal haven't been mentioned, and wonder if anyone knows why. I'd kind of like to be available for the whole US NY session for options, which would end about 1 or 2 a.m. there; that is about as far East as I think would be doable.

I was also considering Turkey as an inexpensive place with a good time zone.
  • #548
  • Sep 11, 2011 3:03pm Sep 11, 2011 3:03pm
Quoting Forex4pty
hehehe, nice profxtrader, I'm also from Panama, it's nice to trade from here, and the good thing is that I don't even pay taxes.
Can someone explain how it is possible to avoid US capital gain taxes, even in a "tax haven"?
  • #549
  • Sep 11, 2011 3:05pm Sep 11, 2011 3:05pm
i thing like the first thraed....
phuket is the best place to trade
realy
security,nice beach,nice girl,tax ok,internet ok,good community for trading....
what eslse....???
is the n 1 place in the world
  • #550
  • Edited 3:59pm Sep 11, 2011 3:42pm | Edited 3:59pm
Quoting maximekaribi
i thing like the first thraed....
phuket is the best place to trade
realy
security,nice beach,nice girl,tax ok,internet ok,good community for trading....
what eslse....???
is the n 1 place in the world
Thailand is pretty damn awesome... Phuket was great, expensive compared to other places in Thailand though, lots of tourists but it's "cheap cheap"

if you're in phuket you can catch me chillin' here...

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  • #551
  • Sep 11, 2011 9:07pm Sep 11, 2011 9:07pm
My choice would have to be the Costa Del Sol in Spain or Portugal with a view of the coast. I've lived in both places a long time ago but have no idea what they're like now. I love England in the summer but the cold damp winters would be a bummer.

It's rough trading the LO and living in Midwest US. Besides the summers are hot and humid and the winters are cold. My kids all moved west so there's nothing holding me here but I hate the thought of moving.

The thought of trading on my laptop while sitting on a big balcony looking out over the water is a great thought. The health facilities, taxes and language would be a pain. I hear it's very expensive today.

How about starting a Forex trading company in one of those zero tax islands in South East Asia. You'd only be taxed on your personal income in whatever country you reside. Nevada, Delaware and Wyoming are zero tax states. Start an investment consulting company in one of those and charge the first company for your services. Travel the world and write off the expenses.

Turveyd, I know would pick Nevada and then he could hire a secretary from the local brothel and write off the services as a business expense. Look at it this way. The Feds keep screwing us and it cost us money. This way we get screwed and it's free.

Johnny
  • #552
  • Sep 11, 2011 10:27pm Sep 11, 2011 10:27pm
Quoting JohnnyBSmart
I hear it's very expensive today.

How about starting a Forex trading company in one of those zero tax islands in South East Asia. You'd only be taxed on your personal income in whatever country you reside. Nevada, Delaware and Wyoming are zero tax states. Start an investment consulting company in one of those and charge the first company for your services. Travel the world and write off the expenses.
RE: Spain - wait, it'll be much cheaper soon.

You can't escape the IRS if you retain your US citizenship and derive income or dividends from your trading company, even if said company is set up in an offshore tax haven. Also, check with your favorite brokers before you go offshore: if you base from a OECD grey- or black-listed tax haven state, then chances are the bigger brokers and banks may not accept the company as a client.

Your offshore company can retain its earnings however and not pay US tax on them and also the company's expenses can overlap with your own as you search for the best beach to trade from. Good Luck.
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #553
  • Sep 11, 2011 10:56pm Sep 11, 2011 10:56pm
regarding India: what about fast and stable Internet there? anybody has personal experience?
  • #554
  • Sep 11, 2011 11:54pm Sep 11, 2011 11:54pm
i was in india for 6 month last year and no problem for internet ....if you are at the good place!!!
  • #555
  • Sep 12, 2011 7:18am Sep 12, 2011 7:18am
Moving to West Coast, at least part time.
So I have a question to West Coast traders.
Anyone explored other markets....futures.....or......?

Idea of waking up at midnight to trade, is not something I look forward to.
  • #556
  • Sep 12, 2011 8:41am Sep 12, 2011 8:41am
Quoting Monroe
Thailand is pretty damn awesome... Phuket was great, expensive compared to other places in Thailand though, lots of tourists but it's "cheap cheap"

if you're in phuket you can catch me chillin' here...

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Phuket gets my vote. I just spent 2 months in Thailand, one of them on Phuket, down in Rawai.

Just so people don't think Thailand is all bars and strip joints, here's a few photos of my boys and me.
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  • #557
  • Sep 12, 2011 8:50am Sep 12, 2011 8:50am
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  • #558
  • Sep 12, 2011 8:54am Sep 12, 2011 8:54am
Quoting Dopey
Phuket gets my vote. I just spent 2 months in Thailand, one of them on Phuket, down in Rawai.

Just so people don't think Thailand is all bars and strip joints, here's a few photos of my boys and me.
nice! yes, good point Dopey... while I was there I've seen that bar I had to take a pic... what a name...
  • #559
  • Sep 12, 2011 8:57am Sep 12, 2011 8:57am
Quoting Dopey
Phuket gets my vote. I just spent 2 months in Thailand, one of them on Phuket, down in Rawai.
Fun fun, thanks for sharing. You were trading while there, too, right? - how was Thai internet service re: availability reliability speed etc?
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #560
  • Sep 12, 2011 9:04am Sep 12, 2011 9:04am
Quoting The Fool
Fun fun, thanks for sharing. You were trading while there, too, right? - how was Thai internet service re: availability reliability speed etc?
We rented a house and it had an ADSL line. It always seemed to work when we wanted to use it.

No, I took two months off from my normal life. It was great to not do any work at all, just enjoy my family and Thailand. The boys and wife absolutely love the place. As for me, it was my 18th time in the last 13 years. I've spent 8 weeks in the US since 1999. In the same period I've spent 16 months in Thailand. No question which place I prefer.
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