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Thanks! Very helpful. For anyone who might be interested, SI margin went from $5,000 on 2 Aug 2010 to $8,700 on 25 Apr 2011, rising further to $16,000 on 9 May 2011 and later to $18,500 at year's end.

Hi Does anyone trading silver futures (say SI) in 2010/11 recall how much (full) margin requirements increased when silver rose from $17 (in Aug 2010) to $50 (in Apr 2011)? Thanks.

Some things never change. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=181768

This poll has been inspired by the following thread. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=181768

TWS has recently been upgraded to 898.4. Are you happy with its performance and reliability, or do you think 890.6 is still the most trustworthy version (as suggested by kiwi_trader)? Comments invited!

Workaround in: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2386707#post2386707

This appears to be a new "feature" in TWS 893.8. Workaround: Manually retract the TWS bottom edge so that the taskbar is shown. Windows will remember this setting.

A notorious bug which plagued a number of TWS versions in 2007 may be back! Prices may temporarily freeze and not be updated without warning in TWS 893.5. It happened to mine five times within one hour. Thankfully, my second computer doesn't run TWS 893 and I spotted the problem. P.S. I'm...