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down_not_out, Why do you say you're limited to only going long and no margin? You can still have a margin account with only 2K in your account; only difference is you'll get 2 to 1 instead of 4 to 1. :confused:

I don't see anything here that fits Tony's scans.

it happens all the time is probably isld players with odd lots.with isld there is no lot limit you can trade 1 share if you want to. Yup, that's what I was told at IB about trades going through on isld. I've never had that problem during R/H, but I was down to 100 shs and I didn't want...

I don't know if this is the right thread to post this on, but there seems to be several comments here about IB and different problems, so here goes: Yesterday I got three partial fills on IB in A/H, trading a 100 sh lot. I was selling and got hit for 35, 15, 50, and it took from 6:30 ET to...

Mike777, I can't speak for anyone but myself, and I can not tell you when to quite, but I do know that trading is the most subjective thing I have ever been involved in. It is easy for someone else to tell you what to do, but in the end it is what you do within yourself that counts. Things...

rcreal and Huios, Sounds great to me, I live north of Winston-Salem, and I've been looking for an opportunity to meet some other traders.

I think [Joe Kernan] is the smartest one CNBC-- he knows the whole thing is a joke, that's why he makes a joke out of everything he reports on. He'd make more money doing a comedy talk-show.

Tripack, My vote is that darkhorse will make it to his 1 yr. anniversary at ET; anyone that can laugh at himself has my respect. Darkhorse, I didn't mean to come across so strong. Please except my apology.

Solution? Don't seek one off advice from some poster on some website. Develop your own strategy and apply it day in and day out so that you get the good with the bad, instead of exposing yourself to useless coinflip type advice darkhorse, Why don't you back off. Not that candle needs me...

Niterider, I, too, am interested in the Put/Call ration. I just recently started looking at this. One thing that I have found is in Martin Schwartz's book "The Pit Bull" where he uses the put/call ratio as a contrarian indicator, ie when the put/call ratio is 1.00 or above, it shows an...

nwbprop, The thing that I've learned is that the market does not adapt to us, we have to constantly change and adapt to whatever the market gives us. :)

mccoyml, I know what you mean. I have shied away for over a year now. Every time I started to open an account with IB, I came to ET and read a bad post about IB. I even opened an account and let it expire without funding it because of the posts I read here. Pure economics has pushed me...

mccoyml, I jumped in the water today with IB; must say that I'm impressed. I called them on the phone before funding my account; my call was answered promptly; got a service person that was very nice; answered all my questions; and my deposit was posted to my account by the time I got...

Faster, I say this with the utmost respect to you, but your post insults even the limitations of our finite minds, whereby, you fail to go deeper with your thinking. Even Aristotle concluded that there had to be a Prime Mover.

oops....meant to say "finite"in last post. Sorry about the misspelling.

Ahhh, Faster, Didn't mean to get you on the defensive. However, to answer your question: I don't know. Our infinite minds can only rationalize to a certain point. The very thought of God or the concept of God had to be created, which leads me to think where did that come from...

jaan, Your thoughts on evolution are interesting. Any thoughts on where the space dust came from?

metooxx Thanks for your response.

Faster, Sounds like you've got all your kitties in a row. If you're so sure about it, then you've got nothing to worry about. If you're wrong-- well, you've got a real awakening coming. The real question is which way are you willing to play the probability?

If I remember correctly, if the securities are held "in street name", they are available for borrow, could be wrong, I haven't acted as a principle in a B/D since '89. Metooxx I'm not familiar with the term "in street name", could you explain Thanks