Recent content by dctdave

Had the same problem a few weeks ago for a symbol on OTCBB. According to the IB helpdesk the clearing stopped supporting the symbol. A few days later I was suddenly able to trade the symbol again.

Placing a stop doesn´t garantee a fill at the stop price. It simply triggers an order at that level. So fur sure that is not an excuse for a refund.

Of course I understand that it is good news for people who lost a lot of money if negative balances are foregiven. However when my broker does this, it will impact it´s buffers and also form a risk for persons who didn´t gamble with huge leverage. If you gamble with leverage you take a risk so...

Happened to me a few times. They once asked me for a written explanation and warned me not to do it again. After that it happened two times, both times I called them immediately that I made a mistake. Once the trade was cancelled the other time nothing happened. greetz. DCT

Spread. So long BBI-B and short BBI. When they would convert in a 1:1 ratio you would collect the discount. However due to the rejection of the conversion the spread is back to 8 cents or something. I did this spread a couple of times last months. However last month borrowing the...