I did try to place a trade today. The experience of trying to place a trade using the TDA "trade architect" was not at all pleasant. I guess I've been using IB for so long, I just can't be bothered to learn a new trading platform - especially one that is really just a browser based. I decided to shut the current project down and move it to IB. I think I will up the ante a bit by funding a trading account with $30K at IB. I will ask the mods to close this thread and I will start a new journal after Memorial Day.