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    Unofficial TWS bug thread

    Nope. Never tried mobile. As for settings-the only thing I can recommend is to backup backup backup
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    Interactive Brokers - unannounced higher margin requirements today 10/16/15?

    what? how you suppose to short anything on non margin account?
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    Has anyone had success trading stock's earnings?--either before or after

    nah..you don't want me..and i'm not trading right now.the stuff that i use to trade doesn't work anymore. i know why,i know when and from where it was coming,but there is nothing i can do. that's ok, it was expected.
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    Has anyone had success trading stock's earnings?--either before or after

    ---If you can trade earnings in a boring mundane structural fashion-- i spend 10-12 years daytrading(not earnings),using my own soft,system,stats etc. yes. it's very boring,slow grind each and every day. same as any other 8-5 job,except for much longer hours. more like 8 to 10 pm :)
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    Has anyone had success trading stock's earnings?--either before or after

    not necessarily. one popular way to trade the earnings is to buy and later sell the options,betting that volatility will arise,when stock is moving closer to earnings. i'm wrong? :) the other would be directional trading. specially,if you spend time,studying price gaps,that occur after...
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    Has anyone had success trading stock's earnings?--either before or after

    yes.(if that was enough for you)
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    Has anyone had success trading stock's earnings?--either before or after

    depends on how you want to play it. tools and approach. same as fixing your car. people trade gaps,directional,stocks, options, people buy \sell volatility on options. plenty of ways.
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    Question about IB TWS demo

    java version? antivirus\firewall soft etc here is another one-
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    Question about IB TWS demo

    what did you ask them about? there also difference between downloading and loading application itself(TWS) which one you are referring to? regardless..it shouldn't be 50 min.
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    Question about IB TWS demo

    run a speed test, post pic here,post your PC specifications,OS etc. as i said above-it shouldn't be 50 min,unless you are sitting on some really s**ty dial-up internet + pentium 1 CPU :)
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    Question about IB TWS demo

    the DEMO is a demo, a paper trading account is a paper trading account. two completely different things. anyone can log into tws demo. you dont' "receive " it. just go on their page,pick a version and type-user-edemo password-demouser. https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=553&ns=T...
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    Interactive Brokers - unannounced higher margin requirements today 10/16/15?

    it took a very long time. and it was a complete mess. margin requirements changed so often-they wont even bother to update the info. i mean-you see completely different requirements on website and in real trading..those are fun times. here is a little piece of history from one of my little...
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    Interactive Brokers - unannounced higher margin requirements today 10/16/15?

    they can (and do that) all the time. you should see their requirements during last crash\volatility spike of 2008-2009. boy oh boy..i was holding a large portfolio of extremely liquid ,high grade corp.bonds,valuing them was a piece of cake,but that's wont matter for them. 100% on all securities...
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    Chart Pattern bootcamp

    ---training for Chart Patterns for an intra-day using options in the 1min ~5 mins time frames-- :eek::eek::eek: http://thepatternsite.com/chartpatterns.html
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    IB TWS - live data for stocks?

    Thank you for a detailed respond! one thing is still not clear to me-primary exchange for ASHR is ARCA (according to IB) and as i wrote above-i think to get anything from ARCA (even top level quotes) you must have their ARCA book subscription($10 month). i'm incorrect on this, and top quotes(top...
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    IB TWS - live data for stocks?

    question regarding market data to the members from IB -for months i have open ticket with two simple questions that remain unanswered. i don't have any data subscription from IB right now. question #1- what subscriptions do i need to get accurate NBBO, L1 data on china ETF such as ASHR? in...
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    Unofficial TWS bug thread

    and another one to Baron-this is exactly why i left..too many 'bugs' on top of TWS ones. i did attached 2 pictures and choose to display both of them as full image. only one displayed properly
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    Unofficial TWS bug thread

    tried to log in into demo today..got this- just curious wtf was that? along with my usual 12 years old question-where is all my settings for this account? they are gone! again!
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    NYSE Completely Halted. WSJ Web Site Down too. WTF?

    just curious-how was the spreads in first 15 min on NYSE or before they halted the whole thing?
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