I wish you had escalated this situation to higher authority, to help IB to recognize the weaknesses in its trouble shooting and customer service....
I complained about this in a trouble ticket, and was told it was a deliberate decision to remove that feature, not a bug. I think it was a stupid...
From the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 PROHIBITION AGAINST MANIPULATION OF SECURITY PRICES SEC. 9. ø78i¿ (a) It shall be unlawful for...
News flash. SIPC insurance does not cover margin deposited on futures or futures options trades.
I never upgrade to a new TWS version until several weeks after its release, so that they have some time to debug (at least SOME debugging, that is).
I'm glad that IB is protecting itself and its customers against risk, and adapting its risk control policies to changing markets. It seems like...
Don, the wash sale rule is a rule for determining how much tax you owe. You can't violate it by selling stock and then buying it back again. You...
I too am gripped.
I think that taking both sides of the same trade violates the basic prohibitions against criminal market manipulation imposed by the Securities...
The title of this thread has been changed, without any explanation. It was originally an unfair smear denigrating IB. The title has been sanitized...
This thread doesn't give enough information to determine whether this complainer's bad fills were the broker's fault or his own fault. If he...
This problem indicates either a bug or flaw in the SMART router, or perhaps a problem of documentation and communication, which can and should be...
The way to earn interest on your entire account at IB, including the first $10K, is to park your free cash in T-Bills or EFPs.
If you direct route an order through IB, to ARCA or anywhere else, IB flags the order to prevent the destination from routing the order elsewhere....
If you invest in Treasuries or EFPs, your entire investment will generate a full return, including the first $10K. The failure to pay interest on...
I got this spam as well. I believe they got my address from ET, even though I have always selected the option to block email from my ET...
If I read the IB website correctly, initial and maintenance margin requirements, for t-bills, are only 1%, so in your example, your intraday...
Could there be a conspiracy between the market-makers and the Time Lords?
Some bugs will affect everyone, other bugs will affect most people, and still other bugs will affect minorities, small minorities, and sometimes,...
Why do you assume 4DTrader is a prison inmate? I doubt federal prisoners have internet access. Is it not at least as likely that he lives in a...
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