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You need to convince IRS by filing your taxes with proper forms that you actually did not make enough money after all. Currently IRS knows you got $20+k sales proceeds from one of your brokergage firm and x amount from your sales from your other brokerage firm(s). www.irs.gov has the...

With QT (QuoteTracker), you can get <1min. chart with multiple data feed options. QT has free registration for Ameritrade since it was bought by Ameritrade. You can also get TotalView.

Does AmeritradeIzone still have the deal with Cool-Trade?

You need to file both federal and state tax returns for your own safety. Your broker already sent IRS how much proceeds you had in all of your stock sales. If you do not file, IRS is free to assume that you made up to $20,522.33 and therefore owe taxes +interests (if you do not file in time)...

Though Ameritrade has direct routing options, while Scottrade and mony other retail brokers do not, Ameritrade is not listed in this site but Scottrade is. One of the reasons could be that this site does not want to deal with too many Ameritrade users. After all, Ameritrade has about 7 million...

flytiger, actually Ameritrade's normal account has the option for direct routing for a few years. When I used thier direct routing, the executions were very fast. Scottrade, TradeKing, etc. are not known for good executions. There are worse brokers than Scottrade.

trader25, IB currently only allows individual stop-loss for each trade. This recent thread discusses some other options: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=115813.

It is Portfolio Stop order. I think others also requested such feature a long time ago. Currenlty IB has only individual position's stop order capability.

eddie--d, registered QT (QuoteTracker) can be free with Ameritrade. I used Izone. If you really feel the urge of getting out of Ameritrade for your trading needs, you can try Just2trade with QuoteTracker. Its margin rates (debit, credit from shortsales icluded), range of available orders are...

JackR, it is possible at Ameritrade or AmeritradeIzone. eddie--d, if you do not like IB, you can look into AmeritradeIzone ($5/trade and Just2trade ($2-$2.5/trade). You can even look into Izone+Cooltrade ($0-$3/trade + $39.99/month subscription fee).

How many manual trades (%) are considered as "too many" for a contestant to be disqualified?

The broker may choose to have that allowable ratio as 20, 30, 40, 50, etc. according to its business model; but letting the customer know it policies beforehand is the key.

def, Will XYZ order be routed the same way by IB's SMART router if one has bundled versus unbundled pricing structure?

It is $20 if your account goes under certain balance. Check IB's web site for the details about other fees. These type of fees still apply even if you do not use IB's software platform TWS at all and just only use web-trader.

jzlucas, with Strategy Desk, one can back test at least 200 days unlike CT. With Strategy Desk, one is not limited to send just "market" order. With Strategy Desk, one can save the resulting order rather than executing it if one wishes. With Strategy Desk, you can code manually if you want...

Is the latest TWS version 879 supposed to make you type the passcode if TWS gets disconnected and tries to get reconnected?

Try changing your time "unit" in your expectation. Usually it is not matter of "hours" or "days". Try thinking in terms of "weeks" for these type of issues that involve commission charges or adjustment credits.

It is usually pretty easy opening an account with IB online so long it does not require you send some documents multiple times. IB still ranks high in ease of opening an account online.

One Citigroup analyst said "... withdraw assets first, and ask questions later."

From E-trade: "11/12/07 An Important Message for E*TRADE Customers To all E*TRADE FINANCIAL customers: November 12, 2007 This is a challenging time for the financial services industry. Bad news in the credit, housing, and stock markets continues to dominate and E*TRADE is not immune to...