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I sold some deep in the money calls that were 2 months from expiry on a small cap last week that had no borrow with IB (that is why I sold deep in the money calls) Some weirdo exercised that same day. IB did not force a buy in. I guess they found a borrow, who knows.....

Thank you for the answer that makes total sense with the customer priority. I am not by any means "crying about it" just trying to learn and understand.

"cannot have open orders on both sides of a US option contract" is the warning. I just can't think of the reasoning behind this. All it does is hinder market efficiency by giving MMs a monopoly and decreasing competition.

I used 6 single arm neoflex ergotrons on a dual level desk from Ikea to get 6 24 inch monitors up. My experience is it is not worth screwing around with the cheapo discount mounting solutions. I tried goin cheap and ended up cursing and sending them back . Then paid the 80$ a pop for the...

Yes it works just fine I did it a week ago or so. It automagically installed all the drivers and such. I think I had to reboot once or twice but it worked fine.

Is it just IB or is it a regulation that does not allow you to be on the bid and offer of an option contract? I tried to place a bid when I was on the offer already (or vica versa can't remember as it was awhile ago) and I got a "no,no you can't do that" from the IB platform. What is the reason...

You can also get USB to DVI adapters. They cost ~75$ each they are no good for gaming but for general use they work great just plug in and go. They are also portable and make running 3+ monitors off a laptop possible. You can use up to 8 of them they say (never tried myself) I run two...