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King: I'm still running windows on a Dell workstation for now. But earlier this yearI bought a MacBook Pro. I'm using it with an aircard as a backup machine for now, amongst other things. I like the Apple system. Wondering whether you upgraded to Snow Leopard? If you did, have you...

This would require collusion between the floor clerk, the floor broker, and Williams. And frankly would be the easiest to detect. That's why I didn't mention it. All it takes is to look back in the trades to see Williams always in a winning trade opposing a losing trade in the pool, trades...

Thunderdog: C'mon Thunderdog. Of course you are attempting to suggest "outrageous conduct" on the part of Williams. That's exactly what you are doing with the above post. This is where you go too far. And frankly, you don't actually know what you're talking about. You and I have been...

Have you got the box checked in the configuration area under presets-futures to "Allow order to be activated, triggered, or filled outside of regular trading hours."? OldTrader

I'm always amused by these kinds of statements. So Buffetts methods would only be good for those who "don't want to make a living" eh? As near as I can tell, Buffett started his first investment partnership in 1956 with around $100K (that he had saved). By 1962 he had over $1 million in...

As much as you love being able to see parts of books on Google, I'm sure you must be in favor of competition in the digital book area...right? Somehow this factor didn't make it into your poll. Therefore I was unable to answer your poll. If you were Amazon and had made a large investment...

Hey Risktaker: I just told you they are all over the Midwest. You seem to be citing California as an example, so I'll assume you're from California. Trust me, the California market is nothing like the Midwest market. So if I were you, I would not generalize the California market. So...

A "short sale" by definition is NOT bank owned. By definition, it is a property owned by the borrower, who wants to sell for a price less than the balance of the mortgage. The bank would have to approve such a sale, but they do not own the property. OldTrader

What I would suggest is that you take a vacation from your job. Do some trading on your vacation, see how it goes. Next, if that went well, and you do decide to leave the job, I would replace it with another job at night and/or weekends, so that you have money coming in. Keep yourself in a...

So I guess you're saying that you'd rather have the unemployment rate lower, and the vacancy rate down? When you get everything to line up, let me know. In the meantime, in my area, I can buy houses where the mortgage payment (PITI) is half the rent. Personally I think that is a pretty good...

I can tell you that most of the midwestern states fall into the category. My guess is that Texas is there. California? Probably not in the major metro areas, although that may well depend on the specific area. I have a friend who lives in the Upland/Rancho Cucamonga area east of LA, who...

After reading your post I'm wondering if you understand the way margin on futures works. If Mirus wants $500 for margin, I can assure you they are referring to day trade margin, not overnight margin. If Thinkorswim wants $6K margin, the chances are it is overnight margin, not day trade margin...

I'm very familiar with real estate investments. To me, at least based on what you wrote, it sounds as if you don't know much about real estate investments in general, or short sales in particular. Just calling the way I see it. Briefly, a short sale in real estate is just a technique you...

I wonder if these folks are some of those "scientists" that populate the Democratic party. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-aAU76bqL4Y&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess"...

One of the latest estimates of 2010 earnings for the S&P500 that I've read is $73. So take your multiple times the $73. Using 16 for instance gives you 1168 on the S&P500. OldTrader

First, I hope IB will address this situation. But actually if you asked me if I'm getting "solid market depth", I would say I am. But, as I've outlined in other posts here, I have to make sure that I open BookTrader as a fresh open each TWS session, rather than leaving it open when I close...

Hello Hoi: Thanks for the informed post. I had no idea this had been an ongoing problem...although now that you mention it I do recall that years ago I used to use the market depth window, prior to the BookTrader. Later, the BookTrader came out, so I used both the BookTrader and the...

Upgrading probably won't help you out. Somewhere in the last few upgrades is where this thing started in my opinion. It wasn't something I had a problem with at one time. Did it help any to close BookTrader completely, then reopen it fresh? That resolves it for me. You just have to reopen...

Hey Rock, glad to hear you reported it too...hopefully they'll get to it soon. Thanks for responding.:D I'd encourage anyone else having the problem to report it to IB. OldTrader

Explain something to me: On Page 2 of your thread I posted that I had the problem you were speaking of, only with ES. I told you what I had done about it, that at least temporarily resolved it. You never responded, never mentioned that your tried it out. Never told me whether it worked out...