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Which exact contracts are you talking about? The only two ES futures contracts are Sep06 and Dec06, and the spread is around 11.25. I create a generic combo by dragging the two quote lines into the combo dialog and changing the Sep06 action to Sell. The quotes shown at the moment...

I'd be happy if the Chit Chat, et. al., were removed, too. The net is full of boards and blogs for that stuff. It's embarassing when I point someone professional to this board and they see that crap. The stuff that makes its way into the other categories is bad enough.

Fixed for me too.

Thanks, skunk, for pointing that out. If I recall correctly from studying Java's memory model a while back, "lazy programming" and "memory leaks" are generally not applicable to Java in the same way as C++. The nature of Java's model is that the programmer does not explicitly release memory...

According to the main commission table, all CME/GLOBEX USD-denominated foreign currencies are $3. This would include the GBP contract. Presumably, the mistake was in thinking that the GBP contract was in the GBP-denominated category.

FWIW, and without defending the time period you're rightfully complaining about, I have probs with preferred syms from every vendor/broker. The way the industry as a whole handles symbology is really abysmal, particularly for companies with multiple classes of stock. At the moment, the IB...

Quote from GTS: The read more says MBTR does not primarily route orders to ECNs, meaning that there is less liquidity available than with the MBTX route. MBTR utilizes specific liquidity pools to avoid traditional routing costs. MBTR does not actively seek price improvements, although...

If it's not already mentioned, support continuous contract symbols (for quotes/charting) that auto-roll to the next contract on the correct rollover date.

Allow the purchase/sale/margining of US treasuries.

Is this really significant, at $250/million shares, especially if it replaces the other billable fees, which are up to 40x as much?

IB does not actually allow margin borrowing in their "margin IRA". Again, does anyone know of a brokerage that does actually grant margin (i.e. loaning you money against a stock position) in an IRA?

Quote from Trader_Herry: how about you? Which kind of order do you prefer? The only time I use a market order is to close a position at the NYSE open when I'm not going to be there to watch it, and it's small enough a position to where I don't really care what happens.

I assume you mean it gets rejected for risk-management reasons (i.e. insufficient buying power). My point is that such decisions are made at most prop firms, too, and the amount of time it adds effectively amounts to nothing, when compared to human reaction times, cross-country propagation...

Quote from flbum: Thanks for the insight. It seems that I need to consider market opens and other (sometimes wildly) mispriced prints unavailable to me... at least not on AMEX. Whoah there. Not necessarily. Just be prepared for the possibility that you may not get what you see. Much of it...

What broker allows you to do this on a regular basis (i.e. not by accident)?

I don't see anything in Pub 590 that relates to transaction frequency. Why did you think that?

As a workaround, look for something called IBController here, on the Yahoo forum, or on the IB forum. It's one of the tools that can be used to control TWS automatically.

Like sprstpd said, an order for 100% of the total opening print volume will almost always move that print, unless you happen to be in the same position as the spec would have been if he had to step in, and the spec is honest enough to stand aside. In the case you cite, that means there would...

Quote from Trader_Herry: Plan C is flat rates up to 4000 shares. After that, it is not flat rates ($0.01 per shares). Anyway I just point out some direct-access brokers do offer flat-rates. Sure they have additional conditions or terms. If you read the details in the "Read More..." page...

Don Bright said: If you are truly direct access (not retail, where orders go by/through the brokerage firms) These two things are not mutually exclusive, for the purposes of this conversation. DOT is DOT, regardless of where the order comes from.