Recent content by BaconFat

Thank you for the link. I don't fully understand all of those stats, but that looks like a good place to start learning. :thumbsup:

I don't see the put-call ratio on that chart.

Newbie question, I know. What's a good website or app to see the put-call ratio on any given stock?

Thanks. I'm going to download the demo first and check it out. If you don't mind me asking, why don't you just switch to Windows? I get that Linux users tend to be dedicated to their platform, but is it really worth limiting your options like that just because you don't prefer Microsoft?

Thank you for the clarification. Is TWS fairly easy to use even for a newbie trader? And how is IB as a broker? One reason I'm frustrated with Fidelity is because they never have any shares to borrow whenever there's an obvious good short opportunity.

Like what? How is it that IB is consistently rated one of the best platforms for day trading? I'm not arguing for or against it, I'm just curious. I've never used IB, but I was thinking of switching to it. I currently use Fidelity, and they're god-awful for day trading which is what I'm trying...

If I may ask, what started all this to begin with? What happened that some people felt IB needed to defend themselves?

Yeah, I think I learned a lesson today. :(

I use Fidelity, so I seriously doubt it was front run. I also don't see how an order of 500 shares would spook anything.

Are you saying it moved it up before it even went through? I'm not sure I quite understand. The stock had dropped before the pause and then came out of the pause back up again.

What I don't understand is why trading was paused to begin with.

No, it was just on hold until after the trading pause.

The bid/spread is quite large - $.40 Oddly enough though, my order didn't move the stock at all. It's CNFR btw

Weird thing today. I put in a market order to cover some shares of a short position, and after it didn't go through, I called my broker to find out what was going on. I was told there was a temporary halt issued by Nasdaq due to volatility. It's a very sparsely traded stock of late. When I...