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Exactly. Supposedly when choosing a broker, one would do one's DD and weigh the trade-off's between service/supprt and price, etc. IB is what IB is, doing business on its one model. So you either live with it or leave it. A better question to ask to start the thread is: what did I learn...

Layering... hmm, more than one cover when having sex...

I just use an old laptop for web surfing and e-mails. If inflected, just reformat and re-load OS.

Donna, Sorry if I misunderstood. You are right about short sightedness of some brokers. But unfortunately most are. Personally I am ambivalent about all these rules, but maybe there are there for a reason, as most people don't know what they are doing and some of them will turn around and...

Donna, The issue here is PDT rule, which means you cannot make more than 3 day trades (i.e., in and out on the same day) within a 5-day period. TOS will mostly likely enforce the same rule. I ran into this rule violation inadvertently with IB as well--entered into a vertical, hedged with...

Care to post a snapshot of Jan's account statement? Thanks.

Thanks very much, bolter, for the answers. Much appreciated.

This is indeed one of the best threads. The observation of 1264 as a battleline is indeed very insightful. I looked back and saw that it was one tick below the low of Jan 20th, the sell off day when C and GE announced "disappointing" earnings.

Hi Chonkore, Well done. Keep it up. Question for you: do you trade rebound only? Thanks in advance. Opra

hi bolter, I chanced upon this very insightful thread of yours on MP this AM and read it through, oblivious of the rest of the trading day. I just got one meager point on the short side during the first hour, but I am still learning to trade nervously with real money, so no complaint. I...

Hi Maverick, I shorted Feb 440Call/410Put and long Mar 430Call/420Put the day before, for $23.30. I am new to this kind of IV trades and it looks the position will be in the green if it opens at the level where GOOG is AH now. But if it opens above 400, I am not so sure. Of course the...

Hmm, interesting. Guess it depends on individual cases? My experience has been that cable would go out and drop, so I switched to DSL and have never had a problem with it. BTW, my experience with cable internet was about 3 years ago, so maybe it has improved. Now I have ordered upgrade...

:) and thanks again.

By extention, interest is paid on any position that is net credit, such as short verticals and IC's, right? Thanks in advance.