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would tend to agree, end of the month, rebalancing of portfolio's and remember the US has never let the country turn into a recession ? the year of an election. We have had so much intervention in every department of government if it were us we would be charged with manipulation. only in the...

Now this is a bargain price. I believe via options one can easily receive several hundred percent roi over the next 12=18 months and play the stock separately. w

It will first be determined on your capital and how many trades you are looking at doing daily as perservation of capital should be your no. one rule I would then look at beta as the volitility will also be an influence in size and the average behaviour ie does a few shares gap or cause a...

I am missing half the bid ask on stocks on some computers and others have all quotes. I am guessing IB may be having server issues. I have rebooted to no avail and all are on the same build. We also have lost connection to tws several times yesterday and first was at 7a.m. today (not an...

one of the main reason is the low daily volume in most of the 2000 stocks. Today up until close the 20 or so I look at for sentiment barely breached 400 thousand shares. The market markers July/ August play ground. they will short squeeze the shorts, while allowing the big boys to exit on...

Not all brokers halt the stock(s). It will depend on their position as the broker must own shares to allow shorts. If the broker believes or knows the information they will halt the stock for their protection and allow only the longs or shorts to exit once the adjustment in the bid/ask is...

I would agree with you totally. Unfortunately the reason is that the market is retracing imo and not buying. and it is a constant rebalancing of their books to stay in compliance. I personally hate it but understand. The last 2 months has diffently change the traders here style especially...

IT is not only the move in CL. YM, ER 2, Z all move the same as CL did today several times a month, wk. IB or any broker can and does change margin at their discretion. It is their margin being offered. Prior to the move and the bulletin I was up just under 8k at 11a.m. ended up just...

If you are concerned about trading a short position and shares not being available you can always contact your broker and pay a small fee for the shares to be available. w

I have several traders who are presently using the simulated and real account together. There really isn't much difference a few cents which can be as a result of the internet (band width), available shares etc. although last while the simulated account would freeze and then shut down. This...

We have played crox for months and lately play it via selling puts and receiving the premium at current prices. currently have just sold june, july 10 and 11 dollars and will scale into a 5-10k position. I personally see crox testing mid to high teens by sept and will sell 14 and 15 calls as...

if you fall under 25k you can not trade stocks or stock options but you can trade futures and forex via IB while your account is under the 25k. w

we just received a bulletin from IB that Bats data is messed up. I thought smart would just re-route to help eliminate this type of issue. w

we have noticed majority of our stock in the nasdaq and nyse are locked and have been now for a while, straight now last 10 mina. some of the traders can't get out looks the someone knows something we don't. w

we now have data on a few of our accounts and nothing on others, no options at all. problem is for the day traders who have to be flat by 340 today. IB must be alternating from one server to another as it varies from station to station. w

During the day IB will liquidate you but not with out notice. You will receive a bulletin prior to a margin compliance call. You will also notice in your account window a yellow line will appear in your excess. This is another warning margin continues to deplete you will receive another...

You will find that premarket and after hours trading that if the stock has a trade in excess of 5 percent of the last price the trade usually gets busted. (excluding stocks reporting) Under normal? conditions IB will give you until 940am the next trading day to bring your account into...

we have no problem logging into tws and receiving data but what is weird today is that the trades from yesterday and the traders realized p/l in the account window has not cleared itself. Tws is still showing the trades executed in the account window portfolio and the market value lines but...

excellent advise from old trader as you have to remember IB is electronic trading and you waive all rights when you open your account. many times we have noticed that our trading page/untitled we have no working orders but when we have checked our (pending all page) there are pending orders...

general getting filled vs part fills. w