Recent Content by CarlErikson

  1. money equals happiness ???

    Yes, flaunting your wealth is the only way to go if you are rich. How about a poor person playing the rich (via easy credit) - is that okay...
    Post by: CarlErikson, Apr 29, 2003 in forum: Psychology

  2. IB's Screwed Up Quotes

    If past experience is any indication, ARCA has several quote connections and apparently RealTick gets the good ones, and IB gets access to less...
    Post by: CarlErikson, Apr 4, 2003 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  3. Fastest NYSE Executions?

    Yes
    Post by: CarlErikson, Mar 25, 2003 in forum: Order Execution

  4. Newbie Trading Log

    You might consider opening an account at Interactive Brokers. Your 310 share order in and out would cost $6.20. Other places are cheaper than...
    Post by: CarlErikson, Feb 27, 2003 in forum: Journals

  5. What's up with IB speed today?

    $.12, right?
    Post by: CarlErikson, Feb 10, 2003 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  6. illegal shortsale/profit removal

    This is incorrect for retail accounts at IB. If you are flat and you specify a sale, then it is deemed a short sale whether you like it or not....
    Post by: CarlErikson, Feb 9, 2003 in forum: Order Execution

  7. Whoa Baby! What happened?

    This implies to me that someone arbitrarily determined that the action up to 856.00 was "normal".
    Post by: CarlErikson, Feb 7, 2003 in forum: Index Futures

  8. Whoa Baby! What happened?

    I don't believe IB will automatically liquidate equities during pre or post-market. I believe the auto-liquidation for equities only occurs...
    Post by: CarlErikson, Feb 4, 2003 in forum: Index Futures

  9. IB 1099 Statements

    1) Yes, it doesn't exist anymore, but for tax purposes in the year 2002 it did exist. 2) If you traded stocks in 2002 in your universal...
    Post by: CarlErikson, Feb 3, 2003 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  10. Accounting/Tax Software of Daytraders??

    Reread my post on the bottom of page 4 of this thread. Not only was IB's way of reporting their 1099-B forms legitimate, but if your total sales...
    Post by: CarlErikson, Jan 31, 2003 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  11. Mcdonald's -- "We Love to See you Smile!"

    There has to be a penalty for bringing lawsuits like this to court. I.e., if the lawsuit is deemed to be frivolous, the lawyer's license should...
    Post by: CarlErikson, Jan 23, 2003 in forum: Trading

  12. TWS and Globex matching engine

    What if IB's software doesn't resend orders this way to take advantage of this queueing behavior? It may be worthwhile to double check with IB on...
    Post by: CarlErikson, Jan 23, 2003 in forum: Index Futures

  13. Claiming Traders Status

    Good question. Got this from a Yahoo page: Man, that is irritating. Got to move to a state that doesn't tax Roth IRAs on withdrawals.
    Post by: CarlErikson, Jan 23, 2003 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  14. Is TMBR cheating

    With a market order, it seems like the specialist could definitely hose you just as badly as an instant execution with TMBR could. Are you...
    Post by: CarlErikson, Jan 21, 2003 in forum: Retail Brokers

  15. Is TMBR cheating

    If you are really concerned about it you can ask IB to give you the audit trail for your order. My take on what happened: TMBR was not on the...
    Post by: CarlErikson, Jan 21, 2003 in forum: Retail Brokers