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A broker can close your account for ANY reason. You cannot FORCE a broker to do business with you.

This site has virtually no traffic. http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/market-topology.com?q= Hedging highly non-correlated securities... Would be clearly more risky than hedging highly correlated securities... And a poor choice... Because they would be in a different...

You may understand mathematics... But you have no clue how pros make money in the financial markets. Your entire post is predicated on the assumption... That pros predict market future movements... Make directional bets... and profit from this. FALSE. Virtually ALL pro trading...

This is the whole problem... With virtually all TA based "systems"... And even newer Algo or AI approaches to trading: They are very sub-optimal... With slim profit margins and high variance. You cannot build a long-term business using these methods... Because even if they "work"...

If you are a professional trader... It is assumed that you are running a well-managed business... And have all the support staff required. Specifically... You will have a first class accounting firm. I have been contacted 3 times if 15 year by Revenue Canada... And after speaking with...

The fund probably has a 200 page Partnership Agreement... Much of it addressing special situations... So C is just invoking a clause in the Agreement. The funds assets have not become worthless... just illiquid. For example... If you are forced to sell now you might get $0.30 on the...

Deposit your money with a Las Vegas casino.

"the markets are chaotic (NOT RANDOM, chaos and randomness are different concepts)" OK. But there is better terminology. The way to view markets is in terms of "efficiency". (1) Most liquid markets are highly efficient... And, FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES, will be random for a small-time...

No standards whatsoever. Many days I cannot even find one intelligent post by a professional. Traffic is down to 2003 levels... and dropping like a rock: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/elitetrader.com?q=

After > 1000 posts... You do not provide nearly enough information... For anyone to give you an intelligent answer. All I can say... Is that IB and you BOTH have AT LEAST an equal interest in getting an execution done.

Ignoring transaction costs which are now very low... Short term trading in stock is a Zero Sum Game... Long term investing in stocks is not. Pros practicing some form of arbitrage, market makers, and scalpers... Are usually hedged close to 50/50 long/short... And do not benefit from long...

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IB unbundled pricing depends on volume. You do not appear to have significant volume.

This is not exactly rocket science... But most people screw it up one way or another. You have to focus this kind of analysis... On a specific industry or market niche or type of security... The more obscure the better. You are looking for market inefficiency... And trying to develop a...

Exactly. Any idiot with $5,000 or $50,000 can "compete" with the Pros. It's as if you could play basketball against NBA players... if you had $5,000. People, especially TA types, believe the market is like "ether"... A completely esoteric entity... Not something composed of actual...

Because people lie on web Forums all the time... Especially about things like income.

It's not "too small or too illiquid"... But why bother if you have access to US stocks?

You are obviously a lousy trader.

The 240-280 ms delay is common knowledge. There must be additional delays built in... Because this "7 second" issue is common knowledge to every sports fan. I often watch TV sports AND listen to the radio broadcast. Radio is always real-time... satellite is ALWAYS delayed by > 5 seconds...

Outstanding forensic analysis. This entire episode is the inevitable result of French culture... So I predict Hamster walks.