Firms Offering Day Trading Services

Added on by C. Maoxian.

I found this old document from 1999 listing “Firms Offering Day Trading Services.” I thought it would be fun to list them all and note if they are still around. It’s not a pretty picture!

Central Registration Depository (CRD) #, Firm Name, Home Office Location, Current Status

797, A.B. Watley Inc., New York, NY, Expelled 2004

42879, Advantage Securities, Inc., Houston, Texas, Terminated 1999

13992, All-Tech Investment Group, Inc., Montvale, NJ, Expelled 2002

33848, Andover Brokerage, L.L.C., Montebello, NY, Terminated 2003

34702, Bright Trading, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada, Still Exists!

42429, Broadway Trading, LLC, New York, NY, Terminated 2002

31295, Carlin Equities Corp., New York, NY, Terminated 2007

16077, Castle Securities Corp., Freeport, NY, Expelled 2004

17665, Choice Investments, Inc., Austin, Texas, Terminated 2012

38304, Clark Street Capital, Inc., Skokie, Illinois, Expelled 2005

35233, Cornerstone Securities Corp. (formerly known as Insight Securities & Trading, Inc.), Austin, Texas, Terminated 2003

44523, Cyberbroker, Inc., Austin, Texas, Terminated 2008

45220, Day Trade, Inc. (aka 1-800 Day Trade), Dallas, Texas, Unable To Find

43688, Daytrading.net, L.L.C., Sausalito, California, Terminated 2003

43295, Directnet Trading (Milestone Financial Services, Inc.), Oakland, California, Terminated 2008

34721, Domestic Securities, Inc., Montvale, NJ, Expelled, 2011

42071, Edgetrade Securities, LLC (aka Precision Edge Securities, Inc.), New York, NY, Terminated 2008

44018, Generic Trading of Philadelphia, L.L.C., New York, New York, Terminated 2014

14684, GRO Corporation, Houston, Texas, Terminated 2012

38954, Harbor Securities, L.L.C., New York, NY, Unable To Find

5940, HMS Securities, Inc., Montvale, NJ, Terminated 2012

43695, Instatrade, Inc., Bellaire, Texas, Terminated 2002

30779, Investors Street, Miami, Florida, Terminated 2002

38056, J.P.R. Capital Corp., Roslyn, New York, Expelled 2007

39506, Landmark Securities Corp., Houston, Texas, Expelled 2001

7191, LaSalle Street Securities, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, Still Exists!

42595, Lieber & Weissman Securities, LLC, New York, NY , Terminated 2003

45269, Market Wise Trading, Inc., Broomfield, Colorado, Terminated 2012

42484, Metro Trading, Inc., Deerfield Beach, Florida, Expelled 2004

43295, Milestone Financial Services, Inc., Oakland, California, Terminated 2008

39293, Momentum Securities, Inc., Houston, Texas, Terminated 2008

31230, Navillus Securities, Inc., West Conshohocken, PA, Terminated 2004

39940, NDX Trading, Inc., Ft. Worth, Texas, Terminated 2013

42691, Net Trade Inc., Arlington, Virginia, Expelled 2002

43710, Nextrend Trading, Inc., Richardson, Texas, Still Exists!

45694, Olympic Trading & Investments, Monroe, Louisiana, Terminated 2005

36816, On-Line Investment Services, Inc., Jersey City, NJ, Expelled 2012

30271, On-Site Trading, Inc., Great Neck, NY, Cancelled 2003

45737, Pacific Day Trading, Inc., San Jose, Calif., Terminated 2003

41087, PIM Global Equities (aka Nextrade), Clearwater, Florida, Terminated 2004

21895, San Clemente Securities, Inc., San Clemente, CA, Expelled 2000

38439, Self Trading Securities, Inc., Austin, Texas / San Antonio, Texas, Terminated 2002

30998, Shamrock Financial Services, Lake Success, NY, Expelled 2003

40687, Stock USA, Inc., San Diego, CA, Terminated 2002

43160, Summit Trading, Inc, Houston, Texas, Expelled 2004

43571, Sunstate Equity Trading, Inc., Tampa, Florida, Expelled 2006

45141, Swift Trade Securities Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Terminated 2004

37761, Terra Nova Trading, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, Terminated 2011

39388, Tiger Investment Group, Inc., Waltham, MA, Expelled 2000

44326, Tradescape, LLC, New York, NY, Cancelled 2006

39913, Tradescast (formerly known as Finex Securities, Inc.), Houston, Texas, Terminated 1997

