Understand. Thanks.
I loaded Quotetracker onto a new computer and applied a previous fix for the backfill problem. It works fine with Interactive Brokers for...
The idea is that you'll purchase dividend paying stocks that yield more than the low interest charged on margin loans at IB. It's great if you...
I haven't had any problem with OCA orders as well. Where the orders reside is beside the point. If one is executed, the others are cancelled....
The margin call at IB will not be after you "go into the red by a few percent". They update your account balances every few minutes. If your...
My rules for pre and post market trading are 1) avoid it, but if I do it, 2) triple check everything before transmitting.
Your cash flow on this trade, including IB commissions (.005 per share with $1 ticket minimum) is: Bought 1000 = -23,490 - 5 = -23,495 Bought...
Only the trades that are deemed to be erroneous are going to be busted. It may only cover a very brief period such as a few trades occurring...
See the "Youtube trading videos" thread that is in this same forum. Last entry was September 3.
Your broker holds your cash and investments in trust. You're not investing in the broker themselves. So if they go bust, and they haven't been...
This was my all time favorate. I don't know if he was able to stick it out but I recall at the time that had he held on for just a few hours, the...
If you're managing your business on a cash basis, then your start-up costs should be deductible against other income (excluding costs for...
I start my trading day around 2am and have adjusted my trade style to not require me to monitor the market continuously. After setting up some...
This is from IB's website. You're automatically covered for more than the first $1M of cash without charge. "Customer securities accounts at...
Busted trades aren't always due to a trader on one side of the transaction screwing up. The exchange themselves can send out execution reports...
I'm on the U.S. east coast. My trading day begins at 2am. I'm up and down at night until around 6am and then keep an eye on things until around...
Maximum leverage on stocks allowed by the SEC is (I think) 4 to 1. Just take a look at changes in share prices for S&P stocks on even a day like...
To the extent your major currency trades change their prices, yes, you will impact the minor currency price (as it's simply a mathematical...
You can run a program on their website that will give you an estimate based on your holdings. I'm not sure where it's at as I only ran it when...
What Facebook has going for them is that they have a real business with revenue, profit and growth. But when you crunch the numbers you can't...
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