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What a complete dumbass. Def offered to take a look at any REAL situations that you think illustrate your claim. You refused. LOL!! OldTrader

I won't be turning 65 until late in June, but I answered your poll anyway. Just a few points. First, I've been trading since I was 19...when I opened my first account at Merrill Lynch with a phoney ID. I was trading when the first listed options started trading, when gold futures started...

Have you configured your TWS to enable orders after hours? OldTrader

Actually I think it would have been hard to assemble a "portfolio of blue chip stocks" all of whom went to $.01 the other day. And clearly the exchanges did bust the trades of stocks that made some of these huge moves (and they have a history of doing so, as much as I hate that tactic). That...

It did halt a few times. I've got the gaps on my one minute ES chart to prove it. OldTrader

Just a few general comments. While I agree that we really don't have enough information to understand everything about this situation, we do have enough information to draw a few conclusions. First, when the liquidation took place they legged out of the position. I think this is a major...

There's a good question. I don't really know the answer to that one. Personally I've never dealt with an introducing broker. I like to deal directly with the firm that is clearing my trades. I'm not saying that the introducing broker setup makes it inherently more risky, because in the end...

Absolutely correct. Most of these guys pay no interest, then they turn around and invest your money to earn the interest on it for their own profit. The problem is that they stretch out on the risk curve to earn a few extra basis points. If they lose that money, the question is whether they...

It seems the last post that I made to this thread the other day was deleted. LOL! It seems that facts on EliteTrader are irrelevant when it comes to advertisers. That said, I'd recommend that you do a search on Sentinel Management Group on the internet. This was a company who managed cash...

I haven't had a "steady paycheck" in the last 40+ years....basically since I was in the military. I can tell you that in that time I have met many in similar positions to you, who have had trouble adjusting to the idea that they don't have a paycheck. It puts a subtle pressure on them that...

You checked a demo of IB and decided it was a "mess"? Care to give us a few details as to why that was? Either that, or if you're going to make a blind assertion, perhaps you'd care to give us a few of your qualifications to make such an assertion. By the way, is ETrade trading futures now...

Well yeah, Jack, it's true...kinda splitting hairs though. That extra contract on the unbundled plan is going to save you $.20 in execution and clearing costs. Of course there's always the the $.10 overnight fee. So the reality is that whether it was 1000 or 1001 it doesn't make much...

You left out the $.01 regulatory fee, which brings your total up to $4.00. It looks like the bundled and unbundled will be the same for contracts under 1000, except for the $.10 overnight fee. By the way, that overnight fee has been around since they started the unbundled plan several years...

Just to clarify some of the answers here, you may be able to list for $399, etc., but you will also have to pay 3% to the buyer's agent. If you don't, no one will show your house. OldTrader

I'm going to answer thsi two ways. First, the lowest I listed for was 3% (for the buyer's agent) plus $150-$250 for the listing agent. I listed with a guy whose deal was he'd put it in the multiple listing for $150-$250, but make no attempt to sell himself. When the buyer's agent brought a...

No fee from IB for wire deposit. No fee from IB for one wire withdrawal per month. Second withdrawal is $10. OldTrader

Part B Medicare premiums rose approximately 16% for 2010. Part B is what all seniors pay for. If you want a supplement to Parts A and Parts B, which you absolutely better have in order to pay for all the deductibles, copays, and other things medicare doesn't pay for, then it went up. I would...

You haven't had a "breakout trade" in the stock market? What constitutes a "breakout trade"? OldTrader

You seem to be confused on a few items. First, banks can't suddenly change the terms of a mortgage loan by jacking up the interest rate. Banks are required to adher to the written terms of the mortgage. Some of those mortgages though are adjustable, meaning that the bank can raise (or lower)...

Don't know how I missed your post. Has there ever been a negative thread about IB that I missed? Of course...here's one that started just the other day: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=190513 Generally though I'll participate if I think I have something valid to...