Btw, have we established that 15% WHT for Irish domiciled S&P500 ETF is better than the US ETF for us non-US residents??
I am sadly quite OCD about the currency of the ETF.

sigh.... now I'm also very confused liao ..... nevermind lah....

by the way, if buy SXR8, then the intraday movement is not much since half of the time, it doesn't overlap with the NYSE?

Even the ETF domiciled in US also kena tax when US company pay dividend?

My understanding is:
US company pay dividend to US ETF (no tax), but US ETF pay dividend to us (30% WHT)
US company pay dividend to non-US ETF (15% WHT), if non-US ETF pay dividned to us (15% WHT)
US company pay dividend to non-US ETF (15% WHT), if non-US ETF accumulated dividend (no tax)

Any sifus can share a bit?

I see, thanks thanks. i guess small fry like me just worry too much when though only small amounts of money involved.

May I know why the recommendation is TradeStation?
Why not use IBKR directly?
If using IBKR, is it better to use IBKR US or IBKR EU?

is there any other fees involved? Like exchange fees, clearing fees, VAT etc?

wah.... one day dropped about 4.5%!!

SXR8... now has recovered slightly ....

I just noticed that there's S&P500 ETF in S'pore stock exchange.

Why not just buy this one instead of SXR8?

I had been following the thread for a few days, I'm staying in SG, thinking to hoot CSPX instead of SXR8, caused it's in USD, the account I'm opening with TD Ameritrade will be in USD, so if I buy EUR staff, I will need to exchange twice, SGD -> USD -> EUR, rugi, right?
Now waiting account opening to be completed, once done I will dump in my first deposit. Wish me luck!

Will update once my account is opened. If really cannot then I will go IBKR, but kena pay their inactive fee until I have 100k...

We can transfer fund from Malaysia to tradestation through instarem, how about transfering back from tradestation to malaysia?

If that is the case what would be the best/cheapest way to transfer money back? Have gone through the forum, mostly just touching on transfering money TO US, not FROM US.

So what's the best way to withdraw our investment in the future?

I have some questions about opening a trading account in TradeStation Global.
1) Referring to https://www.tradestation-international.com/...unt-new-client/, TradeStation Global requires the following supporting documents, for account application.
a. ID card or passport
b. Proof of address: Utility bill, bank statement or similar
I do realize that https://www.tradestation-international.com/...6-555d25f7-3fe6 does list some examples of supporting documents, but the examples may not be suitable in Malaysian context.
Normally, for us Malaysians, can we submit our scanned image of our MyKad (crossed with 'for TradeStation Global only'), first page of our handphone bill (showing our address) or the statement of our savings account (showing our address)?
2) Did you insert Offer Code in the online application form in TradeStation Global?
Thank you for your clarification.

From the transferwise, I not able to transfer the fund to my IB.
When I emailed to transferwise support, they say unable to use it to fund broker account. Is it true?

... waiting for recession to whack all in

my stocks no stoploss...chill & collect dividend only

question, if you have a stock that pays no dividend like Amazon, would you use a stop loss?

because if it goes down and you didn't lock your profit, then really rugi, no? and no dividend somemore.

... waiting for recession to whack all in

my stocks no stoploss...chill & collect dividend only

question, if you have a stock that pays no dividend like Amazon, would you use a stop loss?

because if it goes down and you didn't lock your profit, then really rugi, no? and no dividend somemore.

not sure what makes me sleep better.
true, however, wouldn't it be better to have the trailing stop loss activated, auto liquidate your position and buy again at the bottom?

is it time to top up now?

waiting while holding cash?