Recent Content by rationalmind

  1. IB US Options order modification fee

    They treat option order modifications like a cancellation and subsequent re-entry. Note though if the trade finally executes, you get (part of)...
    Post by: rationalmind, Nov 30, 2010 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  2. interactive-brokers real-time liquidation madness

    When they talk about *mark*, they mean the mid-price. In earlier communication in the ticket, they refer to a "mark price of 0.143935 (based on...
    Post by: rationalmind, Nov 21, 2010 in forum: Retail Brokers

  3. interactive-brokers real-time liquidation madness

    @comintel: I had asked them in why they based their calculation on the mid-point of this crazy bid-and-ask spread rather than the extremely liquid...
    Post by: rationalmind, Nov 19, 2010 in forum: Retail Brokers

  4. interactive-brokers real-time liquidation madness

    @DeeDeeTwo: I should have said: "/sometimes/ merely based on bid and ask spreads" (namely, whenever there is no sufficiently frequent trading in...
    Post by: rationalmind, Nov 15, 2010 in forum: Retail Brokers

  5. interactive-brokers real-time liquidation madness

    I had read warnings on this board about IB's auto-liquidation policy before I opened and account with them, but hadn't taken them too seriously as...
    Thread by: rationalmind, Nov 14, 2010, 59 replies, in forum: Retail Brokers