Recent content by JavaBen

Catoosa, thanks for the info. I'll follow up on it.

Well, it may have been once true that TOS never froze, but I can tell you that my experience has been different. I NEVER trade on TOS on the same day as a code release anymore. For me, it's been a nightmare. I'm looking to go with another broker now. Had thought it would be IB, but now...

How long before this is going to be corrected? I was looking at going to IB, but if they can't get their software to work, then that wouldn't be a viable solution.

I was trading AMZN today, when I went to enter a small short sell 'at market' order. I have plenty of funds in my account. There were numerous bids on their 'active trader' Level II view, so there wasn't a lack of bids to buy my sell at market. It didn't trade. It just moved up and down...

Good news! TOS made my account whole from the trade issues. Wish it hadn't happened, but they did the right thing.

Catoosa - good idea, thanks!

Ha. That's so funny I forgot to laugh. Did you even bother to read why a 'cancel' was attempted?

I would total agree that you can't execute a 'cancel' on 'market' order. But when you don't get a long fill after a while, and you suspect something is wrong, then an attempt to cancel would certainly be in order. Since no fill, then what other way would there be to get out of a non-existent...

I was doing a daytrade on equities, SINA. My at market sell just filled, over 20 minutes later. I'm down $422. I also trade futures on their system. I used to trade forex, but had the exact thing happen last spring, so I quit using them for all forex.

Hey - if you use TOS, then be aware that my "market order" to buy took 20 minutes to fill, even though I told it to cancel when I saw it was acting slow. So 20 minutes later, I suddenly get a fill, and meanwhile, they said it was too late to cancel. So now here I sit, with a 'sell at market'...

Stinkyfelix, Just saw your post - appreciated it. I am working my way through this, and am in agreement with what you are saying regarding Penson. It's also my understanding that I need to establish the basis for each transaction, which is what TurboTax is requiring - without it, it...

Bob111, I'm missing something here. It's my understanding that I have to have the basis for each transaction. I do have the profit and loss, but it's my understanding that I have to enter in each transaction. TurboTax shows each transaction it obtained from Penson, and is requesting the...

Bob11, I do have the 1099B. And I have found that the 'purchases' are in a different section, so I was mistaken when I said that it was missing. The forms sent by Penson has 1099-DIV, 1099-INT, 1099-B and 1099-MISC. The 1099-B section has profit or (loss) but everything in that...