Well, this is a very thoughtful comment on a topic which is very much misunderstood generally in the trading community. That trading style is...
Under-capitalization is as as much a factor in losing, as is lack of skill and lack of high technology technical analysis. I try and explain that...
Isn't that a brokerage dependent thing, whether or not the systems actually recalculate margins on changes in resting orders? But your point is a...
Okay, that's a good point. I could keep the limit orders a bit further out, as you say. But, if they're reasonably nearby, I can see them on my...
No, I don't keep them "all day", and I certainly don't leave the system unattended. This is a hyper-scalping capabiity, which is a new form of...
Entirely possible to get disabled. I recall a friend of mine was banned from IB with no recourse for doing absolutely nothing wrong. All's well...
I moved from IB to Transact, partially out of the threat of being classified as a low execution ratio client. But, for other reasons as well,...
OK, this is my last comment. I think you're talking about a very small "market maker". Let's suppose that Goldman is the Market Maker. How...
Gosh, this topic is heating up. You're exactly right that one big part of MM's role, and even by definition the "market making" role is that of...
Well, many share your view. However, I firmly believe MM's can and do willfully move markets. Discovering clues by technical analysis, as to...
Well, I'm not an ET sponsor so I can't advertise. Yes, trading is a business and only the analytically and technologically advanced technical...
That is precisely one of the major scalping strategies, but the tape has to be *calculated* and not simply watched... MM's accumulate and...
Well, by "retail sentiment" I mean all market participants who are not themselves Market Makers. Yes, the single contract trader is of no...
Market Makers don't need access to stop levels of retail players. Imagine if you traded against both Buyers and Sellers, and that 98% of all...
Well, if you're TWS as the mediator, and not FIX then I could suggest you run TWS under the Java Server VM for higher performance. Also, if...
With IB, so long as ID's you use start with the one you are given and are monotinically increasing, then there's usually no issue. You could even...
Just out of interest, what would be an example of these orders? What's the objective of the system? I have experience with IB's api and don't...
Just to get closure here, my trader friend was duly dumped by IB and our appeals to the CEO were met with no reply. Currently he is with Infinity...
Update to the situation. A letter has been emailed to IB's Chairman with no reply so far. Again, as IB states no reason for the "termination" of...
The fact that the account remained for 5 years, and just a couple of months ago, an alternate login was created for the purpose of allowing a...
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