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IB is often late in getting the daily statements out on weekends, particularly on options expiration weekends and weekends with high futures contracts expirations. They also do internal account transfers (complete accounts, not partials) on weekends and these can be skipped on option and...

The Collective2 site has been around for at least a year that I'm aware of. The problem with the site is that no system posted there ever seems to stay very long. They look good for a a few months, blowup, and are gone. I've heard that "tampa" may have been using a system he got there. I'd...

There is no new account. You simply change your IRA from "Cash" to "Margin". Here is an extract from the IB announcement (emphasis added): IRA Margin Accounts Now Available IRA Margin Accounts that allow you to immediately trade on your proceeds rather than having to wait for your...

Be cautious using the term "service time" with a telecom firm. This normally refers to outages. That is service is available 99.99% of the time, 99.999%, etc.. It has nothing to do with latency (network delay).

Yes, but rather expensive. I've not had any reason to look into this kind of stuff for a few years but I'd say that the info that follows would still be valid. You need a leased line to your broker's server. As part of the lease you may specify a maximum latency. The laws of physics...

I'd rather be able to use the untaxed compounding available inside a sheltered account and pay the tax later.

I think you'll find that that is the rule in all cash accounts. IB is doing it the right way. If you stay in the Cash category then you cannot use the funds from a sale until they settle. If you then buy with the settled funds you could exit the same day or in the next second for that matter...

alanm: Hmm... The ETer that started this thread said that his TWS told him of the 16 September date. My post was from a Communique sent out by IB. If I had to guess, and I am, I'd say it is a left hand - right hand problem. The October 10 date was in a formal announcement which...

alanm: I'd do it this coming weekend. See if it works and roll back if it doesn't. From another thread: just make sure to backup your settings directory before upgrading. For stand-alone users, the settings directory is a subdirectory of c:\jts and has a jumbled name such as...

Here is an extract from a msg I received: We have recently implemented new re-connect logic into our trading system that smoothly switches your connection between ISP providers in the case of an ISP failure. In addition, the new logic will keep track of orders in the TWS that a user tries to...

tampa: I'm somewhat miffed. I've carefully reviewed my public messages to you and do not understand your hostility. In both my public messages and the PM accompanying my 39 gigabyte file I offered encouragement. I am far from being a ne'er-do-well. The system I cited did indeed make tons...

Try this site. THey are CPA's that specialize in traders and trading accounting. http://www.greencompany.com/

tampa: First off - I'm JackR, not JackB. That champagne swilling lout John Merchant referred to me as Jacker and I'm a still little sensitive to ETer's distorting my name. I've looked at the further disclosure of your system and I think it a super design. Indeed, I know it worked...

I've looked at your blog and understand. However, in order to even consider advancing you any funds whatsoever I'd need some further insight into the complete strategy you mention in the quote above. If I am convinced of the strategy's efficacy, tons of money can be made available...

Jim: Not to my knowledge. The network feature was added to XP. There are shareware programs available that will do what the XP feature does but I never like to recommend shareware unless I've personally used it and I forget what I was using back in the dark ages. Jack

Strongly recommend you use the search function here on ET. Look in the upper right hand corner of the screen. There is a great deal of information available. Jack

Perhaps IB could compute and make available a near real-time put-call ratio. Good ahead - embarrass me and tell me IB already has it as ..... Jack

Jim: Missed your question about DSL speed earlier. If you're running Windows XP open task manager (Ctrl-Alt-Delete). On the menu bar open View. Go down to Update Speed. Set it to High. Then go down to the Networking tab. You will see a graph at the top with a % scale at the left-hand...

It depends on the commodity. Hunt up the CBOT web site and browse around. It is a different world. 1 cent is not a cent as in stocks, but can be $50 or $1,000, depending on the commodity, margin is not margin as you know it, and "limit up" or "limit down" can cause great grief to the...

You could set up the forced log-offs for those internet connects which were not SSL connections. I haven't looked but I assume that if I use a SSL logon the entire session is running secure. You could optionalize forced logoffs on the secure sessions at the customer's discretion. It is...