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Today is ex-dividend for PEG. That means that if I am long at THE CLOSE I will receive the dividend, and if I am short at THE CLOSE I will owe the dividend - right? Thanks for any replies, I haven't traded a stock with significant dividends before, and I wanted to be sure that it is the CLOSE...

I think you are right, but it seems to me that the SPEC usually just doesn't acknowledge the order until he moves his quote. This happens to me quite frequently even on fairly liquid stocks (I'm sure my order isn't the only one he doesn't acknowledge until after he does his dirty work). There...

What is FR? Thanks.

I don't know enough about this to know if this will be any help, but I have P4 with whatever motherboard Gateway uses. I have the AGP card that came with it (it has dvi and analogue out). I then put in a cheap PCI video card I had in an old computer, and it works fine. I can run a digital...

I'll be trading.

I am staying with some of my wife's relatives for the holiday, so my computers aren't set up the way I usually have them. I trade pairs, and the last two days I have made entry errors that cost me about $1,000 in lost profit. I shorted what I should have longed and longed what I should have...

Thanks def, there doesn't seem to be a problem today.

How is the liquidity/fills on the SSF. I would really like to start trading them, but I have been a little hesitant. Have you traded them yet? If so, how are they?

Thanks for the replies. As you probably know, IB is self-clearing. It sounds like the problem is bigger than just IB, but not universal - I wonder why?

I am having my first experience with not being able to short a stock at Interactive Brokers. I don't understand why they won't take the necessary steps to have a stock like AMAT available for shorting! Those of you who have had this trouble before, do you have any guess as to when AMAT might...

That's probably true, but you don't have desk fees with retail, and I don't know if you would be stuck with pro status if you went retail after being pro. If you have enough volume or the right rate structure, this probably isn't much of a factor.

I trade full time with an Interactive Brokers account. For me, the biggest advantage of a prop firm would be increased margin. The biggest disadvantage would be the lack of insurance on my trading capital - if the prop firm dies, I loose my capital. That is a big deal to me. Paying...

If TMBR is at or better than the NBBO, you will get an instant fill from them. This is great most of the time, but you do eliminate the chance for price improvement by the specialist on listed stocks. So, you have to decide if you would prefer an instant fill or wait for the possibility of...

I try to take out half of my profits each month. That way, my account grows, and I remove some profit from trading risk. If I have a down month, I deduct that from the following month's profit and take out half of what's left.

I trade pairs, and I would recommend that. If you do a search here you should get enough information to get you started. Perhaps the biggest hurdle to trading pairs is that it is a little capital and commission intensive. Whatever you do, I would strongly recommend getting with a low...

The first 30 minutes is the busiest part of my day. I do a little before and after too. Most stocks I trade tend to over-react after the close.

I think the best things about IB are the speed of executions, and their simple cheap commissions. I appreciate the strait-forward nature of their commissions. Everyone else I have looked at talks about being cheap, but by the time you work your way to the bottom of their convoluted rates and...

I think your money management is more important than your reason for entering a trade. You should post what your exit will be when you enter a trade - not necessarily a price (although it might be), but the condition that will trigger your exit. If you don't know where you are getting out (or...

I have wondered a little about this too. I know that in 1997 I was trading with a small broker in LA that cleared through Penson. I spent a little time in their office before I started trading remotely, and became friendly with some of the management. One of them was kind enough to print out...

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