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Why would you still want to have a long bracket position and a short bracket position on simultaneously in the same IB account?

Backtesting or even custom-program trading can be done with Ameritrade's Strategy Desk. So, I guess CoolTrade comes as an extra value. Sorak99, if I open a CoolTrade account, will I be able to place trades through CoolTrade for an IB account a few days in a month, and place trades for an...

Sorak99, since most of IB's account now needs an extra number generated by the secure device, how does Cool-Trade handle the automated IB login? Reference: http://www.cool-trade.com/cc/Help.asp#45 How do I set up the Interactive Brokers workstation for CoolTrade™?

Sorak99, at CoolTrade, how much latency do you usually experience between "the market condition met" and "the order actually submitted" to the broker for execution?

When I have asked this exact question to an IB CSR this month very clearly in details, the CSR says that we cannot do it if those are linked with the Advisor account. You can choose the commission structure (either bundled or unbundled) through the Advisor account. Besides, you cannot access...

saatfj, you missed Genesis in your list. Form your list, I think it would IB, Amtd, TS, TOS.

Edgehunter, for highly liquid SPY market orders, Ameritrade's fills are pretty fast in general. I have no idea how long it takes for CoolTrade to understand the market conditions and submit the orders to Ameritrade or IB accordingly. When/If you open an account, could you let us know your...

Sorak99, if I have 2 accounts--one with Ameritrade and one with IB, will CoolTrade let me place some trades at Ameritrade and some at IB?

Why would Ameritrade need Cooltrade for automated trading when it can be done with Ameritrade's own Strategy Desk?

ids, At IB's margin-IRA account, can you now even short stocks? I thought it was allowed only for futures.

It can actually be done if you meet certain criteria. In 2010, it will be allowed even with less criteria according to the regulations. Almost all of my other brokers can do it.

I should clarify. At IB, you can do similar type of retirement account transfer. When I wanted to convert a rollover-IRA to a Roth-IRA, IB CSR told me that it just could not be done at IB and asked me to do it at another brokerage.

At IB, you cannot convert regular-401k to Rollover/Traditional IRA to Roth IRA or vice versa in case you need it.

TradeStation and Ameritrade have equivalent to Wealth Lab.

kingliam, at least you are lucky that the courier got your signature and delivered directly to you. In some cases, they just left it. The customer probably should not blame IB harshly for the courier's fault, but had IB notified the customer in advance that an STP is in the mail or so, the...

It is not easy to get many viable IB alternatives--but certainly not impossible to get. If you get a chance, could you elaborate what prompted you to leave a broker after 9 years?

dont, was there any footnote or remark on the retrospectively changed IB statement regarding when and what was being edited? If yes, then there should not be any issue. Did IB notify you by email that an edited statement was ready--just like IB sends email notifications for daily statement?

seasideheights, some financial institution might let you set up for one-way transfer if you want.

Suppose you have an account with company X. Company X may have a policy/method not to the client's specific information with others. A few months later, if the company X is bought by Company Y, it will inherit your information but not necessarily have to follow the same strict privacy policy...

stupididiot, what you asked can be done directly from TWS' grid as well as using Alerts too.