Suddenly, I could only buy about 1/3 the amount of shares of a stock I day trade & often hold overnight(s). The CSR said this was a management...
Twice today, while in the middle of the chat, the following quote appeared while I was waiting for the CSR to respond: "ChatSys: No activity...
On the stock I was trading, the bid suddenly jumped by about $.30 (to $20.04) with a bid size of 300 shares on NYSE. I quickly placed an order to...
Can anyone recommmend a pure agency broker for stock trading? Please share your experience.
I leave room for IB to explain themselves, but this is a tough one. I was going with the understanding that IB is NOT involved in market making...
It's clear by me that Market Makers try to do a lot of stuff at the expense of the retail trader in intraday trading, but is it safe to say that...
With my previous broker a few years ago, they offered a chronology of the trades, which included the time & size of each trade throughout the day,...
Is there a service that enables one to scan for the most active stocks in after hours trading?
I've been trying to sell today & yesterday IMH shares, and the order is not sent. Today, I tried each individual routing destination & the same...
Can there ever be a situation that one can get an after-hour liquidation on stocks with IB? It would seem to me this question would only be...
I placed a trigger order that was held at the exchange, which they did not execute on a timely basis. It was a stop loss market order that took 8...
Can anyone suggest ideas how to avoid MM's as your counterparty? It seems commonplace (for situations that the stock can go either way*) that the...
I placed an odd lot order to sell short a stock. It was a GTC market order that should have triggered immediately, but the exchange took 9 seconds...
Can anyway suggest a semi-volatile stock which has a solid price baseline, yet good upside potential? The solid price baseline may be due to a...
Can anyone sum up what you are "protecting" yourself from by routing to ARCA instead of NYSE?
It seems to me that each time DRL comes out with negative or mildly negative news after hours, "someone already knows" during the trading day...
We have a pop up with the IB logo saying "Authenciation Required" and asking for User Name, Password, and Domain (whatever that means). It says...
Is it true that on level 2 there is a difference in the color?? when a bid is placed by a retail trader? Is there some other way of...
Is it true that when your order is filled under IDEAL, that is an indication your counterparty is IB? (I was told by customer service that you...
Sometimes I find it difficult to become the best bid or best offer because it seems the algorithm of some market maker?? comes to beat me out by...
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