andrasm, I checked out the site and it looks interesting. I like the ability to trade interest rate futures, like the eurodollar contract. My...
Direct island orders only execute against the island book, thus you may not be getting the best market price. In cases of price improvement on...
In that case I would say you clearly are not getting accurate fills using this simulation, especially when you are trying to trade in the...
My question to you is where or not your paper trading gives you accurate fills. are you buying at the ask and selling on the bid? Or are you...
If could have been that the other side wanted to bust the trade and IB called to ask for your permission. this has happened to me several times.
Thats really too bad. I liked 3dstockcharts because they were one of the free places that gave you best instinet bid/asks. I think its ridiculous...
Wow, thats quite some size you are trading there sniper. I'm wondering what its like emotionally to gain and lose hundreds of thousands of dollars...
I checked out the site and i would hardly call it "professional". Just another scam if you ask me.
The QQQ is the only real viable ETF for active trading because it has a very liquid island book, thus instant execution. Everything else will...
In your specific example you would not be locking the market because your order would execute against that ECN. If size is available on an ECN...
Actually, its not. Datek's level 2 quotes cost $10 a month for standard investors. The free stuff may simply be the island book, which anyone can...
I emailed IB and asked if we could buy a stock in the US and then sell the stock in Europe, if the stock traded there as well. IB told me no, that...
I stopped trading in my datek account a while back after switching to IB and i left a small amount of cash there. Datek has actually called me...
These acclamations are tell-tale signs of a rather poorly-done scam. Its almost funny how easily you can tell.
Thanks for the info guys. Harry, I'm in the U.S., but am looking into trading on the XETRA German exchange. Have you traded on the XETRA at...
Praetorian, What makes you think PVN has reached a bottom? I was watching it all day and just saw huge offers everytime the stock tried to make...
Has anyone set up a multicurrency account on IB? Whats the benefit of doing so and how does IB handle currency conversions?
Strange, problem seems to have gone away.
Can't log in as of 2:43pm eastern time. The system status page says that as of 2:18est they are still recovering from a core system malfunction.
Silk, How were you able to make 2 daytrades with only 12k in capital? Assuming you had made no previous daytrades, you are now only 2 trades...
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