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I am still confused. Do the same IB pro terms and conditions apply to non-US traders? I.e. is it cofirmed that no pro client's order flow are sold regardless of where they reside?

IB Help desk: "for example to place a $100 buy limit order for 100 shares AAPL, when market ask price is 101, it wont sent to exchange, when it is 100 at ask price, it will sent to exchange and fill it" They call this marketable. Hidden is simply not being sent to the exchange until marketable.

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Can't be any clearer: https://gdcdyn.interactivebrokers.com/Universal/servlet/Registration_v2.formSampleView?formdb=3203

and how do you do that? I thought that Adaptive Algos were for execution only and liquidation algos were 100% discretionary

Sure. Start by download the IB NewExcelDDE sample spreadsheet. Make sure you are using the new socket based one. If this sounds like Chinese to you, contact the IB help desk.

How can you control the liquidation algo? from what I understand it is a VWAP that kicks in 15 minutes after market open. In the hope this suit will corner IB into forcing the liquidation of the most liquid securities by order of priority....

I actually feel for Frank. As you may know, i flew too close to the sun a few weeks ago. It costed me a full weekend sans sleep: https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/ib-close-out-advisory.335975/ I have subsequently looked into partitioning my account to constrain wipe-outs of this magnitude...

Online trading major Interactive Brokers cannot escape a lawsuit launched by one of its ex-customers at the Connecticut District Court. On September 30, 2019, Judge Alvin W. Thompson signed an order denying the brokerage’s motion to dismiss the case brought by Robert Scott Batchelar. Batchelar...

Stata, R and Matlab of course - don't we all. Then Bloomberg and Refinitiv for data and modelling. Then PR Newswire for announcements Oxford Economics for macro. But...nothing beats MS Excel.

Ms excel

Very interesting. I have been reading your previous posts on this matter. Ok to PM you?

thanks for making your points so clear

$15K ! You're way too rich to waste your time trading. You should place it all in 30yr T-Bills and spend your days on a yacht with a number of girlfriends.

I am still not finding much info out there....

Thank you. Cant find @d08. Are you sure about their name?

Illiquid equities. Yes to hide size.

*Errata: I am wonderING if....

no offense intended.... I get your point. But common sense has to prevail in the absence of perfect information or visibility on trade execution.

I am new to hidden orders - nearly all my trading so far has been with icebergs. I am wonder if hidden orders benefit of same execution quality as visible orders?