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CSFB crossfinder has been my go to route for executing large blocks of shares via darkpools without affecting market prices. But with CSFB routes ending at the end of the month I need to find an alternative within IB. IB offers JeffAlgo and Foxriver algos but I don't have any experience with...

Snarky comments aside, I found that if I log in using an older TWS build 981 the display reverts back to showing 1 lot for 100 shares. But build 10.15 and newer only shows the actual shares without an apparent way to revert back.

I logged into TWS today and all stock volume data on the bid/ask and volume columns are now being shown in their actual amount rather than multiples of 100. I greatly preferred when 100 shares would be shown as 1. The extra zeros are throwing me off. Any way to change this setting back?

The thing is DGAZ is absolutely guaranteed to fall below his original entry of $17, its just a question of how high will it go first. Lets say worst case natural gas hits $1.5, that would another 20% decline from current levels, I think that would put DGAZ around 50ish. I'd be shorting into...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/30/us-altera-intel-standstill-idUSKBN0NL2IZ20150430

Very interesting series. Great find.

I think the peak of elitetrader was in the early 2000s. You had some real top notch guys like praetorian2(Harris Kupperman) posting their trades in detail and plenty of drama from the journal entries of Hitman. Its been a slow fade ever since.

Can't login to TWS this weekend. Says I have an invalid username/password. But I can log into account management via the IB website just fine. Anyone else having issues?

I had the exact same problem trading an IPO on its first day of trading. Had a 10,000 share position i was trying to sell, there was over 10k on the bid but my smart limit order wouldn't execute. Called IB and they told me it was due to their market capping rules. Strangely, I haven't had a...

I also wonder if ADT might be up due to speculation that its Bill Ackman's next long candidate, same reason why fdx is up so much.

9,000 contracts traded in the Aug 44 and 45 calls today. How attractive is ADT as a takeover target?

How do HFT algos front run SMART routing orders? Here's an example. There's 500 shares available at the ask price. 100 shares each at ARCA, NSDQ, BATS, NSX, and, EDGE. I want to buy all 500 so i send a 500 buy order via my broker's smart routing system at the ask price. But I only get...