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what are some of the problems that i might run into trying to trade odd lots (less than 100 shares) of nasdaq stock through ib's SMART? anyone have ideas/experience here? thanks~! ben

how long does it generally take from the time of filing to the IPO itself?

In a global economy with so much instability, it makes sense to me that cheap USD would be a great incentive for anyone outside of the U.S. to buy U.S. equities. It is (relatively speaking of course) both a geographic and a political safe haven. Could a weak USD cause US equities to rise?

i will give this a go shortly. thanks for the help! ben

atoz, 'movement' is relative. the probability of a move in a givin direction is already priced into the contract - if the QQQQ move more than people expect them to move, then you will make a profit, regardless of how volatile the instrument.

also, what if i were mildly bearish? how would i skew the strikes? thanks again!

Would someone be kind enough to instruct me how to put on a Delta neutral volatility spread in the QQQQ? I'm wanting to go long volatility in the medium term. My understanding is that I want an out of the money call and an out of the money put at the same strike price? How far away...

very interesting, which version of TWS should i download? Windows? Unix? Mac? or is this even the right way to do it. thanks for the info, i am a total linux novice! Ben

Anyone running TWS on the ubuntu build of Linux? I would assume that only the browser based plugin would work? Does it work? Any glitches? Crashes? etc. Thanks! -Ben

nope, that would not do... i am looking for a delta neutral position - i am asking the question, how does the VIX isolate volatility if it has a strong inverse correlation to the S&P? i am also asking, is an index straddle more delta neutral than a VIX call? i want to speculate on...

www.forex-markets.com the java charts are pretty nice. i used them for some time before switching to oanda...

Index Straddles Vs. VIX Call Options Can a more experienced options trader enlighten a relative newbie as to the differences between /advantages/disadvantages of trading these two methodologies in anticipation of a large move? I have already checked out the materials on the CBOE website -...

I mostly just lurk in these forums, but tomorrow is my 25th birthday, so I have decided to be bold and make a fantastical predictiction for the date of October 20, 2006: tomorrow will be an unusually large up day in the NAS and INDU- the markets will gap open in the morning and never look...

can anyone suggest a good, free international clock application? thanks! ben

Sitting on good unrealised profit after getting short USD/JPY on july 26/27- and am planning to let it run through the economic data tonight (sunday July 30 750ET)...although i'm unsure of what the data will bring i think we will see continued strength in the JPY... anyone have any reasons...

Was bored at my dayjob and started browsing Wikipedia - this is an excerpt from the Wiki article about randomness and a link to the Wiki article about emergence. I found it very interesting to read both of these articles within the context of markets/trading and thought i'd share: Randomness...

*by width i mean height

do these guys ship to canada? any canadians out there that have dealt with them?

since predicting the future is always a good idea and an accurate endeavor here is my two cents: these guys are too far out of the box...just when everyone has them pinned down, they will do something unexpected like release a free OS to compete with Microsoft's bloated Vista....in short...

Hi JackJones, What is your source for this? My understanding is that there is no scheduled time... -Ben