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Would someone please help me understand the difference between IB's Booktrader and the current level II products available . Many thanks for any help.

The rating article states: "One key execution statistic, Shapiro says, is price improvement, which means getting a better price than the best bid (the price a broker will give you if you're selling shares) or the offer (the asking price if you're a buyer) on an exchange-listed stock. In...

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_31/b3995118.htm?chan=search

Can anyone share some insight why IB rated so poorly in price improvement and limit order fill rate in this ranking of online brokers? To see the actual ratings and info on individual brokers you need to click on the slide show link... IB's slide is #10. Many thanks.

Maybe I'd be better off using my limit order to enter and attaching a hard stop of say .10 below the limit order. Then if I get favorable movement .10 above my entry to adjust my hard stop to breakeven and then add a .30 trailing stop. Would the above work? Many Thanks for your...

First I enter a stock at around $10.00 with a limit relative order. Then, I would like an intitial hard stop of .10 less than my entry price which is unknown until I enter because of the limit order. How do I create this hard stop when my entry price is unknown? Finally, I'd like to...

I am wondering how I get the s and p 500 futures to easily follow it while trading? Many thanks