Recent content by feisty70

One way would be if IB #1 internalizing your order, they buy it at 1.00 and sell to you at 1.05, that would say on confirm, IB may have acted in as principal. Also the bad fill could be attributed to the rebate that the IB might get from that market maker that the order went to. How if its...

Remember cheapest ticket doesn't mean cheapest charge overall to the client. Charging the cheapest/ticket usually means you fill isn't as good as it should be. Bad fill= paying more for the overall trade. Especially if they execute your oders for you. Firms have to make money somewhere. If...

I do my options trading at RF Lafferty that can service my full service and online accounts. I have found a reputable 60 year old firm that specializes in stocks and options. The aren't the cheapest, but the fills I get are great. You can pay $8.00/trade and get a lousy fill and wind up paying...