Interactive Brokers Master Card

Discussion in 'Retail Brokers' started by freedinner, Aug 16, 2017.

  1. just21

    just21

    model has changed to max credit cards to buy bitcoin.
     
    #11     Aug 16, 2017
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  2. ...how turn of the century of me, duh.
     
    #12     Aug 16, 2017
  3. JSOP

    JSOP

    I always imagined Thomas Peterffy would be an America-born American. I never expected he would speak English with such heavy accent. And I never knew I can allow them to loan my stocks out and would share 50/50 with them the interest that they earn. I have never been approached by them for that.
     
    #13     Aug 17, 2017
  4. DeltaRisk

    DeltaRisk

    This actually could be a very competitive product. How is it that this got approval from regulators?.... Interesting.
     
    #14     Aug 17, 2017
  5. According to wiki, he arrived in NYC at age 21 without speaking english.

    I remember he once said that he got into computer programming (an obscure or emerging task at the time) because learning computer language seemed easier than learning english.

    So, without his troubles learning english, IB might not even exist today.
     
    #15     Aug 17, 2017
  6. I showed my ignorance. I thought all debit cards were prepaid. Obviously I've never used a debit card other than the prepaid ones. I've used an ATM only once. (I don't have a cell phone, either. And no, I'm not a Luddite... just a KISS kind of guy.) :)
     
    #16     Aug 17, 2017
  7. just21

    just21

    How powerful is your Dell workstation?
     
    #17     Aug 17, 2017
  8. Not all that powerful. 8 years old, Precision T3500, Xeon W3570 CPU, 4GB RAM, Win7-32bit. However when I first started trading the ES, it was on a lesser machine with a 56K dial-up modem.
     
    #18     Aug 17, 2017
  9. just21

    just21

    Time for an upgrade. What are the deals at the moment?
     
    #19     Aug 17, 2017
  10. Upgrade for you or for me?

    If I were going to upgrade right now, my first choice would be Dell Precision T5810, with Xeon E5-1620 CPU or better. I'm thinking it won't be long before a slew of them come available off-lease for ~$350-$400. The best price on Dell Outlet right now is ~$700-$750, including current discount promotion, with full 3-yr warranty.
     
    #20     Aug 17, 2017