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    IB stop not activated/ARCA problem?

    stops never sit at arca, they are at ib, call cust. rep.
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    distrust

    Glad I did not miss this thread. WHERE IS DEF ? DEF ???????
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    I want SOX futures!!!

    please do not ask... where can i trade these ? they are not public.
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    I want SOX futures!!!

    there are already futures on DRAM prices. manufacturers use these.
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    IB - first impression

    TraderD: let me just guess.... of course you are a heavy dealer, you do at least 500 contracts / day and $20k in commissions for stock & option a month, yeah, i think i remember someone said something equal some time ago... of course... i am just wondering what firm is so annoyed by IB...
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    Who accepts me, a daytrader?

    qdz, if you do not want IB, i would say, E-Trade or Ameritrade would be fine for you...
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    SSF and IB

    The Quotes are screwed, at least for ONE, i tried to take out an offer several times and I did not get a fill !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    SSF and IB

    FYI: if you are an IB user and your SSF status is correctly set, you should see SSF closing quotes by now. (column: close, obviously theoretical settlement price)
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    |POLL| NYSE or the SSF

    Hello, i was just interested, so I kindly ask you to vote in the above poll: Given that there will be at least *some* liquidity in SSFs, will you continue to trade NYSE or will you utilize the SSF, which has of couse some adantages (down tick, margin). Regards
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    Euro

    EuroFX is a currency product. ED is an interest product.
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    customer respect at IB versus O-X

    nusrat, with these low commish, how would you want to equip you trading help desk with a competent real traders staff, if one of these guys costs always > 100k/year ?? my experience: with IB, try figure out yourself, find another way to work around a bug, or let it be. it is only the...
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    What are the differences between an investor and a trader?

    traders win the M investors are loosing
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    SPY 3:15pm??

    must have been a typo error !!!!!:cool:
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    Fimat

    Fimat is only for institutions or locals.
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    We will laugh in 25 years...

    Guys, i am sure that in a "few decades", we will look with a smile on where the NDX and Telecoms and Chipmakers and Biotechs stand today. I was never over-bullish, but i am sure performance of some stocks will rock - maybe it will take some years, but it will. Society and social...
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    To all NYSE Traders

    @chas: i can see theoretically one type of interest. i noticed, that in these illiquid foreign stocks you sometimes get extremely good fills with small orders. once i had an order to sell some stock, small size, at the bid. i was filled 2 cents higher than the offer was. dunno how this...
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    To all NYSE Traders

    @chas: i see your point. of course. but why didn't he do this with the 45 lots which were bid for before at exactly my level ??? I only added 1 to the 45 which were already there. It could also be that he just made a mistake.
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    To all NYSE Traders

    To append: I am sure the .85BID had to do directly with my order, it was not something else
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    To all NYSE Traders

    Hello Guys, i have a question, i experienced this really strange behaviour of a specialist. The stock (FTE) was BID 45x 8.83 OFFER 75x 8.95 To test my TWS hotkeys, i sent an order BUY 100 @ 8.83. It took a sec, as always, but the bid changed not to 46x 8.83, as it should be, he...
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    How much are you making / losing now ?

    of course. but, IMO, % returns are still more expressive than a $1000 or a $15000 figure, without knowing if it was a 20k stock or a 200 lot ES trader.
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