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They said there had been more than a ten percent drop in the market but the two days before friday 12 the market went up so what the heck they were baseing this ban on shorting the spy or qqq is beyound me. If this were true it would be acrossed the board and all brokers would of been limited...

Lightspeed wasn't allowing any shorts on spy or qqq last friday they said if I wanted to get shorts it would be at a twenty dollar per trade extra charge. I don't know if this was normal or something they decided to do. Has anyone experienced this last friday with another broker?

HI I tried to short the spy friday 12, and lightspeed wasn't allowing any short or I could of if willing to pay an extra 19 bucks per trade what is up with that. Did other brokers suspend shorting spy and the Q's on friday? Didn't read anyting on the financial news about an acrossed the...

thank you to all who replied

Could someone reccomend a good basic news feed for an active trader. It seems like I get blasted from time to time by current news that I don't get thru the basic internet sources.

I'm considering opening an acct. with IB but don't like the looks of TWS. Does anyone here use button trader? I tend to scalp and wonder if useing a front end software linked to IB is a good idea or not. I don't trade futures mostly equeties and etfs. Mainly wonder if lantency is an issue and...

I recently started trading spy and found my trans fees to be so expensive that they were about half as much as my comm. fees. Can someone direct me to a thread or help me understand how I should route to reduce the fees that I'm now charged. Arca and Island seem to be very expensive compared to...

I recently started an account with lightspeed. I thought I had met all the requirements that would allow me the 4x1 buying power. The first day I traded I was having trouble getting any orders to excute. After It people couldn't find anything I noticed in my account bp that I was only getting...

Thanks spinder0 I think I will use trader log as it takes the accounting issues and handles what I feel is an impossible task for the active trader. All input here is greatly appreciated