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    cramer in a panic

    All I heard in March was commodities and commodities and the super cycle blah blah blah, now all I hear is Banks are bankrupt the market is finished blah blah blah. Thats why these people should not trade, or even invest for that matter.
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    New Dollar Bill

    Have a look
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    Federal funds rate jumps to 7 %

    Precisely, problem is research has shown that people are spiteful, study gave people money and said share it, but if your counter party is unhappy you both get nothing. So if I get $100 and give you 1c rationally you are better off, right, what do you do reject the deal, result I don't get the...
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    Bailout passes Senate, House foes soften

    Where you been, zero risk unlimited upside! :D
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    How Long can IB's security device last?

    IB rep told me 10 Years , also don't try to change the battery!
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    CEO Bailout

    We could have paid these idiots to stay at home and saved billions, reminds me of the first world war.
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    Similarities between USA and Roman empire

    Rome lasted for 1 thousand years in west and 1500 in the east so America has at least 700 hundred years to go.
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    Microsoft Vista and Latency

    Try pingplotter
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    Very well done, Interactive Brokers !

    Had problems earlier, but it was my internet connection not IB. Have to admit considering the market they have done well.
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    For F sakes is anyone else having a problem with connection to IB

    Nah its my ISP , using the backup thanks for the replies.
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    For F sakes is anyone else having a problem with connection to IB

    Getting the bulletins but no data, tried pinging the server getting a 50% packet loss. OK so its my ISP
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    They just banned short selling in US

    Just seen this http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=867811580
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    They just banned short selling in US

    So Basically if you can borrow the shares and deliver, the only thing they have is that you flag it as a short sale, gee sorry I forgot, the client never told me. So ban really applies only to naked short selling. And of course the lenders of stock could also just refuse to lend it out...
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    They just banned short selling in US

    Can somebody explain to me if a trader/institution whatever borrows stock in say GS and then sells it, how can the SEC stop them? If they have legitimately borrowed the stock not necessarily from their broker, how the hell does anyone know they are short. If what I say is true then those...
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    700 Billion enough for Credit Crisis?

    Because the Banks provide credit for the economy as a whole, if banks start failing people will lose their savings if banks stop lending businesses go under the economy contracts, inflation collapses. And you have a depression. Thats the difference between this and the dot.com crash. Although...
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    They just banned short selling in US

    I remember it well, when the Greeks with their thousand ships were approaching Troy we banned short selling, and we know where it all ended.
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    This happened when Pakistan banned short selling in June

    Up for three days and like down every day for a month try gamma scalping that :D
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    Will the disappearance of investment banks affect the trading permanently ?

    Yes I think it will, but so will the greater regulation, plus all those ex-wankers sorry bankers will try to trade for a living got too love free money.
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