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Daytraders ... What tools and techniques do you use to adjust your trading to sideways and small range markets. Thanks Richard

As the original posting inferred, this is almost surely a bug in IB's software rather than a policy decision. A few more emails to the right parties and perhaps a few phone calls should start the ball rolling towards a fix. Richard

I've used IB for close to 2 years for equities and have recently started to use them for futures. Great commission rate $4.80/round trip, good executions and good software. Compared to all the others I've looked at the software is great, but that's because the others are so deficient. IB...

pethof: If you think a mouse-based program is faster than IB's software then you haven't tried the hotkeys. Setup the hotkeys, practice them for a few days, and quit mousin around! There are apparently other issues with IB lately, but the software interface's speed shouldn't be one of...

I tried the pfg best simulator for a few days, and was impressed initially. Unfortunately there were times when it would slow down and stop working. During a period of high volume in the market the simulator lost track of market orders and never completed them. A good idea, close, but no...

The IB TWS will run on much less memory and speed than that. Especially the stand-alone version. It really doesn't take much resources. Richard

def said: > My understanding is that real time updating of purchasing power is in > essence margin financing and thus comes under the reg T requirement. > Nope. The spin doctors at the SEC would like you to believe that, but it makes no sense. Trades can only be contested for...

I've been using IB to trade equities for over a year. For most of that time Best Execution has been junk, at least when the stock being traded had any activity at all. Myself, and other's in the room I trade in kept testing it and kept complaining. A few months ago they started...

trevor99 asks: > Who will release bp realtime or same day for swings after sept 28? anyone? IB, datek, dats? The new NASDAQ rules clearly state that clearing delays are at the discretion of the broker. So brokers like Datek, and (I hope) Tradescape will most likely do the right thing...

There is a small catch: the first $10K of cash in you account doesn't accrue interest. And as far as Cyber having OCA ... Yikes! Please don't compare Cyber's stops or execution features to IB. Cyber's are total junk. IB's execution features are server based ... once you transmit an...

Take a look at the 30minute NAZ chart. That could be your answer ... Half a cup ... Is your cup half full or half empty? :-) Richard

The surprising thing is traders that don't mind the $25K minimum don't understand that they are at risk too. The SEC just broke new ground and broadened their powers with these new rules. This is the first time anyone thought that protecting brokers or traders from themselves was a necessary...

def said: > richard, > > as a member of the NYSE there is not much you can > do except renounce your membership. [...] What about continued protests, direct, in the courts and in the media? What about a letter-writing campaign through their clientele? What about an online...

def said: > richard, > > candletrader hits the point. IB is regulated by the NYSE. > It simply has No Choice until the NYSE issues guidelines. That's a problem which IB needs to fix. > > There firm is in no way happy about these rules. It would > love to keep your business...

def said: > rfoulk, > i don't see how you can claim IB doesn't want you business. > > First: it states 25% margin after sept 28. In my book that's 4:1. > > Second: it states that it is regulated by NYSE rules. The other > brokers may not be. However, it is waiting for a guidance...

IB seems to be claiming that their new handling of cash accounts is a requirement: ... Cash accounts will not be able to use sales proceeds for new ... purchases until the third business day following the sale. Everywhere else I've checked it seems that this is an option left up to the...

Dawnrazor, Thanks a lot! The reference was to unscrupulous invaders that weren't stopped because people didn't speak up until it was too late. It's a commonly used reference and isn't meant as a comparison to Nasizism. Trading is my livelihood, so it's very very important. Getting the...

As someone said a while back, the daytrading community has been too dumb, too cheap and too poor to hire the necessary lobbyists to fight for our rights. I hope everyone here that cares will at least write to their Congressmen and register their dissatisfaction with the latest SEC rulings...

There is a lot of really dumb stuff going on in this business. (Those of you using Qcharts for a while probably know what I mean.) In the past couple years I have come to regard IB as the other side of the coin. An island of competency and intelligence in a sea of mediocrity. Their latest...

def: I'm aware that you are the messenger. I'm not shooting at you -- I'm shooting through you. :-) I expect that useful critiques posted here will make their way to IB, so I speak with the passion that I would if I was talking to IB directly. IB is my favorite broker, I'm just trying...