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    Funding IB account with stock position transfer

    Keyword spamming: Bernanke, Bush, Jack Hershey, Tim Sykes, Stock Trad3r, black monday, blow up, IB sucks, risk management, huge profit, prop firms, market crash, screwing, Ok, may be now somebody will notice my post...
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    Funding IB account with stock position transfer

    Ok, I calculated 2007 fees by my current broker and calculated how much it will be by IB and I created account by IB. I need fund it now. I am in Europe but my current broker is in USA. There is a bit complication with wire transfer, there can be some conversion fees, etc, it is a bit...
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    IB question

    Strange, I am just seeing totally wrong quotes (simple out of reality) in another trading platform by another broker. The ask half of DOM completely weird. Never happened until now. May be same datafeed?
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    EBAY a buy? Online yard sale...

    I am large international professional ebay seller. Ebay + Paypal fees are extremely high, in fact about 13% of my brutto sales - this is ridiculous and thats not only me, other sellers have this ration even worse. I think that in short I will f*off ebay. Small regional auction sites are much...
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    Odd Lot trading on IB through AMEX

    Can you explain which type of unfair advantage will get odd lot? I am always selling in my regular job something for 49, 99 or 199, I prefer such numbers a lot. Thanks.
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    I hope we will gap up even more 2x,3x,4x .... I am more and more afraid shorting this market because I can not believe that no bigger pop up happened so long ... It starts to be huge psychical problem for me.
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    "Why Technical Analysis is Nonsense"; Views?

    I agree with this sentence - they are more similar like one might expect. I am still newbie trader but like former chess master can say one thing: Chess master often takes intuitive good decision that is not able to explain from scientific point of view. In chess you do not need always take a...
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    STP-FSLR-Has solar topped?

    Do not buy tellurium - its toxic and I am not speaking about radioactive isotopes (I am radiobiologist by original profession). Buy instead of it garlic - its healthy- and you will have same odeur.
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    Trading platform for Etrade brokerage

    Do you know if there is RELIABLE trading platform that will work with Etrade like broker? E Trade pro is great platform when it works, but it has more and more often problems last time. In fact in present time it is 100% reliablie indicator - if it works, it is necessary sit on hands. If...
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    Question about PDT

    You will receive warning after 4th trade deposing money up to 25 K. Account will be frozen just if you place 5th trade after you received the warning and prior deposit was received. It will be frozen or 90 days or until you deposit up to 25K. With another words, you can make just 3 daytrades...
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    C- Is this gonna end Credit Crisis

    He probably invested in US financials half year ago...
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    I think he/she/it is trading computer. They need study human traders psychology as well.:)
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    Trading high volatility "exotic" FX

    Slovakian crown was about 5 years ago to US dollar NEARLY USDSKK 1:50 now it is 1:22. It continually improves even to EURO. You can not loose for longer term trades.
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    25 Years & $100 Million Profits... A to your Q's, Today Only

    Are your stops relatively tight or loose /try you keep them out of standard stop running/? Do you place them on obvious places or try "hide" them?
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    January 2nd, Market Up or Down?

    Me. I have one list of stock for up days, second for down days, third one for sideways days. It works perfectly - if I guess correctly the character of the day before 9.40.
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    Swing Trading Journal by Point Hunter

    Hello, I think you will have a lot of problems with retest of break line = stop hunting. Big boys do not leave us with profitable positions. You need have big balls with larger stops or you need entry on retest what needs again a big balls (the falling position can activate and end immediately...
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    Advice about choosing a strike

    I am newbie trading less than one year, until now just directly stocks. My only big plus is stock picking. My problem is that I am not enough good choosing ideal entries and my stops are usually hit. It does not matter where I place them - I am not able put them out of stop runs, even if I am...
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    same problem with Etrade. I believe problem is in freezing datafeed.
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    BEST first direct-access broker for newbie?

    Yes, 6mbps is for sure enough. I know what you are describing. I have same problems but they occur by me IF MY internet connection is slowing down. It is enough few seconds of slow connection for it. Are you cleaning your Java files? When your platform freeze it helps a lot if you do...
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    BEST first direct-access broker for newbie?

    Hello, I believe most problems with Etrade pro are connected with internet connection problems. I have same problem when I am not on ADSL. When I am testing my internet connection on those moments I always notify some problems in connection stability and speed. I am in Europe, the problems...
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