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No sweat, GeeTO. Sorry to hear you're going through a rough patch. Hey...was the book recommendation for me or for you? :) And as for you other lads... ...just ordered a copy of 'The Master Swing Trader'. Thanks. And you're right; most everybody here is pretty cool cause we're...

I made a newbie mistake today. Even though I have had a lot of experience trading, most of it has been in stock index futures, and about half of that on the floor. But now that I'm a little older, swing trading individual stocks seems more my speed; but it is, of course, a LOT different than...

I see that some others have posted suggestions about dealing with the ToolBar in TWS. I, too, think it is more of a distraction than a help. I suggest putting an option in the View menu (or the Settings menu) to "Disable Tool Bar". Perhaps you could also add some code so that, if ToolBar...

If you "<knew> this industry forwards and backwards" then you would know all about IB...right? What firm are you pitchin'? saxon

Not a connection issue, since I am on a cable modem. It's been down maybe twice in the last 6 months. I'd be too nervous to even logon to TWS if I was using AOL dial-up, or something like that. This game is hard enough as it is! But hats off to guys who have no other option. Brave souls...

I tried using "relative orders" for the first time this morning; and while it worked pretty well for me, there was one strange thing that I should alert you all to. When I modified or cancelled a relative order, the "pending cancellation" bar (magenta) just sat there for almost an hour in two...

Yeah, I guess there are a couple of different ways to arrive at an odd-lot total. And as Seth suggested, if I want 56 shares, I could just buy 156 and sell 100. No one could reject either side of that trade (since both are above 100). You guys are smart! :D

Hmm...I found an NYSE listed stock I wanted to include in my portfolio, but it's trading at 103, so I guess I'll just have to let it go. A minimum purchase of $10,300 is kind of high...especially when you are talking about a portfolio of 10 or 12 stocks. I don't understand why IB disallows...

Nice board here. Thanks for the advice. Got my trades off without shooting myself in the foot! All within a few cents of the open. I decided to trade even lots...even though I am a once-a-week basket trader. Yeah...200 or 212.....doesn't really make much difference to me in terms of my...

Got a quick question before I enter my first IB trades tomorrow. I want to buy 10 different stocks, dividing my capital 10% in each; but that works out to order sizes like 212 shares, 378, 443, etc. My question is this: Do you think I would be better off in the long run to enter BEST...

Thanks for the info. I suppose Saturday is better used for other things anyway. :) saxon

I am a new IB customer, and I am wondering if my problem with logging in is normal or not. It is Saturday, and the markets are closed, I know. But I would have thought that I could still login to TWS to set up orders, check balance, etc. When I open TWS, enter my user name and pw, and hit...