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dottom: “IB's Globex connection went down today for over an hour, I called the help desk and was put hold for 30mins.” Run away! Run away!

trade: “…give me a idea how fast the fills are on GLOBEX in a fast market...” If you limit into a fast market you will certainly reduce your chances of getting a fill, particularly before the strongest moves. If you use a resting buy/sell stop limit order with some breathing room...

icarus: “…if you don't know what you're doing, the chance of success of making even one point is about as random as running across that busy street without looking.” Great post. Very well illustrated.

juggernaut: “…in order for people to create new topics/threads they should have read at least some number of messages or be a member for so many days.” That’s a great idea.

Take a look at the post below: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2390 You can trade the Mini-Dow through IB but, unfortunately, it is still very illiquid.

zentrader: “…scalping of e-minis? It is probably the hardest way of all to trade.” Agree completely. It’s just not practical for a screen trader, IMHO. “…if I was paying 10 or 15 it would not make that much difference to the bottom line.” I’ve traded intraday for a...

Magna: “I strongly vote for the return of unlimited editing.” I’m with Magna all the way on this one. Baron: “From a priority standpoint, I think it's more important to hold a member accountable for what they wrote than allow them to go back later and change the content of...

mbradley: “...if I got a "runner" in my favor, I'm looking at the next numbers ahead and if we are getting close to some number that is important, I'll tighten my stops to lock in a bigger chunck instead of dreaming about some huge gain that probably won't hapen.” Excellent method of...

Haas: “Does anyone know what an active futures trader would do about MTM status.” Never been an issue for me. Futures accounts are MTM daily. kenstl: “If one elects MTM status, is he/she bound to claiming professional status with the exchanges?” Not to my knowledge. I am...

DaveN: “I had my JTrader set up to send my order based on a single mouseclick.” Absolutely a must, IMHO. Very fast.

Jane: “tymjr, you seem to like your J-Trader over IB, who's platform was it on?” PMB. For those of you that are thinking of making the switch, keep in mind that J-Trader may take some getting use to at first.

dkamp: “Has anyone been using both J-Trader and IB's TWS? How do these compare?” I’ve run side-by-side tests. If you’re interested in my comments: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=25693#post25693...

js1257: “I remember you saying that you use PMB and jtrader with them, who else do you use? Who in your opinion is the most reliable?” I use PMB, DirectTrade, CIS, IB, and a friend’s full service brokerage. PMB has been the quickest while the full service broker has been the most...

damonjanis: “I place both limit and stop orders and they executed at the proper times and prices, without any slippage, even though the IB quotes were off.” Certainly there have been many times when this has been my experience, as well. Unfortunately, those times are too inconsistent...

PMB claims that they will be unaffected by REFCO policies. They say that accounts will be handled as they always have and PMB will simply function as an independently managed subsidiary. We shall see.

In past postings, I’ve mentioned the subject of IB’s poor platform performance but I’ve never stressed my personal feelings regarding its Globex functionality. Well, I’m about to change all that. IT SUCKS! IMHO, IB should only be a back-up broker, at best, used strictly for offsets. IB...

topguntrader, Just throw "" in front of your address and "" after it and your link will look just as nifty as the one below. Disregard the quote marks, though. store.aetv.com/html/catalog/s03.jhtml?search=the+day+traders&x=12&y=4

FWIW, I much prefer the old setup of a single column of the most recent posts without regard to category. I just find this new home page a bit too busy. Maybe we could have the option to default to a page of threads organized by the most recent post date and time. Regardless of my...

I had a good day today (10/31), but I know there are days when other traders find it easy and I’ve struggled or made a costly miscalculation. The run-up on 10/3 was just such a day for me. From the comments I heard on the boards, it seemed that 10/3 was a cakewalk for most traders, even the...

gemini: “Do you day trade or do you hold positions overnight?” I predominately daytrade but I will periodically hold small positions overnight that have already moved significantly in my favor. “I am looking to improve my risk to reward ratio and am considering holding positions...