Oh, yes, I see I was in error. The BOX price improvement auction process, it appears from my quick look at the BOX website, is not triggered by...
You sometimes need to escalate to higher authority at IB (or other brokers). Try sending PM to IB Salvatore. I think he would want to hear from...
IBsoft, maybe this will help. SMART could and should scan for hidden liquidity, for example, by momentarily flashing each stock order at...
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Nothing is free.
Interactive Brokers. But note that there are restrictions imposed by NYSE on when you can cancel a MOC order.
IBSoft, since we are on the subject of Automated Trading Desk, I thought it would be a good idea to mention that ATD's order routing algorithm...
IB is probably unaware that their change is giving you inferior executions. You need to persuade IB of this fact, using rational arguments,...
Commission costs for shorting are the same as for other trades, but sometimes, on some dates, for some stocks, you must pay an extra interest...
Yes to the latter question, unless you allow IB SMART to re-route your order to the best bid, once it your order becomes marketable.
If you are new to trading, then you absolutely should not be trading futures. You should start out by trading odd lots of highly liquid ETFs like...
Margin policies can never completely eliminate the danger that a particular account will incur such an enormous loss that it wipes away the...
Good point, that flashing options orders won't be free, though I don't know about the specific fee amounts involved, and the credits given to...
I think that SMART could be improved by adding the following logic for non-marketable orders. Before a non-marketable order is allowed to sit...
I've been trading thru IB for years. I have made very many suggestions for bug fixes and improvements to IB's SMART order routing algorithms,...
The link you provided doesn't work for me, so I don't know what you are trying to show. Your facts are, once again, wrong, wrong, wrong. I have...
I'll take this is an admission that your post had no basis in reality. Excellent. Glad we could reach agreement.
The general rule is that a displayed order takes priority over a hidden order at the same price, even though the hidden order got there first.
Your facts are not correct. If you held protective puts hedging your stocks, they would have affected your maintenance margin requirements at IB....
Agree. The problem is not, as critics say, that IB yo-yos its margin requirements. A broker's margin requirements need to vary depending upon...
Trades can occur outside of the bid ask for lots of reasons, sometimes in violation of Reg NMS, and sometimes without violating Reg NMS. Reg NMS...
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