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What happens if a non-US person with a valid W-8 on file with IB fails to fill out the new updated W-8 by May 15th? What are the repercussions if the account is inactive? Can he just come back and fill it in 6 months if he decides to start trading with IB again?

Indeed, how else does anyone learn but the hard way.. for most of us it is only pain and loss that hammer into us the critical importance of risk management...and different people require different amounts of pain to learn that...welcome to the club

What MTE wrote above is such a great truth that, with MTE's permission, i will re-type it here 10 times to express how much i believe in its importance: The intial goal for any trader is to stay in the game long enough to learn it. The intial goal for any trader is to stay in the game long...

That's a bit like buying a Big Mac from McDonalds and then trying to eat it at Burger King...you're bound to get a tap on your shoulder...i know you probably have good reasons to be in the Genesis office, but if its an option for you, maybe you can consider trading remote

Always try during market hours. Try resetting your dsl modem: switch off your PC, switch your router and dsl modem off, leave everything off for 1 minute then switch dsl modem and router back on and then switch PC on, and see if that changes anything. If you have a regular dialup modem...

HLVC stock is up big time today, 50% up!! Should i be backing up the truck here??

what time of day were you trying to connect? Try connecting during market hours

Odd lots cost more for Nasdaq stocks going via ARCA too http://www.archipelago.com/traders/equities_fees.asp Listed Securities $0.03 per share (applicable to all orders initially entered as odd-lot orders and executed against the NYSE Arca book or by another market center) Nasdaq...

with windows mobile, can you download absolutely ANY windows application onto it and run it, or only a subset of applications will work with it?..thats really the whole reason in my mind to get something better than a regular pda running the "pocket windows" oses

Thats a very interesting link, thank you 2cents...however the question still remains unanswered...in which of the 3 cases would a transaction occur instantly without locking/crossing?

Thanks for all replies.... If i place a sell limit order on INET with a limit price lower than the current bid, and there is only 1 bidder bidding above my sell order limit price, in what cases will a transaction occur instantly with that bidder: 1. bidder is on BRUT 2. bidder is on ARCA...

I hear ya, perhaps like me, u want the full functionality of the Gobook and the mobility of an OQO, wouldnt it be nice to have a 17" laptop (for when u need it) that folds into a little OQO, kinda like a convertible car..i guess the closest you can come to that is to get both devices...

wow this thing looks great..do u have one of these babies by any chance, how do u like it? its the price of a 17" laptop, which would you rather have

Whats the smallest device out there that will run the full version of Windows? (as opposed to all these "pocket windows" versions) ? A tablet ? A laptop?

Thanks for your replies..and does anyone know of a service that shows the downgrades and also at what time they were issued during the day? (briefing.com doesn't show the times that individual downgrades are issued)

great example mschey, so u made money by fading this move , and you didnt even know that a downgrade had been issued?..interesting..i dont like the idea of being long a stock and having some analyst downgrade it intraday, i mean cant he just wait till the close, its just a few more hours, lol...

Whats the best source for getting analyst upgrades and downgrades in realtime? is there something better than briefing.com in terms of getting it in "realtime"?

Thanks for all replies, thats intersting...i think downgrades can sometimes have a significant effect on the price of a stock, so i wonder why they are not treated like earnings announcements which by and large occur when the market is closed. Admittedly, however, i have seen, on rare occasion...

Can an analyst upgrade/downgrade be issued during market hours or are they always issued when the market is closed? Can anyone recall an instance where an upgrade/downgrade was issued by an analyst during market hours?!

Can anyone name some of the larger groups that operate through Genesis, and if you can tell me anything good or bad about the group that would be great too, pm if necessary..thanks