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I got it to open before I got them on the phone, but I can't get any quotes in it, so it said I have to subscribe to stuff. Customer Service there is so offensive, I don't think I'll be able to maintain an account with them for long, but the bottom line is that if the account was funded today...

Can't get IB to do a thing. I'm calling tech support. I even dragged out IE. Phooie.

Not days, just an hour. Nothing much happening anywhere on my lists. Except that penny, of course. It's been up to 2.09 this morning. I might buy it backs if it drops some. --Grasshopper

What did Merrill do yesterday?

Is it okay if I take a nap?

Penny closed at 2.05. At least it's not $10 yet. lol I do know it could have gone down, as well as up. It's fine that it's sold and I have more cash. edit: I also just sold a stock I'd been trying to unload for a while, which started moving strong during the day and went up more in AH...

Neither of my main brokers have extra fees, and the main one makes life very simple and cheap (free) to add money or remove money. I can add money by computer and remove money by checks I can write. All of this is very convenient and they have the fees I mentioned, which work best for my usual...

Okay, I got out of the mistake trade at break even, just covering the commissions. I could have had the profit if I'd waited but I was starting to feel worried. I also sold that batch of the penny stock at 1.90. If there's a buyout at $10 I'll try not to feel bad about not having all my...

Nihaba: I've had maybe 10-15 brokerage firms over the years, and two of the ones I have now, I've kept a long time, though I periodically try others. I appreciate your saying you think there are cheaper brokers, and because you might be right, I'll poke around when I have more time. I trade a...

At a penny a share a 2500 share trade costs $50 round trip. That's $30 more than I'm paying. Most of my trades were at 2000 shares lately. At a penny a share that's $40 for the round trip, twice what I'm paying. The "penny a share" commission really only pays off for small trades. Okay, today's...

$10 a trade is what I generally am paying. Where do you find a really responsive, reliable, broker for less? How much less? Thanks!

My stock commissions are $20 round trip, except for the first ten trades every quarter, when they're $26 round trip, for up to 2500 shares. Too high? I netted $88 on that successful trade. Which, now n=3, proving your system works.

sold 400sh DIA@9315 + .27 minus commissions. Can I raise my sell prices to cover my commissions? I still have my mistake trade live. I will be happy to get break even on that one.

Ya, I shouldn't have generalized from a sample of one, either. But okay. Should I sell at break even for the real batch, if I don't get a profit? I'm near break even now. Seeing a bit of green on the stock watch list. Could be we'll get moving more into green and the profits will arrive.

Okay, but I only got two bites today, even counting the mistake. But that's really the fault of the market and my mistake, both. The DIA are moving up a bit, now. I almost got that third fill several times, including just before it moved up, but I must have hit on a resistance point because it...

All the anything volume on the penny today has been at 1.85. It's kind of centering itself like a spinning top toy, at 1.85. Someone seems to be either carefully buying or carefully selling at that price. I can't tell for sure, but assume if it weren't buying the stock would be dropping more...

okay, You don't like the carry-over, but is it okay to take another bite at 92.58?

Right, the first real entry was 92.88 and we're dropping a bit now, at 92.64, so I could get another batch at the 92.58. The first real sell will be at 93.13, but there's another sell on the mistake for 93.53, which I guess I should carry till tomorrow.

Nothing. It's sitting. Very odd. It closed at 1.87, it's been trading in a range of 1.74 to 1.90 and is currently at 1.85. No news appeared. It's hard to believe the activity of the past three days wasn't due to upcoming news, but why did it dry up without the news, and the stock not drop hard...

Second entry was 92.88, so I'm not that close to break even. It's at 92.69 right now. I'll go for the profit target on that one, then, and keep the higher target for the first entry, then, maybe carrying it till tomorrow. Does that sound like the best way under the circs? The market dropped...