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Could you please elaborate on what you mean by dangerous. I really am not good at reading between the lines. but let me try. Are you trying to say that there are multiple API's and there is a conflict that could cause the system to freeze! PLease elaborate. You are killing me... Thanks

Def. I tend to agree with you and as I have maintained, from the time 2 traders decide to buy/sell the one with the hot keys(which TWS has) will get there faster than a mouse driven order.

def-I am not talking about a leased line. I am talking about using ffasttrade w/ Citrix technology using the internet. stevet- My assumption was ffasttrade is on a month-to-month. I guess I have to call them Monday to make sure. cartm-I called 3 FCM's and the cost of TT over the net is...

I've been talking to futures brokers the past 2 weeks and have gotten the impression that certain platforms are better than others in terms of speed and reliability. The main reason seems to be their architecture. Could someone (preferably knowlegable in application development) offer a layman's...

Save your money. Here is how you can learn options. 1. Buy , read and MASTER these books in this order. Mcmillas,Larry-options as a strategic investment Natenburg,Sheldon-don't know the titles but he has about 3 Cottle, Charles -woulda,coulda,shoulda 2. Open a small account with IB or...

I know I might get big time flamed for this but here I go. Don't rule out starting your trading career with futures. There are a couple of small contracts out there - Dow $5 even Dow $2 Crude oil E contract perfectly suited for strating out traders. Here are my reasons... 1. Cheaper cost...

What I meant was honest specialist.

Little giant Jumbo shrimp sleazaball analysts A$#hole specialists Emini's from now on!!!

If you mean charts that plot HV and IV, then your best bet is to poke around ivolatility.com. or optionclub.com I don't think plotting option prices exists-maybe optionvue.com but definitely not free. Even paid services dont plot options other than HV and IV due to enormous bandwidth consumption.

How can I direct an order for options to go to a specific exchange. I've poked hi and lo in the TWS menu and can't find that switch to go from SMART to a particular exchange. Thanks

Bone. Good job in explaining the intricacies of stock v. stock pair trading and it's hidden dangers. Look at HD and Low. The only 2 in the home improvement business so intuitively would be a good "reversion to the mean" spread- has been between $2-7$ for a while w/ HD at premium now it is 6$...

IB is unquestionably good when it comes to commission. I use them! BUT, there are firms out there that are slowly approaching their commission rates for stocks and futures w/o sacrificing too much of service. Options are another story their scaled $1/side is untouchable on retail.

Of all the bithing and moaning happening all over the message boards and chat rooms. The previous poster finally suggested a viable and effective way IB might do something about their customer support. Any lawyers trolling these boards?

Thanks alot mskl. I perused at the rule book and I think what happened to my trade which I am now confident will not get busted is a block trade > 50 contracts wherein any customer bid higher can get filled at the block trade price, which in this case is 45 cents lower. Sorto like price...

Does anyone here have any experience with busted trades from ISE. I bought calls at 1.45 when market was 1.8 bid /1,85 offered. After I got an execution report at 1.45 the stock tanked hard in the next 2 minutes, I assumed that the trade would'nt be busted since the stock wnet down so I covered...

I was trying to buy 5 BMY calls when market was 1.8bid/1.85 offered. I transmitted using TWS and got a fill for 1.45. I thought this trade would be busted coz it was an instant $175 winner. So i didn't do anything, BMY tanked hard next 4 minutes and I covered by selling the calls at 1.30 so I...

Thanks spark but my question which has not been asnwered by IB is what contitutes account balance. Is it net liq or cash. Like in my earlier post. If I have 25K cash and paid $1000 for 5 options which have appreciated by $500, my cash is $24,000 but my net liq is $25,500. Am I under or over. I...

Hope some of you guys can answer this. IB help desk cant!! If I have $25,000 cash in IB and I buy $1000 worth of options and the options neither appreciate or depreciate, my account will be composed of 24K cash and 1K in option market value. As it pertains to the PDT rule of 4:1 margin, will I...

Try linnsoft.com. Pretty good prices and quick since the data is gathered and stored in your harddrive. Good luck

Well.... technically it is not a bullet . A bullet is a married put. It is an intrinsic deep in the money put married to long stock. At the end of the day, the long stock is offset by the long put which gets exercised automatically. Long put short call long stock is a reversal or a reverse...