Inferior brokerage firms, e.g., Scottrade, Lowtrades, etc. will put restrictions such as stop-sell price needs to be at least 0.1 (or 0.15) less...
Currently for certain stocks, there is no uptick necessary for shorting.
Samson77, You should be able to change back your PDT account back to a non-PDT one if your trading a pattern has changed for the account (e.g.,...
mss, The brokerage firm lets the IRS know how much contribution was made in the previous year usually around the middle of the current year....
mss, If money is moved from one's regular account to one's IRA account, it is a contribution.
thecalip, Could you give an example of sticking stocks with some margin in an IRA account? In any point, which broker let you borrow (i.e., buy...
DrAtomic, You might want to read the quick start tutorials thoroughly and practice with the demo account. However, try calling IB directly...
Both in IB's Alerts and in Ameritrade's Trade-Triggers, you don't have to sit in front of your computer. You can set them such a way the order(s)...
You might want to try "Alerts" in IB & CyberTrader, and Trade Trigger in Ameritrade.
If the investor's want a per-trade brokerage firm, then Amerirtrade has different conditional orders/trade triggers, free wire-in/out, check...
mrpace, partially closing a position opened on the same day is still consdered 1 day-trade.
Cyber/Schwab has mentioned to me that the number of day-trades are counted depending on how (i.e., with how many trades) you close the position.
jellystone1, Scottrade charges 1/2% of the principal value of the trade for stocks priced under $1 in addition to its $7 base commission....
pev, "USD 50" means the stock trading at $50 (US dollars), and "USD 2" means the stock trading at $2 (US dollars) in your example. By the...
If you trade under $1 stocks, Scottrade would be one of the most expensive brokers. Before you go to Scottrade, please read the fine print of...
What is the price range of the stocks and the number of shares you trade at once?
Did you have any type of contract with the success criteria clearly defined?
Chewbacca, If your 1000 share gets filled with multiple partial shares on the same day, I think IB charges you $7.5 ($5 from November, 2005)...
It will be interesting to see what other brokers do in terms of slashing US equity commission. Historically speaking, there is a chain reaction...
It does say $1 minimum. However, when the details of the new commission rates get starightened out in the next few days, we will find out if IB...
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