Same as longs - overnight. If ex-date is the 27th, and you are short overnight on the 26th into the morning of the 27th (i.e. short as of the end...
There are situations where it can happen accidentally, like overfills.
I would first guess that it has something to do with not having sufficient funds to take a position in the underlying. Could also be a...
Quote from twinx: No, i think this is not true. I dont know about the economic proposition of book-business, but why should there not enough...
Quote from twinx: Can someone do a view simple words more about "wash sale" concerning tax? See Publication 550 at www.irs.gov . It includes...
Personally, it's a moral issue. I don't trade inside info because it's bad for markets in general. I've occasionally had to stop someone from...
Last I remember, "kickbacks" from the option exchanges (called "mandatory marketing agreements" or some such) are legal - even required. It's...
It probably means that your order is being sent to ARCA with the "PNP" flag set, which prevents ARCA from routing away to other markets to execute...
No, I haven't. I've had some input by people with experience in some of those markets. Google for +country_name +"stock exchange" (or other...
Quote from trada101: Can you direct me to a commercial Java application that represents a good implementation? I just want to see if it for...
Stocks, not Forex. It's unlikely that this would make any difference in short availability unless you know that all the other holders of the...
Quote from kalzayani: www.Hquotes.com I think From the website: "There are no monthly charges for the data as you download it directly from...
Quote from qazmax: ...but I doubt Zimbabwe has a stock exchange. http://www.zse.co.zw/ :) Actually, many developing countries have stock...
6 pages, mostly on basic math and detail reading? Can we set up a poll with SAT questions? I'm betting the under. As Dustin points out, an...
Tools->SetAlarm suggestions: 1. Make the comparisons >= and <= instead of > and <. It's more intuitive to spec the price that you want to be...
I think your info gets released to whoever handles proxy mailings (ADP?) if you hold shares into the ex-date for the share voting rights. I...
That makes one of you :(
Or do you have the auto-sync turned on? Last time I checked, Microsoft's auto-sync didn't sync correctly, causing the time to be off by some...
Quote from IBj: There really isnt any available at IB (6 shares only). OIH went back on the RegSHO fail list about 10 days ago I think.
Not exactly "trading" on the ECNs - there was all of 700 shares printed 09:15-09:30 and another 1200 during the 09:30 minute before the AMEX open...
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