This was several years ago. I would put in a stock order and then later try to cancel it. I would get a PendingCancel status (the magenta color)...
Why don't you be a little more patient and try to resolve your problems with IB internally first? Even though dealing with IB customer support...
Busted trades can happen with any brokerage. Busted trades are usually caused by someone making a typo on order entry. For example, suppose in...
Yes, a few years back I got some delayed fills (by 2 days) - as I recall, I broke even on those positions. There must have been some winners in...
Just curious about the "4 different ways" comment. 1. Island usually busts before 2 hours have passed? 2. Island usually doesn't adjust? 3....
If the price seems absolutely totally ridiculous, don't get flat - most likely the trade will be busted. Just keep the position in your account...
Since you get no commission break for larger numbers of contracts, I would submit the 2nd order as an independent order. Although I don't know...
This has been my experience with IB: 1. If you try to cancel an order and you see its color status go red, then it is cancelled. 2. If you...
About half a year ago, the Account window seemingly updated once every few minutes - and so you wouldn't know your real position for that time....
I think this means that this was an execution made of multiple fills - if you click on the + then you can see all the partials.
A beginning trader who eventually wants to trade the minis might trade QQQs/SPYs (through IB 100 shares at a time) to get their feet wet. They...
From the instructions of Schedule D on page 5 under the heading "Specific Instructions" and the sub-heading "Column (d) --- Sales Price":...
Isn't trading a meaningless game for personal glory?
I think I have answered my own question after searching around on the web. From IRS publication 550: I am interpreting this as saying...
My trading experience consists of trading securities and options on securities. I have never traded futures, but have become interested in the...
A year ago, daytrading in a cash account was considered fine by many brokerages. It is funny how one day somebody decided to snap their fingers...
Thanks trader42 and Simon-IB. After reading your suggestions and the user's guide, it all makes sense. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending...
Yes. the quote ids appear to stay the same. The order ids change. The problem is that my disconnect/reconnects happen so quickly that I'm not...
I've been trying to automate a trading algorithm using the IB API. It has a list of stocks and criteria for those stocks to determine entry....
Yes, I remember the morning that IB tried to show SUPERSOES pre-market indications. What a mess. Instead of the quote just showing up in...
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