Recent content by jonlebon

Hello, I have been using IB TWS demo platform lately and have regularly experienced several issues such as : market orders taking over a full trading day to be filled Limit orders triggered but price didnt hit order level stop not filled. I am aware that this is a demo platform and...

Hello, Is is the case that buy limit orders can be triggered even if price does not hit target price? I had an order( LUB) with target at 11.60 which was filled at 11.48 although high of day was 11.39. Was it filled correctly ? Many thx. J.,

Thx for all the helpfull replies. No I am not quittting IB and yes I have started reading the online manual which answered many questions. Having tries several brokers ( Zecco, IG, Finspread) this is completly different and much more complex interface Its beginning to make sense but...

Thanks DAV, feeling a bit calmer now ! will give it another go! J.

Blue: I have an account with Zecco.Not perfect with executions but the order process is an absolute pleasure, totally error free. For example if you have a long position of let say 30 units, any extra order with the equity will default to 30 units which makes a lot of sense. Whereas with...

I had an account for 2 months now and I cant believe how bad the interface is. This thing stinks! Whoever thought that a wall of red and blue flashing light is the most user friendly way of trading needs their head examined. During that time I probably lost over $300 in wrongly processed...

Tradestation is without doubt the most confusing and badly designed interface out there. This thing stinks!

27/08/07 Sold 5 SHEN@ 18.16 stop placed 18.20 Low of the day was 19.60.

Hello, I recently placed a stop sell order on a trade with a low cost broker which was triggered even thought the lowest price on the day was 9% above that stop. I checked from Telechart, Swingtracker and ADVFN and all confirmed the data. I even checked on the 1 mn chart on Swingtracker...

have an account with Zecco and would say that you have to pay for these free trades one way or another. Most execution have been OK but on several occasions had stops triggered when the price was still 10% away ( I am not joking) When I complained about it, was told to take my business...