The tracking is actually fine. The VXX net change you see is based on the price at 16:00 the previous day; but VIX futures' net change is based on...
Back when I used Datek, I'd sometimes get odd-lot fills for my round-lot orders. My theory was that the other side was trading either a basket of...
My experience is that if you still own the stock on the morning of the ex-div date, you will get the dividend.
Unless your order is larger than the quantity at the best bid or ask, a market order will fill instantly, generally at the worst possible price...
When I traded with Schwab, one morning one of my holdings jumped up $40, almost doubling. I got two phone calls from Schwab premarket. The...
Are you able to use Flash or Java?
I did that, and it worked. Sometimes, though, doing this also hangs (the order status turns to magenta), and you have to call IB to ask them to...
It's good if you can afford it. Around here (northern NJ), in a safe town, an apartment is $14K/year, including heat, school taxes, and property...
One of the presenters on a TOS talk said that traders are finding other ways to hedge besides buying S&P put options, such as bonds.
The change in VXX that you'll see quoted is relative to its 4pm close the previous day. The change in VIX futures that you'll see quoted is...
Negative analyst comments. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/chipotle-falls-analyst-suggests-slower-180046569.html
If you place a limit sell order at a price below the current best bid and the market is open, you're entitled to be filled at the current best bid...
Yes, but when you're long VXX and similar ETNs, you're facing not only the futures declining toward spot VIX but also the rollover penalty. Take...
Latest mobile TWS update has full screen charts. Thanks, IB. Small bug: label is truncated after first token, so instead of "FB Jul 20 '12 30...
Cocoon sounds like a nice idea, but keep in mind that when you use an anonymizing proxy server you are swimming with sharks, and if one of them...
I used to understand the option exercise panel in TWS.. I'd select "lapse (do not exercise)", and something would be set indicating that the...
With mobile TWS, when I go into chart tools and enable the volume window, it only shows bars for US equities. It's always blank for US options and...
If this is for tax purposes, use whatever method your broker has on record for you, probably FIFO. If it's just for your own use... I use LIFO...
Any way to get full-screen charts on Mobile TWS? That's about the only thing that's holding me up from moving from iTWS. Well, that and the fact...
Was it Discover Brokerage that had the ad with the truck driver that went Passenger: Vacation spot? Driver: Actually, it's a picture of my...
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