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Just a quick note... even if you are not subscribed to ARCA market data, SMART will still route to them. The only difference is that you will not see the ARCA quote on the data line or depth.

This may interest students trying to break into the industry. We have just launched entry to our second annual IB Collegiate Trading Olympiad. Full details and rules can be found here. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/general/education/IBTradingOlympiad.php This following is a...

If you are on the bundled scheme then this fee is absorbed by IB, i.e. commission is still US$0.005 per share. If you are on the unbundled scheme then this fee is an addition. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/commission.php?ib_entity=llc

They're only taking a leaf from the US book. Take a look at how US CPI has been manipulated over the years in order to keep the reported CPI lower. The criteria for measuring CPI is revised every year. Saves the government alot of dough.

Sorry, wrong info. Margin. You can check before you send the order, but initial margin should be the greater of 30% or Y300,000. Doesn't matter what the price of the stock is

It's not that slow! We're talking seconds. Try sending an order - most exchanges it turns green immediately. Japan stocks may take 4+ seconds to turn green. Yes, it's similar to Hong Kong, they have lot sizes. The TWS will reject the order if it's the incorrect lot size. You can check...

You could check their quaterly performance report and see where they are routing the orders. That may shed some light on it the issue. These reports should be on the brokers website.

I'm not totally sure without seeing it and cross-referencing it with your executions. Could be another customer.

No-one knows your position except you and there are multiple liquidity providers, so this couldn't happen. TH are currently not making markets on IDEAL-Pro.

MidKnight - we have reduced our JPY commissions since your inital post - but you're right that currently you'd have to do 10,000 contracts before the commission in SGXNK is below the bundled rate. We can probably adjust this slightly so that the 1,000+ bracket is cheaper, I'll take a look...

Protection is on the securities side of the account and covers currencies: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/accountProtection.php?ib_entity=llc

Just to debunk IB Conspiracy Theory 1,023,624 - I'm not kiwi trader. I just deleted my post before you went there. :)

- I have never traded with them so don't really know. Also unless you had a stop in with them at exactly the same time, I don't see how this can be assumed. Now - if you did have a stop at the same time - and you did get a fill at your stop - as this was a valid move down, then this would...

fyi... I took a look at the bid/offer prints in the futures. During the same time period the spread on futures went as wide as 27 points. So it's difficult to say which market you would have got a better fill on. My guess is that you would have got a slightly better fill in the...

Neither the banks or IB's fault. It was just a function of the market at the time. I checked the time of this order, and in a 4 second period the range was 36 points, and then continued to trade lower over the next minute. This could have happened in any market A stop-limit with a limit...

I'd skip the trans-siberian. Rather than being stuck on a train for days, a much more interesting route is to go via the old Soviet Central Asian republics. From Moscow, go either East to Kazan in Tartarstan or south to Volgograd - then travel through Western Kazakhstan and into Uzbekistan...

Sorry all, this message was sent in error by us. I don't have details of how or why it was sent, but thought I should post here asap so people wouldn't worry. Not sure who hit the wrong button. Please ignore it.

What you believe, is incorrect. You've either: 1. Never had an account with us; or 2. Using stop orders without any understanding of how they work. In which case you may wish to refer to my posting here: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1129338#post1129338 The...

Can't tell without looking up your account. It should generate a negative balance in that currency when the data fee is deducted Have you checked your statement? I suggest sending a trouble ticket.

Just to clarify the slippage issue. The "perceived" slippage is due to the way stops are triggered, and thus, you may wish to allow for it. Stops are based on the bid/ask prices - and not the last price. Thus, by design you will receive slippage from your stop price. For example, you...