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It's true, they margin you on both sides. But they don't margin you on both sides of a strangle/straddle... That and they wouldn't let us participate in the IPO auction... My only 2 complaints about IB... - mnx

Lunch the World's largest fund? Gee I'm getting hungry. - mnx

MM, 3 hours, that sounds like a slight exaggeration. (although ppro has it's moments) Does Title have access to LSE, TSX, Euronext? (or plans to add any European exchanges?) There is no graduation threshold at Canadian branches of swift anymore and commissions are capped at...

from http://ipo.interactivebrokers.com/IPO/ "Due to Canadian legal restrictions, residents of Canada may not bid in an IBIPO Auction." they just added this to their webpage... I assume this means they're going to cancel the bid I already put in? I noticed there is no IBIPO tab under my...

swifttrade in hamilton, ontario. been there a little over 3 years now... - mnx

DATA pays .0029 on OTC securities... BATS pays $.0032 on AMEX stocks above 1$... might be interesting to play with... - mnx

yes, AUTO = ATD and TRIM=Trimark. You cannot specify sub pennies, but sometime if you hit the ask and you TRIM or AUTO the will give you a price 1 or 2 hundredths of a penny better... - mnx

It is definitely a market maker / crossing network / dark pool... I've gotten this type of price improvement using AUTO and TRIM... - mnx

The stock probably hit a LRP at the time and any orders sent to the NYSE during that time usually take an eternity to fill. Sometimes you can get massive price improvement, other times you wait forever and get screwed. In this instance you got the latter obviously. You should be glad that...

geez, look at the size of this thread... I had a block of 1700 shares print 1% below the bid on the stock I was trading 2 days ago... It was a NYSE print. There was no sale condition attached to the print... I was posted on the inside with the NYSE and didn't get a fill... I was thinking...

can a mod delete this please? The system won't let me delete the post... thanks. - mnx

yeah, but all you need is one cancel to make routing there worth it... a lot of the time I'll cancel 3 or 4 times to get the best price... - mnx

yeah it's a rip off... I try and get the best fill so I cancel and modify a lot... BOSX only charges 10 cents for a cancel btw... better off routing there first (if you use IB)... - mnx

channelingstocks.com.. ;) hahaha ever see that commercial on CNBC?? could you do the same thing with options to increase your return? The only problem with that is strikes are no less than 2.50$ apart (usually 5$) so it might not bve worthwhile... I suppose stocks that are rangebound have...

I thought about it for a while, and you could try something like sharebuilder.com. (they'll pair your order with others orders and you'll eventually get the shares...) could could always make a basket of the components, but it would be pretty hard to approximate the exact composition...

you did nothing wrong... index options are illiquid from what I understand and it's quite tricky to get fills... It drives me crazy too, because the options exchanges charge for cancels... cheers! mnx

oh yeah, I mis-read your statement. on second though don't do it. -mnx

try leaving your car running in the garage and close the garage door. stay there for 4 hours and get back to us with the results. ;) -mnx

I'd have to agree with you here. Global warming or not, there are plenty of other good reasons to conserve energy, carpool, etc... -mnx

well not everybody... ;) I've been @ swift over 3 years now... it's been quite the experience. u trading futures retail from home? I started dabbling in options on the side, down 30% in 2 months (I should really stick to day trading...) -mnx