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absolutely imo as the market is based upon perception and the oppinions of others who give stocks value without recourse (analyst), board of directors, accountants, brokers who must have stocks in their portfolio and then are also MM's. Once you receive a dividend on a preceived value you...

I take it you are not married. w

based upon the news Madoff didn't start off with the intention of the ponzi scheme, proof of that was collectively he was trading 50m shares a day on the Nasdaq alone. I assume he is in the similiar state as many of the hedge funds world wide where they got caught either long or short and...

I and several of my traders trade with IB basically 24/7. We trade the Asian, Ausia, to Uk and finally back to US. The fills are over all fine as the market seems to be range bound but harder when news comes out but that is not a reflection of IB but rather the thin market. About commissions...

Would agree with you, many of the larger players are gone now for holidays or also don't want to get caught in these crazy moves. the days of the es moving 30-50 points and being big are gone for now. the market is doing buy the rumor which is a short squeeze imo as the shorts create the...

In my past experience, yes. You can pay your broker a very small percent to guarantee you x no. of shares. IB I believe has a very good short list available to their clients. You may find that the short shares are not available in volitile times but you can omit that issue by paying them...

NO and they continue as recently as today. On Friday we were placed again in trades mid day and later prior to close. Several of our remote traders "which are in another country" had the same issues. I personally was flat mid day when I was placed in several futures trades again on Friday...

is it that the market likes his ideas or just a classic short squeeze. the market is very thin in stocks and futures and imo the only people buying are the forced shorts. Obama's ideas are really no different from your present gov't. only his ideas ie stocks are in different areas ie...

I can tell you the last few days the fills on limit orders is very slow with even several flow through. We have had many part fills and the fills are very slow 3-5 seconds or more. We have been short so perhaps that is one of the reason as we have had to wait until the contracts or shares...

imo because unlike Citi it is owned ? by the Saudia and another larger share holder is Prince Charles. Goldman is Paulson's baby and he is not going to allow his portfolio to get hurt. what is more strange is the lack of who and how much each entity is receiving and why. The USA is the...

If you have a trading system that can generate one million on one million it really is no big deal. Good for you and or perhaps a few friends but they need to be able to use your style on 50 million plus to be worth while while generating a min. of 2-5 percent a month. The roi initially is...

What I personally find insulting is that the CEO's or whomever are now working for 1 dollar a year or so. They neglect to mention the warrants, option package they receive when x is accomplished which I would guess is more than the 12 million or yearly salary some are receiving. But it does...

good morning MTE and yes you are reading it wrong. I am saying and I have traders that do what I am saying. ie 100k account and generate over 10k monthly on that principal amount which they live off. I am not talking as you seem to be indicating compounding forever. What I stated was...

I believe IB has a Canadian office. Their fees are good, fills are usually fair even with the volitility. What you are looking at doing is very obtainable if you are strick. In most cases you can write a call or put for the premium and or buy the call or put and cover several times in a...

We know the limit price, the future moved in the same range as it did yesterday. It is not everyday we get an limit lock down. Some may never experience one. IMO.. I beleive it is ethics...you're have your own oppinion. How hard would it be to warn your customer of a present serious...

Again for the record. I am not concerned about a few contracts and a loss of a few thousand dollars. My point is simple. IB sends out numerous bulletins about margin,ecns,stocks and their current status etc. I am saying that surely considering the situation where is the bulletin...

You're to funny. The chart is now flatlined. Go back and take it look at it at 5a.m. w

obviously that was not the situation at the time. the bid / ask were not out of range. w

I was within minutes. When the long position was taken it was within a minute or so that an attempt to exit one contract in the future alerted us. IB Switz was called and they could not exit either on limit or market and then after several minutes they advised that the market was locked on...

Of course as a trader one should know the limit. The futures did not gap down they moved in the same range as it did yesterday. I am not complaining of my position it is small. You win some you lose some. I am stating that IB states all is fine when in reality it is not. We receive...