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thank you Kirk - as far as it concerns the STOP-issue, i also read that there are some troubles. but that's no thing for me too - i never ever placed a stop order since i do not hold any overnight-positions. and for pure intradaytrading mental stops work well for me. i am also very...

the thing with the one routing option would also be an advantage for me i guess. as i read in another thread - trading the minis with ib should be pretty comfortable overall - concerning the speed of executions, etc. any current experiences about this??

thank you all for the very helpful postings. what you said is pretty exactly what i considered about this topic. i plan to trade the nq sometimes in the future (futures in the future -> nomen est omen :-) ) meanwhile i'll continue learning with stocks honing my skills - i think it should...

ok - just another amateurish question: it seems that futures-trading (for example the e-mini nq) has certain advatages: high leverage, no uptick-rule, no daytrading-rule, fixed spread (at least from 9.30 to 16.00) ...? who - or how many of you prefer daytrading stocks or futures - why...

thank you all for your replies. things are much clearer now for me. but the fact that futures aren't solely used for their original purpose - but also for pure speculation has of course it's benfits - i guess (higher liquidity, tighter spreads, ...)?

tntneo and tradex21 - thank you both of course - for every short there has to be a long - but isn't it mostly the same for stocks? what is the reason that the futures markets are not regulated by the sec? is it probably because the "normal" investor (the one who needs to be protected) is...

i wonder about the following: aren't (also) the futures a considerable factor, that contribute to the current downtrends? if so - i wonder, that there is no uptick rule for shorting futures. what do you guys think about this? as far as i know - the uptick rule for stocks was implemented...

i guess one point is, that EVERYBODY should consider daytrading as a business just like any other one. and like in any other business there can be good times and bad times. the ones who master their business will survive in the long-term - the rest won't. it's no big thing - but i think...

great topic of course - after watching the markets for several years and trying different styles of trading (in various markets) i started out daytrading nasdaq-stocks in may this year - obviously i grew up in a pretty tough environment - this should be an advantage for me at the end of the...

ok guys - i catched it. it's certainly a question of trading style - for example trading extremely illiquid markets can sometimes be a big risk. holding overnight positions of course too. thanks

as far as it concerns protection for the broker - i guess a broker like ib was not at risk at all - since they will strictly liquidate any bad position automatically without giving a margin call - am i right? maybe def can tell us - ib updates buying power in realtime - so where is the risk...

concerning the 4:1 issue: i guess the reason why this is a part of the new rule could be, that they want to compensate the liquidity that gets lost by kicking the little players out of the game. or just because they can show at least one positive aspect on the new rules. anyway - 2:1 margin...

as long as ib keeps on offering the stable technology - fast executions and the lowest commissions around - i guess the party is not over. and daytrading in a cash account - come on - you won't get happy with it. if you can't short, it would be like you can't use your car when it's raining.

what i cannot understand is: daytrading futures will not be affected by the new rules. cme even just lowered the initial margin for the e-mini nq100 - now you can move about $30K with $5.250 in your account - or even more with lesser margin when trading the mini sp. so - what is the REAL...

as i already mentioned in another thread ("problems with supersoes") - routing to NASDAQ has become useless, since supersoes came around. ib keeps on telling, that bid/ask on SOES is the same like on NASDAQ - but that's simply not the truth. anyway - fortunately i gave up routing to NASDAQ -...

roger2, to island: i started my trading on ib-tws with routing exclusively to island - the executions there were always VERY fast - simply wonderful - BUT: spreads sometimes occur to be too large - so this can cost you a lot of money - even on a liquid stock. concerning nasdaq/soes: i...

what about IB's BEST or BEST_ECN - who of you does them use for most of the trades? are they reliable and fast enough?

since "SuperSOES" is here - i have the following problem: i trade with IB and always routed my orders to "NASDAQ" - as we know, those orders are now "SOES"-executed. before SuperSOES, my NASDAQ-orders always worked very well. very fast fills - (almost) no problems with shorts, etc. but...

armaniman, i totally agree with you - i started day-trading in may this year (nasdaq stocks with IB) - i'm not yet profitable - but i learn a lot - and i cutted all my losses right from the start. it's a hard BUSINESS (and it IS nothing else than a business) - but those guys who just blow...