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As long as both opening trade followed by a closing trade (even partly) executions are done on the same day i.e., "pre-regular market hours"+"regular market hours"+"post regular market hours", it is a day trade.

Thanks DAV. It was a quick fix.

MK, in my experience, it is mostly taking about 5 days to 5+ months to resolve the solvable tickets this year. It used to be a little better last year. Late replies are still better than no replies. But note that trouble ticket is not the only way to contact IB. IB chat and phone are other...

Besides, rather than using the word "expire", it probably could have stated something like: "xxx version no longer be valid after June 7, 2007". :) As Friday is the end of a work week for most, I initially thought IB will let the users use their old (but robust) builds till Friday afternoon...

IBj, for example, one of the firms that you mentioned whose accounts were hacked, i.e., E-trade, even after having security device, gives full unauthorized access/fraud protection. IB's plan to all burden and risk of any compromise to the client's account is unfortunate.

qll, if you ask QT (QuoteTracker) support, you will get more reliable answer on QT integration. Unlike Scottrade who charges extra for stocks valued <$1 and TradeKing who charges extra for stocks valued <2, Lowtrades do not charge extra. I did not see those type fine print extra commissions...

qll, what is the activity requirement for $1/trade Ameritrade rate?

Going on both sides--but AAPL does look inflated.

Thanks Dave for working on it. Could you extend 06/08/07's forced TWS version change deadline until this gets fixed?

GoodGame, try login again on Sunday afternoon EST. You might have run into IB's weekend down time period.

I just found out the my actual IB's IRA contribution for 2006 and the contribution amount reported in Form 5498 sent by IB's IRA Trust is different. You might want to check the contribution amount reported in Form 5498 for your IB's IRA account. Per Trust company, the contribution amount...

Fighter, what did TD Waterhouse mean by "the quote is not available for public"? Does it mean they (or their buddy market makers) traded though under the table disregarding best bids/offers just to hit the stop price quote placed at TD Waterhouse?

Actually free ACH-in/out has been there at just2trade for some time. Once setup, it needs to be used by phone/fax/email. I heard that the "online" version of ACH would be there by the first half of this year. They do pay even for the first $10k credit balance, short sales, etc. I liked...

Market makers, specialists as well as very experienced traders can make a pretty good educated guess where the most other traders' stops would be. That is why those type of stops may seem like magnets even in the simulation account. At IB, I think in fact, you can set different type of stop...

paul_alan, none of the firms with per-trade commissions schedule--regardless of its direct access capabilities--ever charged me more than 1 trade's commission even if the whole order was executed in parts so long as it gets executed on the same day. You better ask your broker directly.

Ameritrade, Just2trade, etc. also have level-2 for equities. It is free for Ameritrade (Apex) clients and for all clients at Just2trade.

My Ameritrade email addresses have not been compromised like that--but I do take security measures from the computer I log on from. By the way, can you just short those stocks if any broker lets you short them?

Should be very straight forward to open a regular account online and then fax the required documents. It might be a good idea to call them if it actually takes more time than most other brokers take to approve your application nowadays.

Debit or credit margin rates, interest expenses, money market rates, phone customer service hold time, commissions, monthly/activity fees, etc. seem to be far better than E-trade's. E-trade has 2 seconds execution guarantee for certain stocks for certain number of shares. Just2trade averages...

Is the "stop" not triggering problem happening only for Futures or for Stocks too?