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I had the same problem with crossed quotes. I called IB and the told me that they were receiving bad quotes but my Mytrack quotes were being received properly. He gave me a solution around the problem... It seems that when the market is crossed the Smart algorithm will not allow any trading to...

I didn't know which forum to post this on so I am posting this question here because it has the greatest activity. I am preparing my Federal Tax return with Turbotax and have come across the section in Form 4592 Investment Interest Expense Deduction- alternative minimum tax, where I enter my...

JR, I also was a Dreyfus customer for many years and was always satisfied with them. Many times I got price appreciation. When I thought I got a bad fill they were always reasonable and corrected it form me in my favor. Whenever their system went down I was compensated with a number of free...

Could anyone tell me what the equivalent number of shares equals one SSF contract? TIA Cocobop

I have posted this message in the hookup forum and I thought this forum would be good too. I am in the process of opening an account with IB. I have been trading with an on-line broker and am used to the simple order entry system that I have been using. Needless to say the IB software seems...

I am in the process of opening an account with IB. I have been trading with an on-line broker and am used to the simple order entry system that I have been using. Needless to say the IB software seems very daunting to me. I have been reading the manual but without the actual software...

I know that both the NYSE and NASDQ will open at eleven tomorrow but will there be pre-market trading on the NASDQ as usual or will they start off at the gong without any pre-market activity? If there is no trading before the gong then it should be a very interesting opening. Any thoughts.

Free Riding only applies to selling a position in order to pay for opening that position. In any cash account one must have the funds already available at the broker before on can buy a stock. The problem being discussed here is a question of whether one can buy and sell many times in the same...

I've done a search on this site for that term without much success. Is there is anyone out there with the answer to this question... Can someone legally own or control both a long and short position in the same stock? Is this an SEC regulation or is it or is it just at the broker's discretion...