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vhehn, I think you missed my point. I'm not talking about traders/Specialists jumping in front of me on the limit books - that happens all the time, and is part of the trading game. What I'm talking about is a market order that comes in, and a penny price improvement (aka, price...

Although I'm a little fish in a very large pond, I am on a crusade to rid the market of these improprieties, and expose as much as I am capable of. As such, here is a concise description of problems that currently exist on the NYSE (all relating to Specialist activity), which prompted...

I am a techy turned trader. I love IB for the following reasons: - Very competitive commission structure, which includes SEC fees on sales (this eliminates a pain in the *ss bookkeeping requirement). - Direct Access - Simple interface, yet elegant. - Good fills - Great...

It is a window on market maker screen, and is adequate. You need to subscribe to RealTick ProPlus (the $ 250 package), in order to get OpenBook. It is updated every 10 seconds - not a RealTick limitation; a limitation imposed by NYSE feed. You get billed separately ($54/month, including...

I am one of those fortunate few who has made a profit his first year. I lost about $ 5K my first month, and learned many lessons the hard way. Since then, I've turned 11 straight months of profit, and although I'm not getting rich, I am supporting my family on my profits (sorry, no...

If you are a programmer and know VB or C++, you can create an application that fires off at a timed interval (say, 1 minute), that will execute a "route print" and check the IP address of the default gateway. If it is not the desired IP (which implies that your primary gateway is down), you...

I have just completed my 1st year as a Day Trader, and I must say I've learned a lot, through both experience and mistakes. The # 1 key to making money Day Trading, without question, is to know when to get out of losing positions, to minimize loss. Holding onto losing trade positions can...

I can't help you with the router with 2 WAN ports, although I see others have posted to help you out. I have 2 Internet connections: one a cable broadband (my primary) connection, and one a dial-up (56K) modem connection (my backup). You CANNOT automatically use bandwidth from both of your...