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It seems that one of the inherent problems with short sales is that they have to occur when there is buying interest to cause someone to take the offer on NASDAQ. On NYSE, it's even worse because the buying interest has to overwhelm the selling interest enough to cause the spec to move it up...

In your TWS install directory (e.g. C:\IBJts), there is a directory corresponding to an encrypted version of each username that you log into TWS with (e.g. darykq). In that directory, you may want to copy some or all of the following files to the same directory (after you have logged in and back...

On an almost-daily basis, we have problems with market data from ArcaEx at Interactive Brokers. Most of the time, this is a period of time when data for a given alphabetic range of, or all, symbols are not available. Less frequently, but still at least a few times a month, ArcaEx quotes are...

You must be kidding. People have posted what amounts to slander against firms and other users, without being censored. AFAIK, only personal attacks and profanity are taboo.

bundlemaker said: Limit orders imho are the way to go, Agreed When you want to get out, like now!, place a limit order with the limit far away from the current price. This makes sure the price won't blow by without getting filled. This is not necessarily true. If you enter a sell...

Quote from WALLACE29: I was hoping to buy and sell thru the course of the day and not have to rely on dealing with margins. I do not quite know why, but I have a fear of dealing with margins. As an Example: I have a $35,000. cash account and thought I could buy $35,000. of stock in the...

I'd suggest downloading the standalone version. That way, you won't have to put up with a push of the new client version every time it gets updated. Use a username of "edemo" and a password of "demouser" to log into the demo once it's installed.

def: Is the purpose behind being allowed in a securities account to allow one to carry an SSF through expiration and settle into the underlying (like options)? Will this also then allow you to treat spread positions like long SSF/short underlying according to their (minimal) risk profile...

Oops. You're right about that, Eldredge. Sorry.

RebateMan said: ok, just think of it like when african americans call eachother the N word...it was the same thing when WCOMtrader said it about the Hasidic jews. were jewish so we can joke around.its ok. remove pole from the rear end lol. Plenty of black people find that sort of thing...

IB has all of the features you mentioned. www.interactivebrokers.com

You mean the TRAC cave-in, or something else? I lost about $5K too I think. Probably made it up trading it, though.

Originally posted by ANCHOR: What your describing is something like this, I want to start trading with Bright Trading. I need a initial deposit amount of $25,000.00. Fine, I am then allowed to go and lose the entire amount. That is not correct. If you are, or have been a Bright trader...

WCOMtrader said: Also, as to adams post, the Hasidic Jew thing has nothing to do with trading, but to bring a general understanding of who they are. It was not meant in any derogotory sense (I, myself, am Jewish). Their office in Boropark seems very shady, that's all. It still sounds...

Must be a Chicago thing, given similar problems at ARCA :) Odd, too, that there appears to be nothing anywhere about the problem. Not the CME web site nor the newswires. You'd think they could pick up the phone and call the DJ desk with status info, as theoretically important as the futures...

WCOMTrader said: "They are a bunch of hasidic jews out of boropark who will pay only when they get paid." Is there a reason that their choice of religion and culture is related to this discussion? Given how flaky everyone has become, it seems a reasonable biz model to only pay if you get...

Check Margin is also on the context menu. Just right-click on the order. You won't get a call. You must have missed that in the "qualification exam" :-) IB doesn't issue margin calls - they automatically keep you from exceeding the requirements by rejecting orders that don't meet the initial...

TWS (and most things) work fine behind "personal firewalls" like ZA. The problems occur when you are behind a corporate firewall, and don't have access (and can't bribe someone that has access) to change settings on it. If they can't open the port/protocol combination for you that TWS uses...

Swoop: That doesn't solve the problem. You can't transmit the order because you don't have the row focus on it. I fight with this every day, too. Because a bunch of orders were getting manipulated by the API on the same page, with rows getting inserted and deleted, it took me 3 tries and 15...

wild: I got that. That's why I made the comment about capital letters not being able to be used to distinguish proper names. I was making a subtle joke :-) rich: I thought this was on topic :-) OK. Got the message.