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Thanks Def for the info. I tried beta version of TWS and tried to use trailing but doesn't work. Btw, is this trailing stop is also meant for eminis?

It was supposed to add trailing stop feature by Aug 1, but why it is not in time?

it was supposed to implement by Aug 1!!!

What is the advantage of being FA? Do we get commission or profit sharing for that? Just curious!

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can u place an order while the stock is on halt?

I'm bit puzzled when some stock halts, it opens at a wide gap down. How that vaccum is created? As I understand that there must be thousands of orders and millions of shares. How do they vanish at the instant when it opens? On several occasion, I wanted to short at few points lower than closing...

As I hear from CNNfn and CNBC, the last few days of rally was largely due to program trading. Who are the program traders, how do they synchronize buy or sell prices, how many program traders can influence the market, and how many of them are in the wall street? If they are few in number, do...

but IB will have trailing stop feature beginning august 1...

On an intraday basis, is it safe to buy or short when ES has hit -+ 20 points? My daily ovservations over the last month suggest it may be safe, except on the day when SP500 rose above 40 points. I started ES just last month, but would like to get some experience from seasoned traders....

I agree with AllenZ. I had the same feeling as Allen mentioned in his post (item no. 2A and 2B). I will try that. I bought ES for 776 but got stopped out quickly even at that level. Later with that handcuff rally, it never looked back on that day when Dow made nearly 500 points. Putting tight...

I tried placing 1 or 2 pt stop, but I got frequently stopped out even I bought(shorted) at bottom (top) in the SP500 intraday chart. I trade a 1 lot of ES at a time. Would like to know from experienced ES trader what would be the optimum stop for ES!

Effective August 1, IB's TWS will have trailing stop feature on it. I am wondering if the trailing stop is also for futures, options, Fx beside stocks....Any IB expert!

Today i shorted 1 ES, but it went opposite and my loss was 1k within 20 minutes. But later I longed 3NQ once I noticed mkt going against me. that saved me. I am still trying to learn the behavior of emini sp500 and nasdaq. Usually ES fluctuates within 40 points in a day. for ex, it is safe...

Today my scottrade (from www.scottrade.com) was very slow in receiving quotes and live chart signals.....did anyone experience same? does that happen when it is peak trading hour??

yes i got email from IB that mentions about the original news posted in this thread. that's a great feature with IB's TWS. trailing stop and 1/10 cents what i was looking for! yahoooooooo

what is the source of original news? Is it posted in IB's page?

try emini or option trading PDT rules sucks too much to a small trader....Market won't have crashed so much recently had there been more number of market players. SEC should rethink about PDT rule which has no sound basis. Instead SEC should focus more on US corporate governance, white collar...

IB had connection problem with Globex around 0:15 ET. I could not execute at the price I wanted. Thanks God, later i sold it barely at breakeven. Now it is trading at 844..... I guess today's market action got most investor's nerve....

I am looking for live charting software for major European Stock Indices e.g., FTSE, XTRA, CACI, etc. I would appreciate if they are also available free like in www.quote.com for NASDAQ, SP500, DJI etc. Thanks.