Agree. And all the nonsense from most of the would-be traders, is the reason I'm rarely on the site. Good time to retire my membership.
FINAL WORD (hopefully:) Just rec'd this, via e-mail, from IB support: While I am not sure of the cause of today's issue, your account value...
I had checked in Acct Mgmt: Acct balance was $105,000 less than it should have been. Checking Funds, there was no activity. Yes, it may have...
Yes, it was/is odd. As I said above, this all occurred within about 2 hours, during the day. I'll check tomorrow, to see if there was anything...
My account fluctuates 2-15k per day. I only posted this, so hopefully IB would realize that errors like this might have larger consequences than...
*** Re above questions/comments: I've been trading almost every day for 40 years; mostly futures. I rarely trade less than 100 sides per day;...
UPDATE Funds were returned to account, after about an hour, from when I first noticed it missing. Still no explanation, nor apology. I have not...
Spoke with customer service: It is a "known issue." No info as to when it will be fixed, nor why IB did not send e-mail, regarding the issue....
May repeat some of prior answers, but: 1. Selling puts/calls, places a limit on profit; 2. Liquidity, and esp bid/ask spreads, are relatively...
Agree with other answers, that first you need to describe your specific goals, etc. as well as experience. But generally: 1. Don't start trading...
The end of each month, ES futures settle at the 4 pm price, rather than 4:15. The reason for this is so that month-end statements, for money...
My point was not for hedging, etc, but to point some of the fundamental reasons why ES has some advantages. If nothing else, more players, more...
Attached shot is more than 2 years old, intentionally out of focus, but should give you an idea of my set-up. I actually replaced the computer a...
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