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Old 01-15-2008, 09:37 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy View Post
You pay a brokerage fee on each transaction, so that is on the "buy" and the "sell", and this varies depending on who you trade with.

Then you will get taxed on the $200 "capital gain" at the end of the year.
Thanks, I knew it sounded too good to be true!

Going by the example I gave, would that $200 gain be completely gone after the brokerage fee and taxes? Would I actually wind up paying money?
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