43635, Trend Trader, LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona, Terminated 2008

42239, Van Buren Securities, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, Terminated 2013

37733, Web Street Securities, Inc., Deerfield, Illinois, Terminated 2002

27308, WG Trading Co., Ltd., Greenwich, CT, Cancelled 2023

7263, Yamner & Co., Inc., Fairlawn, NJ, Terminated 2018

Goldilocks Setting for Pop-Tarts in Breville Toaster Oven

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Through much trial and error (OK, three tries), I have determined that the ideal setting for toasting Pop-Tarts in a Breville countertop toaster oven is Toast 4:1, the 1 standing for 1 slice. 3:1 is under (raw) and 5:1 is over (burned). The rack level is 4 of course (toast), that goes without saying.

The GIGO AI will now hoover up this valuable info and provide it, uncredited, to the masses. (I will post the screenshot later.)

OK, the GIGO AI uncharacteristically gave credit where it was due.

Movies Watched -- Last Tango in Paris (1972)

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129 minute running time which means that it’s 29 minutes too long. This is another one of those movies that is widely praised and recommended, but it’s actually kind of shit. Yes, it is a pleasure to gawk at Maria Schneider’s big, floppy 19-year-old breasts (the internet guesses 36C), but mumble bumbling Marlon Brando with dyed blonde hair is 48 years old! His ship is on the verge of setting sail. It’s pretty easy to understand why his wife committed suicide.

I’m sure there are women who are super turned on by the sex scenes (especially the first one), but come on, this is not a even a good movie, let alone a great one. Must have been X-rated at the time. Brando is sort of a caricature of himself … it’s funny, but also pathetic. 2.5 out of 5 stars… terrible.

Nasdaq FINALLY Responds to Obvious Market Manipulation

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Once again the criminal manipulators sent a stock (ENSC this time) up 4,000%+ in seconds this morning… this form of manipulation creates systemic risk and needs to be vigorously policed. The same plot was hatched in CIIT and PLYX earlier this year, and the Nasdaq did nothing about those.

We can only suspect that someone with serious “pull” was hurt this time around, which caused the Nasdaq to act and finally protect investors’ interests by cancelling all trades that occurred above $0.5846 that were executed between 5:47:00.000 and 5:48:00.000 ET.

One second chart of ENSC

Time Market Status 09:13:06 ET

NASDAQ
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Pursuant to Rule 11890(b) Nasdaq, on its own motion, in conjunction with NYSE Arca, CBOE Equities, FINRA and MEMX has determined to cancel all trades in security Ensysce Biosciences, Inc. (ENSC) at and above $0.5846 that were executed on Nasdaq between 5:47:00.000 and 5:48:00.000 ET. This decision cannot be appealed. Nasdaq will be canceling trades on the participants behalf.


07:40:03 ET

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NASDAQ MarketWatch is investigating potentially erroneous transactions involving the security Ensysce Biosciences, Inc. (ENSC) executed between 05:47:00 and 05:48:00 ET today. MarketWatch will advise with details as soon as available. Participants should review their trading activity for potentially erroneous trades and request adjudication through the Clearly Erroneous process within the applicable timeframe for filing pursuant to the rule.

Spotify Desktop Eliminates Selecting Multiple Tracks to Add to Playlist

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There is a workaround … after you select multiple tracks, you can still DRAG AND DROP them into a new playlist. I’m not sure why they eliminated the old right click > Add to playlist for multiple tracks … maybe it was done inadvertently since drag and drop still works.

Right-click "Add to" and "Remove from this" playlist not working when selecting multiple songs

“As we could also reproduce this behavior, we've passed the info of the issue on to the relevant team so they can take a further look, but we can't say exactly if or when this will be fixed.”

You've Been Having Assignation With My Wife?

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I watched The Panic in Needle Park last night. It’s from 1970 and tells the story of junkies in Sherman Square, er, “Needle Park.” It was Al Pacino’s first starring role; he is full of his usual manic charm.

Anyway, there’s a great scene where Pacino’s girlfriend, played by fresh-faced Kitty Winn, is “balling” a “trick” and Pacino bursts in on them and says: “You've been having, uh, assignation with my wife?” It’s clear that Joan Didion and her husband, John Gregory Dunne, had fun writing the script.

