LOL - This is no doubt THE best route to take if you can't hack it trading, provided you're a decent writer, or know one who can help you....
That's the biggest problem with trading; if you can't do it, you haven't learned anything else but how (not) to trade. It just ends up being...
No; actually liquidity has absolutely NOTHING to do with posted markets not being honored. Thanks for playing. And thanks for clarifying the...
That other thread just begged this one. :D Who are the most irritating members?
My thought is that it is just bad luck; either it gets delayed because it is a short, and a closing order then comes in and autoexecutes against...
I'm fairly new at NYSE, so bear with me. Quite often, I'll have a nice short lined up, and I'll send an order to sell to the bid following a...
I've got a better story for you, friend - how about something on how the options markets screw retail investors by not honoring posted markets?...
I see your point, Rigel, but the thing that's always amazed me about the SEC is how they constantly badger the little guy (you can check the...
LOL :D Very strange indeed!
Oh come on! The problem was not IB's fault, and they DID re-route within 30min. I'd say that's pretty good. You try and run a broker with...
Where are you located, Macal? Seems like most of the people having trouble are west of the mississippi.
Yes, I am getting logged out CONSTANTLY. Definitely not my ISP this time.
Those are some interesting points. The uptick rule will slowly start to be phased out, beginning with the big caps. It will be interesting to see...
:) No tears here either! Maybe they'll go broke and have to work for BOX to feed their fat asses.
Fuck 'em - I'm dreaming they shut down.
Why don't you try one of those little laptop USB keypads? They're less than $100 and are very small, typically just the size of the keypad on...
LOL :D
Yes, I do have firewall software - zonealarm to be precise. Can't be too careful. I also want to try "Norton Internet Security" - supposedly it...
I have DSL, had been rock-solid for 6mos, now has been flaking out CONSTANTLY. I'll call tech support and bitch 'em out a little bit. Glad...
HMMM...that could be it! My ISP has been pretty shitty lately, but usually when I lose my IB connection, it attempts to login many many times,...
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