Which exact contracts are you talking about? The only two ES futures contracts are Sep06 and Dec06, and the spread is around 11.25. I create...
I'd be happy if the Chit Chat, et. al., were removed, too. The net is full of boards and blogs for that stuff. It's embarassing when I point...
Fixed for me too.
Thanks, skunk, for pointing that out. If I recall correctly from studying Java's memory model a while back, "lazy programming" and "memory...
According to the main commission table, all CME/GLOBEX USD-denominated foreign currencies are $3. This would include the GBP contract. Presumably,...
FWIW, and without defending the time period you're rightfully complaining about, I have probs with preferred syms from every vendor/broker. The...
Quote from GTS: The read more says MBTR does not primarily route orders to ECNs, meaning that there is less liquidity available than with the...
If it's not already mentioned, support continuous contract symbols (for quotes/charting) that auto-roll to the next contract on the correct...
Allow the purchase/sale/margining of US treasuries.
Is this really significant, at $250/million shares, especially if it replaces the other billable fees, which are up to 40x as much?
IB does not actually allow margin borrowing in their "margin IRA". Again, does anyone know of a brokerage that does actually grant margin (i.e....
Quote from Trader_Herry: how about you? Which kind of order do you prefer? The only time I use a market order is to close a position at the...
I assume you mean it gets rejected for risk-management reasons (i.e. insufficient buying power). My point is that such decisions are made at most...
Quote from flbum: Thanks for the insight. It seems that I need to consider market opens and other (sometimes wildly) mispriced prints unavailable...
What broker allows you to do this on a regular basis (i.e. not by accident)?
I don't see anything in Pub 590 that relates to transaction frequency. Why did you think that?
As a workaround, look for something called IBController here, on the Yahoo forum, or on the IB forum. It's one of the tools that can be used to...
Like sprstpd said, an order for 100% of the total opening print volume will almost always move that print, unless you happen to be in the same...
Quote from Trader_Herry: Plan C is flat rates up to 4000 shares. After that, it is not flat rates ($0.01 per shares). Anyway I just point out...
Don Bright said: If you are truly direct access (not retail, where orders go by/through the brokerage firms) These two things are not mutually...
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