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keep in mind that you may experience a small delay for data crossing the ocean from servers in the states. less than a second usually, but could make a difference depending on your trading style. do some ping tests to your quote provider and/or broker.

NKNY, Just curious, why did you pass up IB just because you couldn't transfer your long term holdings? Couldn't you have two accounts, one for investing and one for trading? That setup actually has some advantages. Also, aren't you allowed to sell your long term holdings and buy them back...

...and assuming the stock has options.

mjt, that's funny, because I've had great success shorting at IB, although I don't usually short "mainstream" stocks (csco, msft, dell, etc.).

mjt the solution is to input a line for every ecn available for the stock you are trading. when you want to execute against any of those ecns, it's a simple matter of clicking on the bid or offer, then "T" (assuming you have default number of shares preset). or, if you want to make a market...

I read a definition of a "bullet" as "bullets allow a trader to short on zero minus ticks". Does anyone know exactly what "zero minus ticks" means?