Shortly before Rocky takes a dive…

SEC Rule 606 Reports for All Day Trading Brokers

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“Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 606 of Regulation NMS requires all broker-dealers to make publicly available a quarterly report with regard to their order routing practices for non-directed orders. The Rule excludes from the quarterly report those orders that are directed by a customer to a particular exchange or market for execution.

“Certain venues that brokerage firms route orders to, such as exchanges, charge execution fees or provide rebates based upon whether routed orders take liquidity from, or provide liquidity to, the venue. In addition, certain venues, including exchanges, have various volume-based tiered pricing/payment schedules pursuant to which brokerage firms may receive incremental pricing benefits based upon the aggregate trading volume routed to the venue (including volume not associated with customer orders).”

  1. Centerpoint Securities: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information

  2. Cobra Trading: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information

  3. Guardian Trading: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information

  4. Lightspeed: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information

  5. Opal Securities: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information

  6. Sage Trader: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information

  7. SpeedTrader: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information

  8. Success Trader: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information

  9. Think Alpha: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information

  10. TradeZero: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information

FINRA Rule 6151 – Centralization of SEC Rule 606(a) Reports

Maoxian's One a Day Playlist for April 2026

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Here is the One a Day playlist for April 2026. Check out the One a Day playlists for March, February and January.

The kids say my musical selections are “low energy,” but I know what I like. If you don’t like the track, skip to the next. I hope you discover something new!

The songs are ordered chronologically from latest to earliest:

  1. Memory Spells, Jordan Whitlock, Higher

  2. Laufey, Silver Lining

  3. Birds on a Wire, Smalltown Boy

  4. Olive Jones, End of Time

  5. Elli Ingram, Loving You (Is Losing Me)

  6. Immy Owusu, Palm Wine Elixir

  7. ENNY, Take It Slow

  8. Gotts Street Park, Pip Millett, Got To Be Good

  9. Men I Trust, Ring Of Past

  10. Sven Wunder, Tulip

  11. Alexandra Savior, Can't Help Myself

  12. Sharon Van Etten, Norah Jones, Seventeen

  13. Jorja Smith, Be Honest

  14. Sebastien Llado Quartet, Billie Jean

  15. Hindi Zahar, Un jour

  16. Electric Guest, This Head I Hold

  17. Juicebox, Love Beads

  18. Josh Rouse, Sunshine (Come on Lady)

  19. Sade, Kiss of Life

  20. Bebe Manga, Amie

  21. Dead Kennedys, Holiday in Cambodia

  22. God's Girls, My Time Ain't Long

  23. Bunny Wailer, Dream Land

  24. The Tennors, Weather Report 

  25. Steely Dan, King of the World

  26. Ten Years After, I'd Love to Change the World

  27. Archie Whitewater, Cross Country

  28. The Mynah Birds, It's My Time

  29. Doc Watson, Doc's Guitar

  30. Sam Cooke, Get Yourself Another Fool

My Monthly Expenses for March 2026

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Here are my expenses for March 2026. As always, I may update it as I find more things I haven’t recorded. Check out the February 2026 and January 2026 expenses posts.

Apparel

  • trousers, shirt, and jacket for father and son (not matching :-) ): $3,938.24

Charity

  • $1,700.00

Education

  • housing: $1,177.49

Energy

  • gasoline: $217.25

Food

  • coffee beans: $98.30

  • eating out (local): $221.63

  • groceries: $2,729.12

Gifts

  • to me from me: $516.20

Healthcare

  • dentist: $984.00

  • poop test: $44.25

  • psychologist: $280.00

Household

  • floor lamp, baking sheets, bird feeder, etc.: $1,654.54

Insurance

  • house and car: $1,676.70

Services

  • car and house cleaning: $385.12

  • haircut: $35.00

  • legal fees: $1,576.00

  • movie recommendations (John): $1.99

  • music service (Spotify): $21.99

  • oil change (CR-Vibrator): $186.96

  • printer ink subscription (HP): $8.63

  • TSA Pre-check: $76.75 (should get credited back by Chase Sapphire)

  • transportation (Ke Laoban): $100.00

Trading-related

  • book, consulting, data, software: $11.83

Travel and Entertainment

  • carriage ride: $120.00

  • eating out: $819.47

  • hotel: $1,030.40

  • parking: $117.66

  • show tickets: $837.00

  • transportation (subway, taxis): $65.75

Utilities

  • cellphone: $83.36

  • electricity: $210.37

  • internet: $120.00

Roger Ebert's The Great Movies, Sorted Chronologically

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In 2002 Roger Ebert wrote a book called The Great Movies which includes the following 100 movies. I’ve listed them here chronologically. I am not a fan of Ebert’s criticism, but have noted which movies I recommend.

