IB's selection of borrows has seemed rather limited compared to e*trade (which, while being a sucky broker, has amazing borrow availability most...
Hopefully http://www.hardrightedge.com/wizard/ss1.htm will answer part of your question. Basically, you're taking money from the stupid and the...
See http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader/News/headtraderalerts/hta2001-34.stm for the NASDAQ rules. I would suspect that the NYSE rule is the same...
targetman is a big huckster, beware. He was trying to get a bunch of people on #daytraders to join his "exclusive" service by sending them...
Gene, the point of direct access trading is NOT having to talk to a broker to get a fill. If you want handholding every time you place an order,...
And what if it really is a Windows problem? :) WORKSFORME.
Whiner. The Java TWS is wonderful - no speed, stability, nor resource problems on a lowly K6 333mhz. I have spoken to people who have stability...
RAY: FIX is an open protocol that is used for the networking of financial transactions and information - in English that means that orders and...
Just wanted to add a couple of comments/questions... 1. Thank you to IB for making the new Java interface. It seems that a bunch of nitpicking...
virnaem: FWIW, the IB TWS (both 3.0 and 4.0) use the FIX 4.1 protocol (with some proprietary fields added) via an Internet gateway. I would be...
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