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Fortunately and not fortunately the only times that I have had problems with IB is when I am in a position and trying to get out...I say fortunately because at least I KNEW my status...I had not even considered the possibility that some traders not only were locked out of the market, but locked...

"Something smells fishy" Yeah, it sounds like the same guy with the same bad grammar is crawling around this site and posting obnoxious or outlandish comments...First, it was the guy who was going to break Larry Williams 10000% annual record, then the guy who thought 500k was "nothing" of a...

I share the sentiments of everyone on here...It is funny how at first you are analyzing the risk of a given trade, but eventually you are analyzing the reliability of your trading platform...This is mind f***ing at its finest... It is funny that someone else had the same experience jumping...

Let's be honest here...They clearly spell out that if the system goes down it is your problem not theirs...But when the same problem occurs three days in a row at the same time, this is unacceptable...The guys defending the firm are affiliated, I have noticed their threads in the past...They...

Don While I agree with you, that the learning curve for futures is steeper and far fewer people can "break into" futures, I am not exactly in agreement as far as the "edge" goes... In my opinion, edge has many different meanings..For some it is their system, for others it is their trade...

yes, I have similar thoughts about this issue..I strictly trade futures with them so I have no idea how their equity platform is performing...I got "stung" by them on Wednesday...I would say that anyone who has an account that is mid five figures or six figures would definitely benefit by...

I do not want to sound cynical, but I have done this "jumping around" from futures brokerages many times in the past. No one really compares with IB on price. If you could find another brokerage that did not have actual brokers running the firm, you might find a place that could compete, but I...

Not very knowledable here about the legal ramifications of joining an LLC and becoming a "member", but curious as to how the "member" is absolved of any financial liability if(when) an LLC trading firm with extreme leverage blows up. Obviously, this would not be a concern for the "backed"...

I agree with the reply that said, "What are the chances that SUNW, MSFT, etc will trade in the same manner as they did in the 1990's and early 2000's". That is exactly the problem...To some extent you almost have to forecast the trading environment and then create either strategies of systems...

I was with IB in 1999, back when these guys were in their infancy...In those days, you could count on being stuck in trades every few weeks...The same girl would answer the phone from the call center(Help Desk of maybe 2-3 people), no one was accountable, only accept e-mails...It was like...

I would advise anyone thinking of simply using one platform for all your trading and all of your funding to think twice. Invariably, each broker will experience some sort of outage at the least favorable time and if you are trading high leverage, you could seriously blow out...I am only saying...

There are currently a few futures trading firms, not unlike, what the prop stock firms do...I know of one here in Chicago and I am certain there are many other in the CME building...I had considered doing something such as this, but it did not really appeal to me simply because I already have...

Now, you realize that most of these guys writing the books and running the websites make all their money for just that...By you asking for your money back means he cannot eat for a few days...

me three...I think all of you are depressed because it is snowing in April!!!!!!!!

This is the second time this week I have heard a "wanna-be" put down the accomplishments of an "already been there, done that"...Maybe it is the immaturity of the people writing the posts, but someone should give these people a book on manners and on reality..."$500k is not much"...what kind of...

ahh...this is where they have been hiding...thanks for the information

First question is how much scalping have you done in stocks?

I believe intra-day margins for IB es02m=$1,500.00 Do you guys really use full margin? (i.e. a $10,000.00 account and you are trading 6 e-mini contracts???)...Seems very overleveraged to me

thanks for the replies, but mainly I asked about this firm more out of curiosity than looking for another place to call my office...Was curious to see if they could maintain a professional shop dedicated almost exclusively to e-mini traders...When I talked with them a year ago they had about a...

Whether or not we, as traders, provide a "service" of some benefit to society does not interest me much...I am more concerned about how I can "avoid" destroying others lives with my career...I enjoy the fact that the majority of people who enter the arena know what they are getting into when...