Recent content by solarballoon

Regarding IB's ability to fill: Any idea on what percentage of orders are filled by the dark pools they have access to? And why does the potential for price improvement over the NBBO matter if I'm making a limit order with a very liquid, high-volume stock? This doesn't question the value of...

Yes, I would be adding liquidity, but I don't think I'd be making all that many of these types of trades over the course of a year. For the sake of doing numbers, let's focus the discussion on Spring (S). It is currently trading at ~$2.20. Let's assume: I'm trading in 10,000-share lots...

I just opened an IB account for short-term trading. For longer holds, though, I'd like to take advantage of the flat-rates that some other brokers offer. I know these are generally lousy brokers, but doesn't it make sense to use them for 10,000-share limit orders that will be held for one week...