I spent 2 years, pissed away about $50K in bits and pieces (thank goodness for real jobs while learning), and didn't really go for seminars or...
I'd appreciate any discussion on how to read these. I try to (or am forced to) play these sometimes, and they seem to be really inconsistent....
I've attached a list of just under 4000 stocks. It's comprised of the major indices, sector indices, and all stocks on which options are listed. I...
I'm guessing he meant that imbalances less than 3000 shares are not reported. I don't think there are any restrictions on minimum size of on-close...
Several people have made statements to this effect, but I must be missing something. Consider the following two scenarios. (To make things...
As others have said, the last order ID that the TWS saw is stored in the <JTSHomeDirectory>\????????\user.ini file, in the DdeId item. In my...
I've had (and reported) the same problem, so I can't use the alerts. I feel as though it would happen when I configured more than a couple...
"Size kills" - jdt (keeps me from building big, losing positions under the guise of "scaling in")
My $0.01194556 ($0.02 less ECN fees): If you are to be an employee of any company, anywhere, you are entitled to get a note, letter, MoU,...
This caught my eye. Do some firms do this to make their capitalization look adequate (when it might not otherwise be) for some kind of month-end...
A little more info for you: There should be a field on your market data line that gets populated with a formula that looks like the following...
January, 1999 I buy 3 puts at $3 1/2 ($1050) at the money on some internet company (don't even remember which - maybe LCOS) prior to earnings...
All this comparison shows is that "something" will likely happen when volatility (albeit of the wrong instrument, but fortunately somewhat...
FWIW, BZH is no longer shortable at IB. I'm pretty sure that it was available a month or so ago. Sounds like it may already be getting shorted...
It works fine for futures.
I just thought it might be related. It comes up occasionally because I modify an order that Excel sent to TWS manually because I want to move...
Does this happen only when you change the stop price, and not the limit price? An annyoance cropped up a couple releases ago, where if you hit...
Based on what I've heard from interviews with former IRS auditors, I still contend that IB does a dis-service to its customers by reporting...
Can you be more specific please?
Is there a particular reason you want to use the phone? If not, and you're talking about using it in the U.S., consider a wireless PDA (like...
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