Recent content by dhpar

well, the problem is that since Brexit and the move of some accounts from UK entity into the Central European entity in Hungary it is not possible to execute fx spot on IDEALPRO (only when it increases your spot fx gaps). It must be some f#ck up of IB because A. it makes no sense and B. there...

any news on this? I have the same problem....

thanks for this write up eastern_warrior. it is pretty screwed up in TWS that the main book which is used for individual legs' market data and complex instrument price data is in fact not used at all when submitting the complex order. I did not know it is a completely separate world (linked only...

For the sake of simplicity, I didn't complicate the matter here on ET with Risk Reversal (but fully explained it at the time to IB). That's also why I said I was trading at the market while in fact, I was submitting deep in the money LMT order which should get immediately executed at the market...

time 16:29:52 CEST (10:29:52ET) NBBO 29.25/30.05 48 size on the bid. I executed 1 contract only, stating DTB...!!! does not show anywhere... it is not as much of economic damage for me but rather a moral disappointment wrt IB... ;) thieves plain and simple.

jeez. stupidity still rains here. why do you think that $29 call option is deep in the money? you are welcome!

and to clarify. I am well aware of MKT orders problems myself. And I almost always use LMT - and trade for over two decades. so thanks to all smart alecks here for advice on this front. the thing is that once this problem occurs (and you submit MKT) I would expect some robust infrastructure to...

this is exactly my point and problem...

thank you. that is helpful. I will first notify IB about that and if they decline to act on it I will proceed with the regulatory help. Cheers

because it is called a market order! at DTB in this case. not some "IB takes your assets and sells them to some crony guy for a cheap price" order.

the point really is that if I can sell it at the market for 29.25 then they should not sell it to someone internally for 24.80. That's stealing, plain a simple!

i understand the disadvantages of mkt orders. you have no guarantee wrt execution as the market can move swiftly. but that should not imply that your broker screws you up when he sees a market order (and for instance buys everything conveniently for himself at zero...). and clearly 20% below the...

So after 17 years with IB I had a crazy experience today. I executed a market order to sell (one option) at about 16:30 CEST. The market/bid was at 29.25 (see picture) and deep. Somehow my trade got executed immediately at 24.80, i.e. 5.45 (20%) below the market (with the market not even...

when you see a free lunch think about it twice (and then twice yet again)...