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I had to do this twice on each of two computers, but now the nag is gone. THANKS!

What the OP describes is the only downside I can think of for selling covered calls. Otherwise it would be "free money".

There is another issue in some markets, such as NYMEX crude, that allow contrary instructions. That is the ability to exercise an option that expires OTM or abandon one that's ITM. I was short a straddle that expired close to the market. During the two-hour period that allows contrary...

In your example, I would usually go with assignment and auto exercise. The problem comes when the underlying gets close to the strike of one of my positions near expiration. Then I prefer to close the option if I can at a decent price. If in your example the QQQ was 106 at expiration, I would...

According to the CBOE website, equity weeklys were introduced in 2005: http://www.cboe.com/micro/vix-weeklys/default.aspx I'm not sure when weeklys on CME futures started. These give you a lot more ways to have fun.

Apparently, Microsoft has eliminated the product key in Win10. They keep a record of which systems are authorized. But they warn us, if we make substantial changes to our system, we might have to call Microsoft Support to get re-authorized. Are we having fun yet? They don't say what they...

Have you looked at NinjaTrader and Sierra Charts?

You can get free end-of-day data from https://www.quandl.com/ that may be easier to work with from Java.

IB won't calculate your wash sale adjustments for you. I can't imagine any broker will. You will have to do it yourself or send it to an accountant.

I think people who ridicule these mistakes probably don't actually trade much. In aviation, they speak of pilots who have never landed wheels-up -- yet. I often hang out bids a dollar higher or offers a dollar lower than the most recent trade. I don't get filled very often, but it's fun when...

Sometimes options on ETFs are taxed as Section 1256 contracts. Section 1256 contracts are marked-to-market daily, and have no wash sale implications. Information is available on the Internet with a little digging (such as...

In the article mentioned in the OP, someone commented that he trusts the manufacturer more than Microsoft to know what is best for his SSD. I agree. I clone nightly to internal harddrive to protect again drive failure and mistakes (I have had both). This is automatic and happens during...

I read the marketwatch article some days ago. It describes an action plan (not a bill) by Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland. I see no mention in either article of Obama's position on the idea. DeFazio has introduced a STT bill in every congress since the early 2000's. So far, DeFazio's bills...

I read the article, and I didn't see any mention of a securities transaction tax. After six years and 11,411 replies, the talk continues. Maybe you folks aren't pounding on that panic button hard enough.

Sometimes free isn't such a great deal, especially when it means giving up your financial privacy to an unknown third party.

I see no reason you need to have face-to-face contact with a CPA for taxes. You're better off using a specialist via the Internet. There are several who should be satisfactory, such as Robert Green (http://greentradertax.com/).

IB used to have a FIX interface that they charged $500 (one-time) for. I don't see that on their website now. It says that you have to use TWS or the Gateway to connect over the Internet. The Gateway is code-compatible with the TWS and is simply the TWS with the GUI stripped out. It appears...

This was discussed on the TWSAPI group (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/TWSAPI/conversations/messages). The conclusion seemed to be that the reqRealTimeBarsEx() method preserves true high and low for the time period. Nothing is lost in the sampling. So someone building time bars should...

IB's data is sampled at a rate of about 333 msec, except for some popular index futures that are 100msec. The advantage of sampling is that the feed doesn't lag during busy times. The disadvantage is that you're missing ticks, sometimes including a new high or low for the interval you're...

Must these raids happen in conditions of low liquidity, or can they hapen during pit hours too? Are the bots knowledgeable traders? I mean, crude oil is a commodity that has real value, and if the bots push the price too far for too long they could get stuck with making or taking delivery.