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I had several gtc orders from wednesday but as it was halted rec'c zero fills so I trades calls and puts today. unbelievable amount of money was given away writting april 1750 call may 1750 call may puts 7.50,10,1250 now just waiting for next wk's adjust to reap profits w

curious george he is wondering what you see your exit and are you now looking to let this trade become a position short versus a day swing trade good luck w

although aapl seems to be touching a daily trend line ...if you believe in them tells you aapl under normal ?? conditions will test 95 tomorrow.. If I were short at your price and bp allowed me to safely hold then I would look for about a safe retracement to 89-92 area. hope your trade goes...

when data is yellow we receive no bid/ask on options this lost of data on options and trying to see if rebooting is bs and cost money w

well it 10:12 and I have only lost IB data 3 times. market data yellow and it takes longer for transmit button to turn green. am thankful still able to transmit w

the easiest way is to call your broker and confirm your existing position and just tell them you wish to exit the trade. they will give you the current trading price and confirm to you prior what price you can exit out. by using the word exit you are not going to make a mistake and you will...

In the past when one of the traders was fed the stock as a result of option expiry we had to adjust the account by 940am if we were out of compliance as you are not out of compliance when the market closes and in reality the option and stocks are balanced on saturaday you will have monday to...

we lost of the bid/asks on tws off and on all day. we also had several of the nasdaq and nyse keep locking the stock any time it would retrace again today We were told that nothing they could do as it was the exchanges, isn't that the reason smart routing exists to allow trading via...

we have had similiar situations occur and notice the order is not in pending also and to ensure the order is not working we call IB directly as we have been previoulsy fed a position that was not visible and we were not aware existed. The problem is you may not be fred the position for days...

we usually suggest the traders reboot at least once a day. usually after 12 when the UK market has closed and things slow down . I have noticed over the years most softwares freeze especially when the market is moving. we have a business 5meg download and 3 out with our computers used...

we usually suggest the traders reboot at least once a day. usually after 12 when the UK market has closed and things slow down . I have noticed over the years most softwares freeze especially when the market is moving. we have a business 5meg download and 3 out with our computers used...

you should always check directly with IB's website or direct. anything anyone says here has no value, right or wrong. w

I am not sure of your definition of swing and day trading but I can tell you that what you are looking to do is attainable provided you implement a strict risk management policy of your capital. I have several traders that trade with less and make the half percent a day you are looking to...

anyone else having problems with IB data today. we lost IB data several times this morning and at open. We have relogged in and am missing volume and data on some stocks. this happened yesterday and we have noticed as soon as market closes at 4 we lose most of the bid/ask prices. it is not...

When this happened to us in the past we just shut down tws and once logged back in tws would accept and execute orders okay. w

if I am understanding your post you are talking about a working order not a completed trade as you state just cancel the order to buy. you can place working orders both long and short on a stock at the same time with no problem. If you wish to have trades both long and short in a stock at the...

we have been experiencing a lagging in data re IB and esignal for almost a month now. there is a range from 4-10 seconds in the IB quotes and esignals and approx 100-200 thousand shares difference from IB to esignal, IB being the lesser. These are on liquid stocks. esignal stated it was...

yes they are, one of my associates overseas is also having the same issues and has contacted them whereby they have stated they are fixing it and upgrading servers? we have also notice a difference a 2-10 seconds on data versus bid/ask on ib's tws with an average of 100-200 thousand shares...

around 1030ish today we had several interuptions. we know it was not internet as it was available and one of our traders was on his wireless. we lost connections and data several times over a period of 10-15min when ib logged back on tws showed no data after we shut down and rebooted again...

945am for what's worth our indicators show rimm 137 high low 13150 area good luck w