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Well, I haven't seen anyone else post one, so what the hey - I uploaded a spreadsheet that I use, and populated it with a few symbols so you can see how it works - at least, this is my interpretation of everything I gathered from these posts. Feel free to comment - and please let me know...

who charges 10 bucks? seems too cheap you talk about realtick - its a lot more than $79

stick it on ebay

EK short - got out too soon at 33.91

no fills again today - gotta get some new stocks! had a .75% envelope, and adjusted for the futures move right at 9:29! oh well

Chris - Carlin equities does http://www.carlingroup.com/

8 orders no fills

personally, i wouldn't doubt the "delay" was just normal IB slowness every so often. I received a TMBR fill on KLAC that executed as fast as an ISLD order. just my 2 cents

Used .8% envelope today Filled on 3 today: GE short +.15 JNJ long +.01 (should have held it longer) JPM short -.06 i can buy lunch with that money (better than losing though)

cart - thanks for the info (see - some of us don't need anger management!) Geez, you're right - try to post something and you get your head taken off!

1 fill out of 6 today EK - short 34.51, covered 34.31 - +.20 kept a 1% enevlope today

i shorted Jet Blue on Friday thru terranova - and also noticed it wan't available for short later on in the day tell that to etrade

Yes, but it doesn't pay the bills!

what exactly do you mean by slippage? when are you placing the order to buy / sell? are you placing it before the stock gets there, or when the stock is at your price, by hitting with a market order? IB and Terranova, or JPR or whoever uses direct access should give you the same exact fill...

they used to say the rule of thumb was to skip a generation in buying a PC - so if you have a Pentium 3, wait for the successor of the Pentium 4 to get the most bang for your buck. Upgrading from an 800 Mhz to 1Ghz would do the equivalent of absolutely nothing.

Thx Don - I guess my envelope was too narrow - I did indeed get lucky today I'll use between .8 and 1% on EITHER side thanks for clarification

Thanks Don and the edge for all you've written here (among others as well) I should re-state - I used a .5% envelope on either side (I guess thats what you would call a 1% envelope - am I saying that correctly? I stayed away from GE just because of the publicity in the media this past...

OK I've read through all the posts on the opening play, and find it very interesting - so I set up my spreadsheet to do all the calculations, and decided to start today: EK loser MMM winner IBM winner KO scratch JNJ winner GM loser JPM winner MRK winner C scratch 9...

I took a Steve Nison seminar on candlesticks - he was good if you're looking for the basics of candlesticks - read his book and save the money IMO. i also took the technical analysis course at Marketwise - save your money on that one. Other people I met who also took their 4 day course said...

the market maker cannot lock the market - if he/she wants to sell at 24.95, they must take out your bid before posting low offer - no need for IB to do re-routing routines. Bottom line - if the market maker wants to sell at 24.95, why wouldn't he hit your bid? of course he/she will