Shorting bonds was mentioned previously. Suppose I only have an equities and options account at Interactive Brokers. Is there a way to hedge a...
No, it wasn't BRK/a. It was a stock trading at $33 and I bought it at $43 in pre-market trading. Again, I don't want to make any excuses for my...
Yes, it wasn't right - I was in disbelief at the time. Note that I wouldn't be upset if the busts were treated consistently. I did everything I...
It depends on the situation, but most of the time when I get a great fill from Instinet, BRUT, or BTRADE, I just don't bother closing it because I...
There is a NYSE guideline that prohibits "trading" in odd-lots. I believe you can try to abuse this rule, but the NYSE will figure it out...
1. If you are a retail trader and you get a great fill, then the trade will be busted. 2. If you are a retail trader and you make a typo, the...
This may be off topic a little, but has anyone noticed that the TWS standalone version 768 is ultra-slow compared to previous versions? I am...
The trades at 8:55 were not possible because NITE was halted at that time. So they should be busted as well. See:...
In my experience, the amount of time the other party has to break a trade depends on how erroneous the erroneous quote was. Normally, the other...
You can call the updateAccountTime() function when you start your program and then calculate the delta between what that function returns and your...
What are OO orders? On Opening? Seems like you could wait until quotes start coming from the NYSE (set up a ticker for a particular stock) and...
Yes - I am using sockets to trade a stock account at IB. I find the API to be pretty nice. Carl
I got filled a couple of times in one day by Timber Hill a few days ago (March 26th). Carl
I am not certain and I can't find anything in writing. However, this has happened to me when I've been buying stock as well. An offer will be on...
Hello, First off, I'm not sure if the problem I'm experiencing is a quote problem or a routing problem. I wasn't sure where to post my...
Hey alanm, What restrictions are there on auto-quoting ETFs? What does "auto-quoting" encompass? Any links to these restrictions? Thanks,...
Hey def, I had a situation a few weeks ago where I needed to request a bust on a trade in pre-market. I usually find IB chat to be the best...
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