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Floppy, are you trying to use market depth to game an etf? Aren't all the bids and offers generated by programs based on the index itself rendering market depth useless?

No.

It's extremely frustrating to try to manage an account with TD Waterhouse Canada. They think that people appreciate their McDonald's like approach to customer service, but when you scratch the surface it sucks. Yes they can call you Mr. 'this' and are pleasant but they lack any real knowledge...

Sounds like some people are caught on the wrong side of the market. If you're very confident in your convictions that all is not well, then short and don't worry what CNBC has to say. I can remember to this day when the market was falling apart in 2000 and CNBC would trot out analyst...

Down to $4.00 and change. Krazy, are you still averaging down?

Very interesting Martin and thanks for posting. I am totally new to any type of programming using Excel (or anything else for that matter) for trading. I'll be following with great interest.

sorry romik, i was ranting. i empathized with your statement that your wife doesn't understand your enthusiasm. i think a lot of people who do this feel the same way. i guess it's a lonely occupation when it comes right down to it.

"my wife doesn't understand what's there to be excited about" Don't you know it's not a real job? You must leave the house everyday for it to be considered a real job. You must have to ask for time off for it to be a real job. You need to be stuck in traffic everyday for it to be a real...

I'm in. Loaded up my account with it along with my retirement accounts. Thx for the tip.

If mini has coolweb's vote, then he's got mine too.

Nice one Rearden.

Oh wait, i missed option c, "find someone with $20 million and share the profits". Hilarious. I'd definitely recommend the lobotomy.

This one takes the cake. Best thread ever. What to do, what to do? It's too bad that they don't do lobotomies anymore. I'd certainly recommend one.

So you're saying that they drove the trillion dollar currency market in one direction or another just so they could get your $5000???? Were their quotes out of line with the 'market'? Please elaborate.

If your trades were sound, then how could they trade against you and make money? Wouldn't they be on the wrong side of the trade?

Yes. Quotes are stale.

This morning (Monday), I'm getting the message that there are no stocks available for shorting (Cdn). Even the most liquid, largest stocks. Any ideas why this is happening?

I just went over the shortable list for Canadian stocks available through IB. The list has expanded considerably from about 6 weeks ago when I last printed off the list. Why has the list expanded so considerably (not that I'm complaining, it was the one thing I didn't like about IB was their...

Gnome, I changed my page file size. I haven't really noticed any difference. Thanks for the tip though. Looks like more RAM is my easiest solution. Thanks to all who replied.

Gnome, thanks for the reply. Sorry, I don't know what you mean by page file.