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    IB: slow order entry today...anybody else?

    Had problems with IB as well today. Orders took seemingly forever to go green. Missed a couple of layup trades because of it. Had heard of other instances of IB customers having big problems with late confirmations of trades they thought never went live before they tried to cancel. Scary...
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    IB: The Party Is Over

    Hello neo hr, Under new SEC margin guidelines, margin accounts under $25K will be subject to more stringent requirements that in the past. There are numerous threads here on ET discussing the new SEC rule and numerous suggestions/recommendations to those who do not meet the new minimum...
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    What chatrooms are good and what to avoid?

    Shortnfool - i have not tried millenium traders. I've perused their site, noted their extremely good performance #'s, pulled up the daily transcript and was turned off by the fact that they don't provide stops - so to me it is impossible to tell if these guys are any good or not...
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    What chatrooms are good and what to avoid?

    As a previous member of the underground pit for 6 months, i have to respectfully disagree with Oneway. The tools/strategies taught there were unworkable for me, and i'd have to believe that given the range contraction we've experienced in the NAZ over the last couple months, these strategies...
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    HELP: Beyond Intraday Trading

    Hello Hitman, First of all, i too would like to thank you for all of your excellent posts to this forum. With respect to the CFA program, Babak is correct in that direct work experience in the field of financial analysis is required for completion of the designation. If you have...
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    IB improvements

    Stock777 and trader1, Regarding the use of Powermenu's always on top feature for JTWS, are you able to click on an offering and adjust the price your order using your mouse? or do you have to use hot keys? I've become accustomed to using the mouse and i have heard that the small pop up...
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    Sept.28 rule does not give 4:1 margin

    4:1 daytrading margin can either be based upon the aggregate of all trades during the day OR the largest open position during the day, depending on which method your broker elects. From the NASD web site: 4 The firm has the option to calculate day-trading margin requirements based on...
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    Charting

    Yes, RavenQuote has a built in study which will place horizontal chart lines based upon user selected criteria, including previous bar's open, high, low, close and current bar's OHLC. Setting the timeframe to daily and selecting previous OHLC (or HL, or whatever combination), will yield the...
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