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Tymjr is right : the most important is not the quote lag but the execution lag which could make the difference between a successfull trade and a loss.

daytrading Eminis SP and NQ There is something I don't understand very well : Limit up/Limit down. I read about on cme.com but it results not very clear for me. How to know that limits ? Where is the danger ? thank for comments :)

Magna I agree too - Great suggestion !

is somebody using IQcharts.com ? (could be an alternative ?)

just about the problem of platform failure (Oct18). Couldn't be possible IB have an emergency server to be switched when the main is off ? Perhaps it sounds dummy (I'm not a specialist), but, ie, Qchart give the possibility to switch several servers when the one used doesn't work well.

so, I've got a new car, a nice one, nice looking, speedy, with a lot of features, very cheap too. But brakes doesn't work when needed........could be a little bit dangerous !!

I'm really afreid for that. What to do if they don't answer to the phone an the stops doesn't work ??? Just cry for money gone with the bug ??? :(

I agree with rtharp, and i.m.o, the most important things are the speed of the soft to execute and confirm the orders, and so, the reliability of the customer support : if they make me wait 5' on the phone, it could be really disastrous if I need to be out of a trade in emergency because PC...

to wild and def thanks a lot for information :)

hello friends! I'm starting to Dtrade the E-mini's next week. I have opened an account to IB with 10000 $. How many contracts can I trade ? (E-mini's NQ and SP). So, there is something which is not really clear for me : what are "prices limits" which seem change every day ? Other thing not...

to airspeed thank you so much for advice and information. I called them and it works well. best regards john

hello, I'm french (sorry for my english not very well) I plan to open an account to IB (to day trade futures) but I'm a little bit afraid for the technology. I already experienced some failures with DSL connection and others, so I'd like to know if the IB hotline is really OK : If I have an...