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Hi guys, I would like to know if anyone else has experienced this situation. I started trading full-time in mid 2006, so it was too late to elect for the MTM accounting method for 2006. So on 4/14/2007, when I filed an extension form with an IRS (form 4868), I sent out an MTM election...

Now I'm convinced that 4Dtrader is just a troll. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=128230

Alright, so I downloaded the Account Statement from yesterday, and double-checked the trade I mentioned in my earlier posts. In the statement, I found out that that mysterious SMART order went through CSFBCROSS as follows. Looking at the fees for CSFBCROSS, I see that $0.0025 is charged...

Are you talking about this page? http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/commission.php?ic=1&p=stk So can you help me how I was charged $0.27 for 100 shares of LEH via SMART and $0.97 for 100 shares of LEH also via SMART? These were partial fills of 1000 share buy market...

So customers are supposed to just believe a statement like the one you just made? I thought IB was more transparent about the fees, but I guess not.

Aok, Thanks for the reply. Zerolinetrader and Buttontrader both look good. Like you said, it looks like ButtonTrader is more powerful, but for my trading, I think ZerolineTrader offers all the features I need at the moment. I'll certainly have to test it out for a few days though...

Thanks for the reply, but I'm looking for the IB (Interactive Broker) front-end, as mentioned already.

Yes, I'm looking for an alternative to this TWS order entry nightmare that I'm experiencing. I'm not able to do quick scalping effectively like I used to be able to with another broker, which I recently abandoned due to commission & trading execution issues. So far, I'm not really...

Looks like majority of folks here who use this IB front-end trade futures.

That's exactly what I do currently. But as my previous post indicates, it just says SMART under exchanges and I got charged 0.27 for 100 shares on one and 0.97 on another 100 shares. This was from the breakdown of 1000 share buy order executed via SMART and 700 of those 1000 shares went...

Thank you. I do the count already in EXCEL, but it would be nice to just open the daily statement and just see how many shares I've traded up to that point. There are so many info missing for unbundled commission fees, it's really a joke.

This whole SMART routing is a complete black hole to me. Same # of shares exectued via their SMART routing feature can vary in fees so much. 100 share via SMART (partial fill of 1000 buy order) at the fee of 0.97. 100 share of SMART (same order) at the fee of 0.27. I suppose these...

So I guess the answer is no and that I have to add them up manually....

Why is there such a HUGE difference in commission fees for IB when my orders are executed via SMART? (Same number of shares for a same stock)??? I pretty much hit the ask every single time, so I'm removing liquidity I guess, but I still don't understand why there is such a huge difference in...

So it looks like I have to keep track of how many shares I traded manually??? Am I wrong? Is there a better way?

Is there a way to pre-program the bracket orders in IB so that when you buy a stock, it automatically sets up a sell order let's say 50 cents above and the stop order 25 cents below the buying price? I'm looking to do some scalping but this TWI order entry is rather time-consuming and hard to...

Some people confuse their gambling tendencies (addiction) with passion for trading.

Why don't you trade from home? You can still socialize with other traders via the internet. Also, why do you need 2 hours to get to the trading office? Is it a long commute or you have some very complicated daily morning routine? I wake up at 6:00AM PST and start trading when the market...

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Damn, you're not very good at this scamming business. Well, at least it's entertaining to read a thread like this while waiting for my trade setups to show up....