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Did they mention that buying straddles going into earnings likely means the options are inflated if not overpriced due to the earnings event? Or was it presented as "make money either way" sort of trade that glossed over that leeeetle bit of useful information?

No problems for me since that hiccup a few months ago. So far so good, I guess.

I'll be in Perth the end of Feb for Uni graduation (phd) .... so if any Ozzies or Perthites are around, drop me a DM!

This isn't a new story -- he did this back in February (note the date in the article) .... but it's still Change We Can Choke On. :(

If you asked me to trade a 10-min chart 5 years ago, I'd have said you were nuts because "you'll miss all the action at that slower timeframe." That said, the 10m on the /ES is working well for me and my trading style these days. When I first began trading I wanted tick or 1-3m charts...

I bet Ryanair will place the first orders for them. They're all about cattle-class air travel. :)

I'd be curious to see it, yeah....but I'm not on IB. Price is about right, too.

If you do it once a quarter or perhaps monthly, you'd have less churn on the account. Also, you can have rules, but if I am only to buy/sell a tiny set of shares (ie, 5-20) 'just' because the plan says to at a given time, I would ignore such a 'signal' since a trade of that size just isn't...

I actually had to rollback my 'settings' to an earlier version, since just doing the rollback of the application gave me no quote data. Rolling back my settings to a version (via the splash page options) from a few weeks ago and my platform looks okay again. For now. Like, WTF.

I heard elsewhere from a trusted source they're going to rollback the TOS platform to the previous version tonight, but that's not been confirmed elsewhere. We'll see.

@shadowtraderpro

So an HOUR later since problems began, they finally send out a Twitter note: #1) You can listen to xxxxxxxx on squawkbox through gadgets if you can't get him through support/chat. #2) Some quotes still not coming through on TOS, coming in spotty. TOS is working on the issues. #fb $$...

I got a quick non-answer from the CSR via email. I asked why we have had no alert or even acknowlegement of problems.....they just apologised and said they were working on it. Been offline for over 30 minutes now and thre's been NO announcement of any sort.

I'm more peeved that they've not even sent an email or Twitter alert to customers acknowledging there are problems. I logged out of the platform and now can't get back into the system, either. Website works fine, but I ain't trading futures through it. I'm generally pleased with TOS...

They appear to be having major problems this morning post-update. The trading channel is full of folks reporting problems with MAJOR chart lags, nonexistent data, no audio on their 'squawk' and other problems. Sit-on-hands for me today.

My own 2 cents ... You have to enter the trade and be prepared to give it "time to work" and expect it to go against you right away. In the case of the /ES or /TF this past few weeks, I've entered trades and been ultimately proven right, but was down 2-3 points on the position for several...

And I'm the exact opposite - I like trading from my home office, with either music or my broker's 'aquawk' going in the background. I don't think I'd be happy in a communal trading environment with other traders IN PERSON. As for trader interaction, the one (free) chat room I've been...

I think the binary options were rolled out as "starter options" for newbies ... perhaps for folks who wanted a simple "I think ABC will go up (or down) by expiration." Not sure how effective they'd be for a hedge per se. Not sure what the interest has been on these things though -- I've not...

These nonfinancial companies could also be borrowing as much as they can now while interest rates are so low .... hell, why not? If they don't do anything but leave the money sitting in their bank accounts, if/when/as interest rates rise over the next decade, they can have easy access to...

Trade natively on a Mac. :) (Which is why I like TOS) Otherwise, just have good antivirus software, firewall, spyware, and all that good security stuff installed and kept current.