Recent content by ck9

10 years ago when i started to trade it was such a big help to have a broker with such low costs around. thank you ib revolutionizing the brokerage industry and helping me to become a trader! the only thing i don´t like is the comission schedule for low priced stocks, especially canadian...

@marketsurfer your bullish stocks call and your short gold call stand in condradiction. the only way stocks go to new highs if these criminals print vast amaount of money and send it directley to the us people. something like a 600$ check every month for everyone! if something like that...

As soon as I read your first post, I already knew you were about posting about spreads, italian forums are full of this B.S. So what ? Did you know that the ECB has the power to buy government bonds, and they often do it ? If you are so sure about it, build some long CDS trade, or long...

i think it is very likley that a few states will drop out . just look a the spread between the german and italian government bonds Italy: 5,04 % Germany: 3,85 %

lets assume that italy drops the euro and relaunches the lira. how would that function? would they simply exchange the italian euro notes(euro notes have a letter telling their origin) for lira? i think this would be a really big mess if they drop the euro. would be great if someone has...

i am also confused with the ib fx system. for example i wanted to buy norwegian krona with euro the nok/eur pair is curentley not trading, only the eur/nok pair. is there any disantvantage to selling euro aginst the krona instead of buying nok/eur. thanks for yours answers

hi, i am searching for a very conservative broker (not ib) where i can buy hong kong stocks. any suggestions? thanks

thanks for your replies we are located in germany. not long ago there was case where a trader did sell a stock and bought it back immediatley. the german irs lost the case in court. i don´t know if i remember it correctley but i thougt that i read it on elitetrader many years ago that your...

hi, me and a friend have a longterm position in a small cap nasdaq stock which has very low volume. it would be impossible to sell and buy it back without incuring huge slippage. we would like to take the loss for tax reason and buy it back immediately. would it be legal to trade with each...

hi, does anybody know what happens to all the merril lynch options if the deal is approved? i guess they will be converted into bac options but i have no idea how that plays out exactly. does anybody know how takeovers are handled in the case of a takeover. thanks alot!

since i upgraded to the latest ib tws i cannot check the "hidden" box.(hidden island order) any ideas? regards