I don't know why you are talking up IB's new technology so much, and they're offering a guarantee that if you don't get the fills they'll give it to you. CyberTrader has been doing that for the past 6 months. Way before IB, offering spreads for a single commission. Plus it's much easier to use, and they're customer support is the best in the industry. If you're from Canada you can use this platform from Questrade, which carries the Cyber platform. IB has not developed anything that other companies haven't already been offering for a while. Don't make it sound like they're the originators of smart trading.
You'l notice that so many threads on here are about IB platform alleged "problems". Either way, I do not see the samefor the CyberTrader platforms. I have used Cyber for over 1 year and it has never let me down. <B>Dumb Question... qazmax 8 356 10-14-04 03:08 PM Autospreader for IB? andiamo 10 573 10-14-04 12:36 PM Problems with IB Api Orders to NYSE moonwalker 0 51 10-13-04 04:49 PM IB Problems Today? pisspotpete 17 1507 10-13-04 06:07 AM Trouble Getting Short on Arca and Island d_dub13 5 370 10-12-04 11:57 PM Unexplained order cancellation on IB SilverDelta 1 255 10-09-04 04:39 PM ARCA Discretionary Orders Toonces 1 143 10-07-04 10:55 PM IB fill outside of limit loufah 5 379 10-07-04 03:41 PM Is IB DN? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=30
CT and all the rest are nothing more than gnats buzzing around IB IMHO. The others are "hobby" brokers. IB is, hands down, the leader in low cost retail brokerage. They are the biggest and the best. Nothing else comes close to their markets, their costs, their technology, their innovation, their execution, etc. The others are in a constant "catch-up" mode with IB. Why not just go with the best? It has been, and most likely will remain, IB. Case closed.
There are probably only 6 traders at ET who use CyberTrader... wow... And I think we just met 2 of them... really wow... :eek: Not only that, but a pair of Canucks... how amusing...
Don't be naive~ There isn't aything in life where you don't get what you pay for. Stuff is cheap for a reason. IB isn't a freakin' charity 'ya know...
Hmmm.... There are a lot of brokers out there that are cheaper than IB nowdays. Does that also mean they are a piece of crap?...
Is there any plans for building an autospreader for stock pairs in IB? (I know it is available for futures pair.) I assume there are many pair traders out there for stocks like myself.