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I just hope it isn't too different. The problem before ECN's was that you couldn't get fills at the NBBO most of the time in the real world. You could get in the SOES que, but if it was going to be a good fill, your chances of getting filled were greatly reduced. It was like trading listed...

Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it. Disciplined, I am interested in the DIA/QQQ pair, in fact I have considered it in the past. When you say 1.6QQQ for each DIA, do you mean dollar value, or shares? Hitman, I sent you a PM. AnonTrader, If you do a search for...

I use QQL, but a lot of their quotes are way off before/after (especially before) market hours. QQQ is really bad. Am I doing something wrong? I use their DDE link for a worksheet I use, and I would love to have it work before the open.

I have been trading PSFT and VRTS as a pair for several months with a lot of success. Given the move PSFT made last night (luckily, I was on the right side for once), I am thinking I may have to look for a pair to replace this one. Any suggestions?

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Halcyon, The biggest favor you can do for yourself is start by trading 100 share (or smaller) lots. If you make money doing this, you might make money doing 5000sh lots. If you lose money trading 100 share lots (almost guaranteed at first) you will only loose 2% as much as you would have...

Don, TriPacks quote comes directly from the IRS website - I read it myself. It seems to state very clearly that a person in the business of trading his or her own account is not liable for SE tax on the earnings. This is an area of concern to me. Why do you say that Tri Pack was wrong...

Lobster, Thanks for the reply. I think you are right about displaying an odd lot. It's just that I used to get filled immediately with very few exceptions, and lately I have a lot more delays. I use limit orders 99% or more of the time. What I am wondering about is why my fills have...

Flea wrote: "We seemed to have the same problem here as when IB started using PRIMEX and I'm not sure I like it." Flea, You know, you are right. I don't really know what is going on, maybe delayed quotes are playing into it. I did make a note of one problem today (cost me about...

DATTrader, Thanks for the reply, it looks like you might be right, but until the last week or so, BEST has done a great job of working these orders. By the way, BEST is a routing option, not an order type. You can use BEST with a limit or market order, and it should take out everything...

A lot of my fills on BEST including SOES have seemed to be a little lacking the last few days. Perhaps the low volume has something to do with it. I have especially had trouble with odd lots. Because of money management constraints, I am trading a lot of 170sh lots right now. The 100 shares...

Hey Babak, I really found that offensive, a warning would have been nice.

You can also unsuscribe in "your account".

Interactive Brokers doesn't charge any pass through fees (or give any rebates). .01 per share up to 500, .0075 per share over 500, $1.00 minimum. No other fees. Keeps it real simple.

MJT, You can enter all of the exchanges at once by pressing the shift key and clicking on the bottom exchange in the contract selection window (assuming the top exchange is already selected by default - it actually selects all of the exchanges between the two selected ones). Alternately, you...

If you trade QQQ on Island and hit the bid or lift the offer with limit orders, I don't think you will see much slippage or partial fills at all. If you go .01 outside the spread you will almost always get an instant fill at or better than your limit I think - that is my experience (I don't...

I have been okay today so far. I did have problems with my Quicken quotes Live for just a minute though. Good luck.

I hope this doesn't end up like PRIMEX. If they give an instant fill - fine, if they take a look and then re-route - BIG problem. I also hope it doesn't lead to a lot of new bugs in TWS and BEST. I guess will know soon.

Pitufo, Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I trade MWD along with MER. They are probably the two most frustrating stocks I trade. The rest of my stocks are NASDAQ, which I much prefer. I keep thinking about dropping MER and MWD, but I feel like I should try to develop at least some ability to...