Recent content by djf123

Today, Oct 17, 2019, it lists for the stock BBT the Day's Range as $51.40-52.99, yet when I look at the graph shown at the link below that shows the day's chart it doesn't match. For example, when I hover over the lowest value at around 9:36AM it lists $51.60. I'm a little confused why its not...

I have recently noticed that yahoo finance and google finance provide different closing prices on some stocks. For example, the previous days closing price as of 10/9/2019 for DAL is listed as $53.20 at https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DAL?p=DAL&.tsrc=fin-srch. However, according to google...

I was thinking of starting to use Interactive Broker's excel API software, and I was wondering if anybody knows if its possible to setup your own automated trading strategy with it without disclosing to Interactive Brokers what that strategy is? That is to keep it secret from them while still...

How much money is a day trader working for a prop firm typically be given to manage? For example, considering 3 different cases, how much money (before considering margin) would a person just starting off be given to trade, versus the average successful veteran trader versus the absolute best...

I think I misunderstood. When you said "I don't know if they list the first trade or the primary as the opening." I took this as meaning there was two different opening prices. I was under the impression there was only supposed to be one and that places like google and yahoo finance listed them.

Whats the difference between the first trade and the primary? What exactly is the primary?

I placed an OPG buy order submitted at 7:30 AM with the broker Optionshouse for a stock that trades on the NYSE, and instead of being placed at the listed open of $7.80 (opening price according to yahoo) it was placed at $8.00. Why would this occur? Would optionshouse compensate me for this...

I am trying to understand how the "market on open" and "market on close" order types would work for emini S&P 500 futures. I understand how such an order would operate for ETF purchases (an OPG order is initiated at 9:30 AM EST and a CLO order is initiated at 4:00 PM EST), but since the trading...

rmorse, can you list some of the names of the online brokers that offer 6.6:1? I want to go check out their websites. I've been searching around online, but I can't seem to find any of these 6:1 brokers. All of the common online brokers I have been encountering so far, speedtrader...