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This may not be the right place for this post but I need some help or better yet an understanding? Under these new margin a/c rules IB requires that you wait until funds have settled even in cash accounts. Whats that about? Datek doesn't do that. In a cash account daytrades are allowed up to...

is all of this switching really only about $15k. do i understand correctly? if you have 25 grand in your account nothing has changed? on-on

thanks for your help. i will be looking closer at my risk reward ratio. on-on

if anybody is in the mood please help me with these questions. first everything i read and hear says once a trade is prfitable don't allow yourself to take a loss. well i find my self constantly taking profits of pennies per share because i get a small move and then it backs off. i have a...

maybe someone can clear something up for me. i have read messages that talk about desktop version and brower version. i did not realize there were two versions (are there?). i opened my account with IB 4 months ago by applying on-line. downloaded the java applet. sent money. started trading. i...

no matter what the company says, i have not been able to enter a stop limit and have it executed. i have entered it properly and the market hits and penetrates my stop election price and doesn't activate my order no less execute it. to add to the misery, last week i places a buy on dclk at...

lately i've been trading SEBL on-on

thomas i don't know how many shares you plan on trading but the penny a share helps me with my trading when i am trading small blocks (300 shares). You have a profit in a trade a lot sooner and therefore you are willing to get out of iffy trades sooner. on-on

to all responders i've donwloaded ie 5.5 and that appears to have solved the problem. thanks to all for the input. on-on

privateer et al ib told me to try down loading ie 5.5 with 128 bit encription. we'll see on-on

mjt thanks. gb

privateer i am accessing datek through their website rtharp no i have not turned off virtual memory archangel i'm still using w98, principally because i thought mircosoft had not worked all the kinks out of their latest editions on-on

def thanks. as long as i know what time we are using i can adjust accordingly. on-on

bsam thanks for that info. i am suprised def keeps telling us to go to the company or that our systems clocks are corrupt. on-on

to any and everybody i'm using a 450 PII with 256mg ram and i can't open my IB and datek accounts at the same time while still having my data feed running. its one account or the other. any thoughts would be appreciated on-on

def i am not sure whose post talked about this issue but i am having the same problem with the time of execution that appears on my execution report. it is five hours ahead of the actual trade time. on-on

zboy thanks on-on

zboy, i noticed that you are using Realtick. is Realtick the vendor or is it through a broker and you just don't have an account? I am using another feed and would be interested in finding out what else is out there. In reply to other messages concerning having TWS and my feed up at the...

bsam i was using the system today at about the same time. i didn't have a problem. i am also a new user so i can talk about passed experience. on-on gb

def thanks but are you saying IB has lower costs i.e. infrastructure in place from institutional business. Are the other guys also making money on the ECN fees?