Search results

looking at the last $1 move up this afternoon on dick for volume got me wondering whether a PPT (plunge protection team) type effort could take out some of the speculative excess in oil? looking for opinions as to whether this is a naive thought or... not... i understand supply and demand...

wow, can't let this comment pass. are you really this stupid/naive? he ran a hedge fund so he must not be all that bad??!?!?! that's about as accurate a measure as saying, 'he has a user name on ET, he MUST be a successful trader'! or, 'he has 1200 posts on ET in 4 months, he MUST know what...

bingo.

that letter is awesome. let me summarize: you fucked up. i am sure now, as you read this, you realize how badly you fucked up. your poorly run, increasingly marginalized company will now see a share price in the teens come monday, and you will be eviscerated by everyone for calling when...

typical ib. i'm on the HK server. lost HK quotes/trading twice tonight. the DAX has now gone down for the 5th time. again i will question why the fuck they bother pretending that they have an alert system to keep traders informed. they never use it to tell us what the fuck is going on.

ib's shitty charts are down for all asian indicies. es and dax are fine, all asian have been down for like 1/2 hour. and, yes... the way i use charts, ib's are fine- but not when they are blank. can't trade right now because of it...

i don't know how much is media generated fear and what is real. certainly real estate is local. that said, you watch our local news (SF bay area) and you'd think it was a real estate apocalypse. couldn't be farther from the truth... i live in the hills and i can tell you with 100% certainty...

i had no issues in the afternoon session. i didn't dare trade more than 2 contracts though- just in case. yeah, i'm curious to see if you're right. it did reconnect on the 1st try each time- something that usually is not the case. kiwi: i'm starting to get a better feel for the STW- i...

wtf. my log shows me logged into the US server twice and the HK server 3x. this is interesting on a # of fronts. if this is accurate, then all their talk about how a technician has to change you from one server to another, and only on the weekend is... well, a complete lie! if it is...

yeah, and filter sweep had the same coincidence too. and pigs really can fly, the dog ate my homework and i won't *&# in your... according to my experience with ib, there is NO WAY you could be connected to the US server- it's a manual procedure that is done on the weekend- not something...

thanks for the replies- helpful to be able to come here and confirm issues instead of listening to HK customer service telling me to check my connection. thankfully, it hasn't cost me. i have no idea why the fuck ib bothers with their 'alert' system- they never let you know what's going...

i've had 5 pink out's tonight- using the HK server. it is able to reconnect after about 30 seconds- rather disconcerting whilst in an open position. are others having the same problem? it cannot be my internet, as i switched it to the dsl line after the 1st 2 pinks and it continued to happen...

why not? if you keep it under $100m/300m with a spouse, what's the problem? do you expect the FDIC to collapse? i just opened a CFC acct because, for my risk-free $, it's the best rate i could find without too much hassle- especially since i no longer view any amount over $100m in WAMU as...

hi Richard. thanks for the link. that would save me 1,000's (USD) per month. unfortunately.... they don't really have a trading interface that is designed for trading- like a DOM. i would imagine there have to be HK based brokers which have DOM- let me know if you can think of any...

over the past year, i've had at least 10 times where stops have failed to execute (and, yes, to the ib defenders, i have my settings correct). i can tell you from experience that ib will blame the exchange, your computer, your version of java, your internet connection, bubonic plague...

nm

this will be my last response to you- this is beyond pointless. you're pretty fucking smug and i am quite sure you don't have a fraction of my experience. i have made a living solely from the markets since the 80's, sport. i have done so as an investor with some trading, managing OPM, private...

i knew you'd come back and read it- wasn't sure if you'd cop to it by posting- good on you for the honesty- post made me laugh. if you read all my rambling psots, you'd see i don't take a 'everyone else's fault' stance. my point is that the IB excuse that the fault lies with the HKFE- that...

i still don't know how i 'paniked', so i disagree that i did all that he mentioned. but you other point is spot on.

you cut and pasted only the start of what i said, perhaps you didn't read my entire post. my point was that if the full is the $155/mo someone posted, then its $1860 a year, every year, with inevitable price increases. my comment was relative to, say, a one time $1500, or whatever, license fee...