Recent content by mikenv32

What smart choices are available to monitor upgrades/downgrades for non-US stocks? I am not a Bloomberg subscriber. My goal is not speed, just a daily awareness of upgrades/downgrades that occur in markets other than NYSE,NASDAQ,AMEX. The broader the coverage, the better - including...

Is anyone aware of a broker offering access to silk futures on, for example, the Tokyo Grain Exchange? Thank you.

Thank you for your reply. Only ED and CD seem enterable on our TWS at this time - we'll wait. Thanks for the clarification.

Late on 21-FEB-2006, IB support told me in a chat to sign up for floor based access that day. I was told that the futures symbols would be available on TWS on 22-FEB-2006. Today, the 23rd, another chat to support to ask why the symbols don't work and I am told that there is no floor-based...

Thank you for your kind offer of support. The issue was not a lack of communication. Tried a few more times with other ag markets and received more of the same - orders rejected unless market orders - no fast market conditions. In my opinion, alanm in the post above seems to have identified the...

Institutional. If you are trying to measure account size, this was an account specific to certain pit-traded futures - hence the account was quite small.

Thank you for your replies. The trade desk refused to clarify the issue - in fact the individual on the trade desk reponsible for rejecting the order refused to speak to me at all. I have closed the account as a result. The broker was Man Financial.

Sell limit orders must be placed above the market price in order to be accepted. Does this mean that sell limit orders placed before the market opens must be placed above the previous day's close, or above the current day's open? Eg, current day's opening price is significantly below...

Thank you for the suggestion. I am still looking. I contacted Fisher Partners, but never received a response to my inquiry.

I'm looking for access to stocks on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. I trade currently through IB. Does anyone have a suggestion for a broker that would provide access to stocks in Finland?

Bloomberg runs well on Windows XP. It is not uncommon to run Bloomberg on a company/personal PC. A lot of users buy their own screens, since those supplied by Bloomberg currently are up to 17inch only. Haven't noticed any software conflicts yet, except that the Excel addin for Bloomberg...