About 3 months ago IB implemented a change to SMART largely due to my efforts and they are currently in the process of implementing a second...
I did tell them my quote vendor was supplying quotes which they did not address in their reply. I log every quote so I could supply a T&S log....
I saw the resumption, never the initial notification. I don't think I ever got it. They were 4 minutes late activating a stop limit costing me a...
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I had a somewhat screwy experience Friday that has brought home to me the downside of slow quotes in the hybrid. At 9:30:19 I submitted an order...
I agree. Your understanding matches mine. I've read the governing NYSE rule which I believe you brought to my attention in a contentious thread...
For the past 4 weeks about half of my limit orders submitted using SMART + RTH + pre-open re-route have executed after the open and half on the...
IB short behavior continues to be all over the map. Last night I had two orders rejected as unable to borrow. Supposedly this should no longer...
I first noticed it when I questioned a missing fill on a short I thought was working. Apparently the out-of-date TWS I was using thought the...
This is only useful when market is open. When the market is closed all shorts remain in presubmitted state. Using the api, I used to recognize...
IB Rep, The night before, using the api, I used to recognize the "insufficient shares" message and progressively enter smaller orders until I...
Thanks for the detailed description of one way my order might have been arbitraged (or I guess I should say cheated since thatâs what you...
I asked the IB rep and he said that the NYSE had routed the order to Island, not IB, and I know I got the credit because IB posts the commissions...
On 2/21/07, I submitted three orders using SMART, RTH, and pre-open re-route to buy NEW at prices ranging from 18.45 to 18.47. None of these...
On 2/9/07 I had an order working to buy some NEW at 16.21 on Island. At 12:35:03 2800 executed on the NYSE at prices under 16.21 and immediately...
My cpa talked to an IRS agent who told him that they strip the trade detail from returns and throw it away. I used to send in 70-100 pages, 1...
Not if you want to preserve unbundled pricing using the api, a minimum difference of .0055/share (.008 vs .0035), a difference which grows with...
IB should allow user to set Smart's default exchange - Vote Now. If you agree then please vote in the Interactive Brokers Features Poll on item...
I'm having similar problems. Some market orders execute, some do not. I've been using for months and it's always been a little flaky, but this...
I agree, IB should break their commissions down. I've written a Perl script to deconstruct the commission into its component parts. It isn't a...
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