My broker (IB) does not use the terms "Day Trading Buying Power", "DT Call", "Day Trading Call", "Overnight liquidating equity" anywhere on their...
Revisiting this topic with a slightly different angle.. does anyone know how it works when a position is reversed in an auction (from long to...
I was using yahoo for my US stocks system so I needed an alternative. Here's a summary of my research into cheap US stocks EOD data: eoddata.com...
Bob - Thank you, that's very interesting. Is that ability to not calculate DT margin in real time for large accounts (>$5mm) the same thing as...
True, Bright is maybe a bit of an exception in that respect... the thing is though, they don't have very good rates (more expensive than IB in...
Thanks - very nice, that sounds like exactly what I'm looking for. I've been researching several strategies where the extra BP for open orders...
I'm a quant, not discretionary. 6.66 isn't a big deal if you know how to construct a well hedged portfolio with hundreds of stocks. If I were a...
With portfolio margin you can get up to 6.66 leverage in theory (for equities). An interesting question is, what is the maximum leverage that you...
Happened to me this morning. ASH closed at 122.33 and opened at 123.27. There was no apparent unusual trading in the stock and customer service...
Bump. Is my post TLDR or does no one have an advisor account with IB? Are the allocation fees new, as they seem to be? If so, has anyone been...
"Trade Allocation Minimum Commissions" appeared on the commissions page recently: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=1590&p=stocks2...
Impressive. Would you consider sharing some of your Sterling automation scripts to help save others some of that trial and error? What are some...
Thanks, that's actually helpful. I think that's probably the only option for people who have no choice but sterling. I'll consider whether I want...
Being broker neutral is not an excuse for being a buggy, crashing POS. Why would you even mention that? Yes I use IB. I find them expensive but...
Interactive Brokers is one example.
Sterling doesn't crash the system, it crashes itself. I guess you could develop some kind of system to automate restarting sterling. How would...
Of course you can't trade when the market is closed. The point is that sterling won't stay open by itself, it needs to be manually restarted at...
Another black mark against sterling:...
Also, just for fun, here is a screenshot of what your desktop will look like in the morning if you leave Sterling open overnight. [ATTACH]
It seems that a lot of prop firms these days use Sterling Pro (from sterlingtrader.com). If you are considering joining a prop firm to run your...
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