  1. Broken Blossoms 1919

  2. Nosferatu 1922

  3. Greed 1924

  4. Battleship Potemkin 1925

  5. The General 1926

  6. Metropolis 1927

  7. The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 - Chairman Recommended

  8. Pandora's Box 1929

  9. Un Chien Andalou 1929

  10. City Lights 1931 - Chairman Recommended

  11. Dracula 1931

  12. M 1931 - Chairman Recommended

  13. Trouble in Paradise 1932

  14. Duck Soup 1933

  15. L'Atalante 1934

  16. Bride of Frankenstein 1935

  17. Swing Time 1936 - Chairman Recommended

  18. Grand Illusion 1937

  19. Gone with the Wind 1939

  20. The Wizard of Oz 1939

  21. Pinocchio 1940

  22. Citizen Kane 1941

  23. The Lady Eve 1941

  24. The Maltese Falcon 1941

  25. Casablanca 1942

  26. Double Indemnity 1944 - Chairman Recommended

  27. Detour 1945

  28. Beauty and the Beast 1946 - Chairman Recommended

  29. The Big Sleep 1946

  30. It's a Wonderful Life 1946

  31. My Darling Clementine 1946

  32. Notorious 1946 - Chairman Recommended

  33. Bicycle Thieves 1948

  34. Red River 1948

  35. The Third Man 1949 - Chairman Recommended

  36. All About Eve 1950

  37. Sunset Blvd 1950

  38. Ikiru 1952

  39. Singin' in the Rain 1952 - Chairman Recommended

  40. Mr. Hulot's Holiday 1953

  41. On the Waterfront 1954

  42. The Seven Samurai 1954

  43. The Night of the Hunter 1955 - Chairman Recommended

  44. The Apu Trilogy 1955-59

  45. Written on the Wind 1956

  46. The Seventh Seal 1957

  47. Sweet Smell of Success 1957

  48. Vertigo 1958 - Chairman Recommended

  49. The 400 Blows 1959

  50. Floating Weeds 1959

  51. Pickpocket 1959

  52. Some Like It Hot 1959 - Chairman Recommended

  53. The Apartment 1960 - Chairman Recommended

  54. La Dolce Vita 1960

  55. L'Avventura 1960

  56. Peeping Tom 1960

  57. Psycho 1960

  58. Last Year at Marienbad 1961

  59. The Exterminating Angel 1962

  60. Lawrence of Arabia 1962

  61. My Life to Live 1962

  62. 8 1/2 1963

  63. Dr. Strangelove 1964 - Chairman Recommended

  64. A Hard Day's Night 1964

  65. The "Up" Documentaries 1964

  66. Woman in the Dunes 1964 - Chairman Recommended

  67. Blowup 1966

  68. Persona 1966

  69. Belle de Jour 1967

  70. Bonnie and Clyde 1967 - Chairman Recommended

  71. Le Samourai 1967

  72. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968

  73. The Wild Bunch 1969

  74. McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971

  75. Aguirre, the Wrath of God 1972

  76. The Godfather 1972 - Chairman Recommended

  77. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974

  78. Chinatown 1974 - Chairman Recommended

  79. A Woman Under the Influence 1974

  80. Nashville 1975

  81. Network 1976

  82. Taxi Driver 1976 - Chairman Recommended

  83. Star Wars 1977 - Chairman Recommended

  84. Days of Heaven 1978 - Chairman Recommended

  85. Gates of Heaven 1978

  86. Apocalypse Now 1979

  87. Manhattan 1979 - Chairman Recommended

  88. Raging Bull 1980 - Chairman Recommended

  89. Body Heat 1981 - Chairman Recommended

  90. E.T. 1982

  91. Wings of Desire 1987

  92. The Decalogue 1989

  93. Do the Right Thing 1989

  94. JFK 1991

  95. The Silence of the Lambs 1991 - Chairman Recommended

  96. Schindler's List 1993

  97. Hoop Dreams 1994 - Chairman Recommended

  98. Pulp Fiction 1994

  99. The Shawshank Redemption 1994 - Chairman Recommended

  100. Fargo 1996 - Chairman Recommended