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fine with me. I trade QQQ's quite a bit and find the .001 offsets irritating to work around. Actually, for stocks over say $25, I'd support 5 cent increments.

another example of "substantially identical stock" would be common stock and preferred stock in the same company.

The IRS site has lots of good info. Here is a link to a document with detailed examples on Wash sales. Just seach for "wash sales" until you find the section devoted to the topic http://www.irs.gov/prod/forms_pubs/pubs/p5500407.htm

I'm using Quicken 2001 (deluxe). It's true that Quicken doesn't even provide a short sale transaction, but if you enter a sell before the corresponding buy, quicken will assume that it's a short transaction (at least that how it works in Q 2001). So as long as you enter transactions in...

stock_punter: I agree. Quicken does not work that well. Here are the things I had to do to make it work: 1. start with a clean account/register. 2. quicken uses the order in which transactions are entered to determine matches with Buy's and sells. Make sure you OK trades in exactly the...

The have had "DataOnDemand" since PRO 7. which now gives you up to 60 days of intraday data right off of eSignal servers. Supposedly the same works with Quote.com now, but I haven't used it. Re intraday data: A significant limitation is that the database only holds 65000 data elements. That's...

Tahoe, For trading a few securities or commodities MSPRo is a decent choice. There are several shortcomings related to stop and limit orders, processor requirements etc. This is one of the better threads with a discussion of the issues (at least as I see them)...

this is most likely a precursor to a mechanical disk failure. In my experience you probably have about 3 months of disk life left. I strongly recommend you get a new HD and simply transfer everything. Drivecopy http://www.powerquest.com/products/desktop.html will transfer everything even...

the only solution I've found that does not require licensing, setting up an LLC or other complications is to open an "Investment Club" account. It's fully supported by the law and lets several individuals co-mingle funds. I know that Schwab offers "investment club" accounts - I'm sure others...

Axiom, this is the best book I've found: The Undergroundtrader.com Guide to Electronic Trading by Jea Yu http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0071360166/qid=1006296198/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_3_1/102-0823592-4106521 It convers routing, L2, ECN's, what to look for etc. That being said...

Call me cynical, but hiring - like trading - is a game of statistics. Generally, the more commitment and talent a candidate can prove (education is good for both) the higher the chance of hiring a good employee. It's a simple as that I'm afraid :)

I think that IB should fess up to their mistakes and "eat" whatever losses they have caused. I had a similar experience with cybercorp about a year ago, and they without any arguments or hesitation accepted their mistake and refunded me the loss caused by their system failure. [in my case...

How about a communities area, where traders in a certain geographic area can arrange to meet or set up activities. Most of us have anonymous ID's and few indicate where they live. I, for one, would enjoy meeting fellow traders once in a while, if just to have dinner, drinks or some other...

I've had identical experiences to Turok. If you know what you're doing, IB is the best deal in town.

Grabbit 740 almost has what you're requesting, but it's not enabled by default. Select Page/Layout and activate the "oca group". you will now be able to enter the group name directly on the main trading screen. The only slightly annoying thing is that you cannot add the oca group after...

I've actually onces got 2 share fill when shorting RMBS on ISLD. Tough to break even with commissions :)

I have experience with the kit. The developers kit isn't really that useful for what you want to do. It cannot access indicators, systems, experts or anything else "inside" metastock. The developers kit provides two different types of functionality (plus a few other things): 1. programmatic...

gh1: I have to say I see the exact same problem. I usually only get one or two "blocks" and am just ignoring it. For some reason it never happens with TWS, but all the time with my own Java apps and JBuilder in particular. Java jdk 1.3.1 (Swing/AWT actually) does have known bugs with...

I actually decided to test it the other day. I managed to sell my SPY on NYSE is lots of 50 shares at a time. I did several trades over a 10 minute window. No apparent difference in time it took to sell vs round lots. I used market orders. Only thing worth noting: IB still charged $1...

I have a ViewSonic VP 151, a 15" inch. Highly recommended - terrific contrast and color depth. I'm considering a 17" ViewSonic for my next monitor. Visit www.cnet.com and search for LCDs. There are reviews and lots of very good information. Also: do a search on this site for LCD and Plama...