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If you blindly follow the advice of some idiot on TV, you deserve to lose every cent you got.

I don't understand the logic behind this rule.

Well, the reason why I made a lot of the decisions I did (get my own place, new car, etc.), is because I have zero debt. I don't owe anything on student loans, and I bought the car with cash. Plus, who wants to deal w/ having a roommate AFTER college? If you got a real job, you should have...

He's telling people to buy AMZN. That's going to end in one massive disaster.

Ok, first off, about the insurance, I'm 21, insurance companies fuck people under 25, period. I'm getting an awesome deal on my insurance as it is, no complaints there. And I MUST Have a car, how the hell do I go grocery shopping, etc? Living in greenwich, instead of stamford or whatever...

$95 for commission, lulz Go to vegas and put it all on green.

I just started my job in greenwich about a month ago, and here's what my monthly income/expense looks like: Income: $5000 - salary $130 - interest/dividend income Total: $5130 Expenses: $1700 - rent, 1 bedroom apt $11.16 - carry cost of security deposit $300 - utilities $1380.62 -...

The display is fine, once you get used to it, you won't make mistakes. What'd be nice is if the software that accepts the passwords on IB's end automatically replaced o with 0 and s with 5 As far as a dead battery goes, I'm not worried about it, because if it ever dies, IB's office is 5...

Autotrade based on some random "advisory" service eh? Why don't you just give your account login and password to the pump and dump scammers?

Make 7 figs on 7 figs buying power, and you should be starting up your own fund, not working for someone else.

Bad idea, if the regulators find out he's going to be in deep shit.

You must go into the account management screen and go to the Secure Transaction Program area to ACTIVATE your secure device!

No, it's not mandatory for accounts under 100K, but if you call them you can request the safeword card.

Bob, if you have profitable automated trade systems, then you should have a direct T1 line straight to IB, that doesn't have access to any other part of the net (and they DO offer that service -- you pay for it though). In which case, you can opt out of the secure ID and be fine. As far as...

If you want a brokerage that gives you full fraud coverage and doesn't make you use an "inconvenient" secure device, then go to TD Ameritrade. Have fun. Otherwise, get the secure ID, it's not as bad as you think it is. And if I was on a jury where it was some guy's account who got hacked...

You have to call them to get it. 1-877-442-2757

Yep, if you type in the wrong pin too many times, you will get locked out, the device itself will also lock you out. Either way, if you lose your device you should be calling IB immediately to have the device disabled and your account locked.

Oh, one other thing about the secure ID that did piss me off a bit.. They shipped it to my residential address, not my mailing address, and refused to ship it to my mailing address.. Seeing how I don't live at my residential address, this was a problem. I had to get my parents to re-overnight...

I got the platinum token, they didn't have the gold tokens available right now (which are better IMO since they fit on your keychain). Sizewise, it'd fit in your wallet, though it'd be quite bulky. It's almost exactly the size of a credit card length x width, and it's about as thick as 6...

Just my thoughts about the secure device... First of all, here's how it works: - you log in as usual - IB gives you a challenge # - You turn on your secure device - You type in your PIN - You type in the challenge # into the secure device - the secure device gives you back an 8...