I use IB and when entering brackets around a trade the stop loss order never goes native to Globex, while the profit exit side seems to. Is there...
Well, I took IB's 'test', so I guess I'm out $75... LOL
Finally &^$#*(& executed... Cost me $75.............
Trying to cover, won't execute! IB and Globex. Anyone else?
Thanks, Rob. I don't intend to trade until I do understand this. Just looking for inputs from folks more experienced with this. Cheers.
I'm pondering trading the ES or NQ, and was wondering about how margin works with these instruments. From what I've found, ES is $50 x index per...
Check the link I posted... My take - - Being flat at end of day means nothing. If you have a loss and buy the stock back within 30 days,...
It seems that traders buy something, and then sell it to someone else for a profit. At least successful ones do this. How many other...
I put in a short this AM for 1000sh NVLS, and saw the shares in the market depth screen with IB. Got two partial fills leaving 100sh remaining....
Got it. Thank you.
Just looking for documentation on the bracket option in TWS. I was playing with it in the simulator and it seems that it bracketed securities by...
The real pain is in taking the loss from a wash and then adding that loss to the cost basis of the next trade. When it gets to schedule D, the...
Suggestion for IB. If all the data is there, why can't you add a field for margin and daytrading power. Scottrade is one broker that does this....
Can anyone else using IB answer this? Do I have the ability to view buying power realtime during the course of a trading day? Thank you.
Is there a way to track real time daytrading buying power in account during the course of the day? I have not been able to find it in the...
It's probably worth differentiating between Cybers [three] trading platforms. I tried the Web based platform, but found that I could not tie the...
Thanks, that is exactly what I was wondering - cutting the commissions. It seems that short --> long is probably a quick fill, but the converse,...
I use IB. I'm wondering if I can reverse positions with one order, e.g. --- I'm short 1000sh of stock X. I place a buy order for 2000sh,...
Agreed, that is a great input. Thanks, all.
I have read that if a trader gains Market to Market status, registers as a professional trader, that taxation is no longer capital gains/losses...
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