Recent content by rsaegar

Has anyone been able to access this feature yet? I see the instructions in the IB users guide, but have been unable to find a "trailing stop" key on the TWS "order type" drop-down menu. Am I confused or is this another empty promise? R Saegar

Beware the Mark-to-Market trap. If you have substantial previous capital losses to carry forward on Sched D, it may be more beneficial to elect Mark-to-Market in a year after these have been used to offset capital gains. After the election, M-to-M gains/losses are reported on Form 4797. Thus...

The following links also contain a wealth of information regarding tax strategies for traders: http://www.traderstatus.com/mark2mkt.htm http://www.daytradingstocks.com/traderstaxes.html I have no affiliation with either site; both are great info sources. :cool: RS

I also find this toolbar a waste of valuable space. Since I trade using a single 19 inch monitor, I was happy to find the workaround on the Java TWS. Using the "handle" on the left side of the toolbar, just drag the whole thing off---then it can be minimized thus banishing it to the taskbar...

http://traderstatus.com/mark2mkt.htm#missed This website is a goldmine of tax strategy information including Mark-to-Market election and the Wash Sale rule. Beware the Mark-to-Market trap. If you have substantial previous capital losses to carry forward on Sched D, it may be more...

The new version of the execution window is great with it's added functionality of sorting the data with a mouse click on the column header, or adjusting the layout via the dropdown menu. It would help tremendously to be able to copy or export this page to a document file or spreadsheet at the...