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I know most of us love IB and all, myself included, but the recent instability of my connection to IB is really getting on my nerves! This is like 3 weeks now where I get booted at least 3x daily, whereas before that it hardly ever happened. What is going on?

Do this- don't send any orders there whenever possible. I only deal with them ("them" being anybody except ISE) as a last resort. The CBOE is definitely where I've gotten screwed the most by those fat bastards. If I can avoid sending an order to CBOE, even if it costs me an extra $10 on ISE...

Ouch! Apparently my spacing was "adjusted" by ET...

Okay, how about this for a simpler request: Each sale with the spread at the time next to it. Example- Time Price Size BBid BBid Size Bask BAsk Size 11:51:30 35.91 1,000 35.91 2,000 35.95 400 (All I want to see is the sale price &...

Buying a deep ITM put + selling deep ITM call leaves you short 200sh. Isn't this just an ITM version of a collar? Wouldn't you have to buy 200sh to get to zero? Why buy both a put AND sell a call? Why not just buy a put and buy 100sh?

Island EVP Andrew Goldman hmm....am I just paranoid?

$1 per ticket on island is complete bullshit. That's a total con. I'd stay away from anyone who charges that for Island, which is dirt cheap and rebates for + liquid.

Actually I was having NYSE delays last week, same as you with ~30sec lag for order to go green. I called and they didn't know what the deal was (surprise) but I assume it's related to the general disarray that IB has been experiencing in the past 2 weeks or so with hardware overall. This week...

Just kidding...:) Anyhow, what you should try is adding a router (linksys is good). From what you said, TWS crashed when you CONNECTED to your cable service, not from simply having the card in there. If you have a router, your cable login info is stored in the router, and it will...

Take out the LAN card.

AEP-4/17/02 AEPHH - 10:35AM - BID OF 7.60 NOT HONORED - limit order sent in at 7.50 while bid quoted 7.50 - not filled - bid then increases to 7.60 - FINALLY filled about 30sec later at 7.50 despite live bid of 7.60. (CBOE) AEPEI - 10:54AM - BID OF 2.65 NOT HONORED - FILLED AT 2.60 APPROX...

Qcharts doesn't specifically say "Trade at Ask" - or "Trade inside spread" - this is what I want. Maybe I have to write app for this.

uhh... specifically - color coded uptick/downtick filter both bid/ask/print acc to size but separately - i.e. all prints within a certain size, but all bids and offers regardless of size i want to be able to see if last print is at bid, at offer, or somewhere in-between without...

Hi, Simple request for you tapereaders out there - which software package is best for interpreting intraday T&S? I really suck at tapereading, so I'm not going to list the things that I THINK I'm looking for. Thanks guys, -dude PS - If anyone wants to share any tapereading tips as...

I would like to be able to transfer large files that are about 500mb, but can easily be split into smaller chunks (say 10-100mb depending on the max size that can be transferred), from a friend's home computer 1000miles away. I'm not very familiar with FTP and have never attempted this...

Tried to hit a bid in a fairly illiquid market for NYSE equity option. Posted by PSE, repeatedly tried to hit, but despite the order being confirmed live by TWS, PSE would not take it. Called IB, after ~30min finally got an answer from PSE - they were only accepting orders to close positions...

I'm really glad to see that the backing away thread has been popular. What I propose we do next is to keep a thread (this one) going where we can all post specific incidents of backing away on US options exchanges. When posting, please adhere to the following: -Keep the record as brief as...

It's funny how many people (i.e. specialists/options MMs) have to lie, cheat, and steal to earn a living, because they'd go hungry any other way. I really hope BOX will succeed.

I second that. Good to see somebody keeping it real around here.

Can anyone give me a good scenario in which a collar would actually work, perhaps from a recent trade?