Basically brokerage firms are like politicians thet tell you what you want to hear, kind of like"Pattern Day Trading" rules are for your own...
Roger 2 The Five Horsemen of the Nasdaq are;Msft, Csco, Orcl, Qcom, Sunw:eek:
Rtharp Thanks Not only does it sound like a great firm to trade at, but also a good one to get yours legs broken too!:(
Candletrader Where is this "intraday volume injection" going to come from with 80% of retail accounts crippled with the shingle of "Pattern Day...
The spreads on Globex can be very wide particularly in the wee small hours of the AM. Also this if when they are doing their "tweaking" it sounds...
Rigel You are not totally wrong in being a little suspicious. I use to trade on the floor in Chicago(futures) and any floor broker worth his salt...
Good reply posts by everyone in my opinion, but impression I would like to correct is their is a long and a short in all securities. If a stock...
Turok Good Post I have also put in a Best ECN Order and had it batted back and forth beween ecn's for thirty seconds until I pay up .20 to .30...
Gerry875 It is important to note that for every futures contract their is a long and a short. Actually in my humble opinion futures are a more...
Grabbit I was short 400 Q's and was ripped .13 on a stop with IB a couple of months ago. Your complaint is not an uncommon one from other IB...
The most important thing you can do is to be on constant alert as for the solvency of these "firms". Schwab laying off 2400 today is just the...
If you set up one of these things in the the U.S. in ANY FORMAT just pray everything goes well and no attention comes your way. Because if it...
Tom P et al. I'm sorry I caused such a furor over my remarks about Hitman taking a little reflective time here. I can tell he is a very smart man...
gerry875 If you were one penny under the margin requirment IB would automatically reject the order and tell you why. Usually within one second. It...
Vitajex I was not "slamming" Hitman! I just feel he is literally beating himself up and should take a quiet reflective walk down to Battery Park...
Hitman Quit beating yourself up. All you are doing is churning your own account and your brain too. Overanalyzation is the kiss of death. You need...
Richard (rfoulk) You have had some fine posts in this and other threads of late. IB was great because they updated you account within seconds on...
Time to rally around IB? I wonder if we aren't off on the wrong track totally, maybe IB is our only salvation. Of all the posts maybe Vikana's...
I think the point that is being overlooked is no, it's not these "1000 accounts that spend $10.00 per day or 10 accounts that wheel $10,000.00),...
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