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yes, I have had this problem for the past couple days- but I haven't had problems getting my orders filled.

Thanks for explaining and defending yourself- Just to add a note to this discussion: V. Niederhoffer also dismisses trend following and also has a very good book out with a chapter on the subject.

This is probably not the best place to post this... but since the thread is talking about bugs- has anyone noticed any ticker symbols randomly "disappearing"?? Not a big deal, since it's quick to reinput the symbol, but I was wondering if it was happening to anyone else.

Yes, I used it last year from a remote location. It's actually not that bad.

i had the same prob. under configure -> feature selector i hope that helps.

IB interest charges are incredibly confusing- for equities also. I can't imagine charging clients an extra day here or there worth losing business. My commission costs far outweight the interest that I pay. a day or two of interest doesn't make a whole lot of difference to me, but the lack...

demand for SUVs are down, but I still see quite a few of them on the road. say it goes down to $50? people will just go back to purchasing their SUVs and drive those gas guzzlers to $70-$80 dollars a barrels. It's just beginning to hurt. But I don't think it's hurting enough to change...

A $3 - $4 pop suggests that it is very material. The whole situation seems odd and very funny to me. I couldn't help myself but enter the fray with a small speculative position myself.

And you think Byrne is innocent?

...ET is deterioting into a yahoo msg board... lol...

nah, it would only rise to 1.28 for technical reasons. Fundamentally, I think China's effect on the USD is overblown.

it's down again....

well, I would hesitate to characterize China as destroying our industrial base. If China weren't flooding cheap goods in the US, it would be somebody else. Besides, it's a market economy, and from a purely economic standpoint, the opportunity cost in some of our manufaturing sectors are...

I don't think anyone knows what the yuan revaluation will do. All speculation. Except for one certainty, my US dollars are worth less.

Whether this thread is real or not... ...I was in Ripley's shoes a couple months ago trading futures for the first time. At first, I was making more money than I ever did that I felt like I was drinking out of a fire hydrant and then the next thing I know I am puking all my profits and more...

On one of the other threads, someone had mentioned IB's forex margin interest is 2%. Can someone confirm this and maybe point the way on where this is described on IB's website? (I had trouble finding info on margin interest specifically for IB forex). Also, how does IB compare to...

thanks for ur candor Pabst... I was wondering whether anyone traded this stock! (I am also on the short side)

...problems here tonight also.