Instead of pressing sell, to close out a position of 2400 shares $1 above market, I accidentally pressed buy. It was after market, and had the...
Why haven't I heard this one before, as it seems quite obvious: If you believe a particular stock is a special prospect for long, but the overall...
Here's my thoughts: Sometimes it seems things go according to the normal supply & demand rules, i.e. as you buy up stock, the stock goes up in...
I know it may be a bit premature to ask this (noting it just started), but does anyone sense that they have gotten better fills by offering penny...
Do brokers who don't offer price impvmt for options to their customers: a) keep it themselves, b) get payment for order flow so they choose some...
We have "penny options" as one of our designations for columns on our TWS worksheet. You are supposed to be able to place a check mark in the row...
QQQQ at $44.00 is actually what prompted this thread. E.g., if 90% of traders were bearish, but the specialist wants to unload his stuff, does...
Are you experiencing the same problem? When right mousing "BUY" and trying to press "modify" to place an after hours order, the whole box jumps...
Here is the Businessweek backtesting link (free): http://prosearch.businessweek.com/businessweek/general_free_search.html?mode=advanced I...
If we placed an order to buy 50 options at the bid on one exchange (e.g. CBOE), and Timber Hill did the same on another exchange (e.g. PHLX), if...
Has anyone been able to arrange a special negotiated rate with IB for trading volume? OR a special arrangement to NOT be charged for...
Today we sold about 90 options of PFE. The buyer literally bought one at a time, which I imagine was his way of balancing cancellations versus fills.
I have not really traded Forex before: What does trading $25,000 USD/JPY at a one cent profit (e.g. 117.500 to 117.510 mean after commissions...
Perhaps I should know the answer myself, but don't. NT is undergoing a 10:1 reverse split I believe on December 1. We have a bunch of out of...
Here's the idea. No guarantee, but I think it will work. instead of just buying at ask: 1) Place a big bid at a moderate price, in a way that...
If a specialist is manipulating a stock downwards today (e.g. with the gigantic asks and no intention though of selling), how much of an...
Is this my imagination or the reality? Am I not mistaken there has been a recent big shift in the ratio?
It seems we are not able to place OCA orders on IB because the order ticket is too big or too big for my screen. Is there any way to reduce the...
One of the ET members (Wilburbear), in a posting several months ago, said that unless contested at the SEC level, then at the time penny...
1. IB has an Excel-type worksheet where you can jump from stock to stock, and order to order. Does Genesis enable this multi-trading feature as...
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