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Thanks. Even with a non-retirement account, you can't day trade as often as you like in a Cash Account <25k?

I searched this thread and IB's website and still have not found the answer. I recently opened an IRA Margin Account with IBKR LITE and just downgraded it to a Cash Account. With an IB IRA Cash Account under 25k, can I day trade as often as I like? Generally the PDT rule doesn't apply to cash...

Thanks. I'm looking for a simple list of indices: Last price, $ Change and % Change. Charts would be great but it's not necessary. Haven't figured out how to do it. Even in the Favorites tab (in the Monitor window), if I enter an index symbol, it shows a being unknown.

Just wanted to report back. Certain restrictions on trading ETFs are because of the IRA, regardless if the permissions are enabled for "Complex or Leveraged Exchange Traded Products". The way it was explained to me, trading some EFTs creates a K-1 tax form by the trustee, even if you're trading...

Since you really can't view the major indices in the IB TWS platform, I use TradingView (or Investing.com) to glance at the major indices. If anyone knows a way to view the major indices in TWS, please let me know. Nothing fancy- just Last price, $ Change and % Change. I monitor QQQ and SPY in...

Another ETF that is not tradable is VIXM which I do not normally trade but the similarities of VIXY and VIXM may offer some hints as to why they cannot be traded.

Thanks for the quick reply. My permissions have been enabled a month ago for "Leveraged Exchange Traded Products". I have many leveraged & inverse ETFs that ARE available to trade- but not VIXY. I realize I have an IRA Margin Acct in IB, (where I can't trade short) but I can still long on...

I know this thread is a bit old, but I'm having the same issue. I just setup my IB Roth IRA Margin account and my permissions are enabled for "Complex or Leveraged Exchange Traded Products" but VIXY, which is a leveraged & inverse ETF is not available for trading? There may be others but this is...

Is anyone using Ninjatrader charting with their TWS platform? If so, are you successfully using a newer version of TWS beyond the officially supported TWS 960.2g? Thx.

Right now I'm still using the Ninjatrader 8 supported version of TWS 960.2g. Am I missing anything by using such an old version of TWS? Even though Ninjatrader supports TWS 960.2g, do any of you use a newer TWS version without issues with NT8 charting? If so, which version do you use? Thanks.

I've been informed by IB that this is indeed a technical issue and they're working on a resolution.

Thanks so much for the reply. Yes, I'd say 95% return a Zero around trading hours but the stocks that are in the news show-up as a positive or neg number. If you see all zeros(you can sort the column so the high/low numbers come to the top) then there's probably an issue with the system. I set...

Thanks for the reply and the screenshots. The News is working for me as well and I see rankings of news items. I'm referring to the the Mosaic market Scanner section which show-up as tabs in the Monitor window. Within this scanner customization(Edit Scanner or add a scanner), there are two News...

In the Mosaic scanners there are two News fields that can be added to any scanner configuration: 1. Net Social Sentiment (Net Social) This one is used in the default News scanner. 2. Social Sentiment Activity (Gross Social) The issue is, since the end of last week (2017_10_19), neither of...

I did change it to that server. Thanks. Also I tried 0.us.pool.ntp.org. Not a big difference if at all. I read the Windows server is less reliable.

The Windows time was always off because it only syncs to the time server once per week by default. I found a way to sync the windows time every hour which makes a huge difference: http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?p=363386#poststop Now I can set my opening bell alarm via Task...

Thanks! Sounds like a great idea. The issue is, my PC time (even with the Windows Time service running) never stays in sync with the TWS clock. I also run Ninjatrader8 charting with TWS feed which uses the PC time. Every morning, I need to adjust the PC time to match the TWS clock so my NT8...

I searched in the TWS Alerts area but I think that only applies to specific instruments but I may be wrong. If it's not possible, do you guys have any suggestions of using an alarm that stays in sync with the TWS clock? Reason for my question is I like to display pre-market hours on my TWS...

I do this from time to time and as a matter of fact, I did it today. I bought long and decided to scale-in 50% more shares and it turned out I sold 50% of my shares instead. Didn't realize it until 30 secs later. I trade a mix of long and short which doesn't help. Also, I find myself mousing...

Setting stops avoids Averaging-down? So it's OK to buy additional shares at a better price below your original entry as long as it's above the stop? Do you guys mostly use physical stops? As a new trader, I already got burned by a few times by Averaging-down. And as a day trader, holding these...