Thanks Robert. I have had huby's exact same question and even argued it with Don Bright himself on another forum but never got a straight answer,...
Ms. Carey, I appreciate your willingness to participate on these boards and address your critics. Others in the past have simply deleted their...
uptik, There are several detailed threads discussing proprietary trading firms, all with very good information. Here are links to a few of...
Stock777, I agree that there would be bad fills, it happens all the time on market orders orders. My point is, what difference does it make if...
Wow, I really have respect for IB and their forward thinking in making direct access stock and futures trading available at a low cost, but I...
Qwik, This is a great concept for dealing with the mental side of stops. Thanks for sharing it. I use a similar method by assuming that a...
zboy, Did you ever try a bullet with IB? I'd be interested to know how it went and if its worth having the extra capital tied up. Kirk
I would be curious to know if anyone has asked their brokers about this, or if the brokers even have a clue yet? I know def mentioned that IB is...
I use Qcharts (its 24hrs and shows the globex sessions) for standard charting/TA and Metastock for backtesting and custom formulas. Despite the...
NKNY, I agree, but they have always done this in cash accounts and many online brokers did it for margin accounts. Its due to the T+3 rule for...
stockerup, This is a little off topic, but to respond...I'm from Alabama. I have access to cable and DSL, have a proprietary firm available...
To answer Babak's question, I think the 4:1 margin was a bone they threw in to keep objections down. Most professional traders (I'm referring to...
I just want to know which moron decided that buying and selling in the same day was riskier than holding a position overnight? I mean, I realize...
This is a point that has confused me. Does this mean that the margin is calculated on all of your positions added together, even if you only held...
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Check out http://www.quotetracker.com . They offer several free realtime data sources, but I think for streaming quotes you will now have to pay...
Hi all, I normally don't jump into the middle of arguments like this (if you can really call it that...compared to the Ken Calhoun thing its...
There are no commissions. Its a forex broker that quotes you a bid/ask quote. To buy you pay the ask, to sell you get the bid. That's where...
I don't think you can. I believe IB only offers the electronic markets. Kirk
We have similar trading styles and I make about 2-5 round trip trades per day. Only 1 contract at a time, so in a month it may range from 40...
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