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Do the two latest posts for IB in the Brokers Review section really belong there? I think the Retail Firms forum would be much more appropriate. Jack

Have you considered that 12/30/05 was the last trading day for the US tax year? There were probably some strange moves in the stocks underlying the YM. It would be the index most easily perturbed by tax buying and selling in the underlying. Jack

Try this thread's link in the first post: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71927 Jack

I deleted my post. Very strange. All posters showed times after 9 PM. I logged in to enter a reply about the times. When I posted the reply I saw all the times showed EDT times around 4 PM or so. I did a "back" function in my browser and found the original thread. Times were later in the...

Shred: Here is what I did and do to avoid costly problems with undocumented "features" and real bugs: I opened a paper trading account. Whenever IB releases a new downloadable version of TWS I download it to my "test" machine. I run my paper trading account on the test machine (I'm down...

Try this thread: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=66419 Use the ET search feature, there are more threads about screen capturing and recording. Jack

From an older thread - To determine if an "Edge" is real: Jack

Scottrade, Ameritrade, etc. get payment for orderflow. Jack

It's already there. Click "Configuration" on the chart. Go to "Settings". Go to the "Display Price Axis" pull-down and select "Both". Jack

Thanks to you three for your responses. It will make reading some of the comments in the prop related threads much more understandable. Jack

OK. I've searched and cannot find a definition of haircut. Lots of use of the term, but nothing explaining what it is. It seems to be some type of charge against a balance of some type and applies to prop firms. Would someone please provide a definition. Jack

Neither. You make the initial entry on Form 6781. You then transfer 40% as a short term capital gain/loss to your Schedule D and the other 60% as a long term capital gain. Futures are reported as a net gain or loss by your broker on a 1099 form. Detailed sales are not required to be...

Jim: What about finding the IB documentation "error" or misleading writeup and sending it in to IB as a trouble ticket? (Along with clarification, suggested change, etc.) It might help other IB customers that are not ET members. Jack

Jim: What about finding the IB documentation "error" or misleading writeup and sending it in to IB as a trouble ticket? (Along with clarification, suggested change, etc.) It might help other IB customers that are not ET members. Jack

Traderguy: Are you going to accept IBj's offer? He said he will clear everything up for us if you give him permission to publish. You did call them unethical, didn't you? Jack

Where are you guys located that keep having problems? I'm in Maryland and have had 0 disconnects since I logged on at 8:50 ET. I use Verizon DSL for my ISP.

From the DD page you included above: All drivers must be 64-bit. There are still quite a few gaps in the list of available drivers but the situation should improve dramatically now that Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is officially launched. If you're buying new hardware, you should...

Order Ticket Window - Miscellaneous Use the Miscellaneous order fields to apply order attributes and set specific rules for OCA groups. NOTE that OCA group names must be unique to ensure proper handling of OCA orders. Once you use a name, you cannot use it again even after the order...

OrangeCat: If the strategy is reasonably profitable I'd look at opening another account at TradeStation (if you are happy with them as a broker). If your system trades enough there should be no fees except data for only those inputs the autotrade system needs. You should be able to get a...

In the Trouble Ticket System add a Beta TWS Bug category. It might improve the speed of detecting beta problems. Right now I haven't got a clue on how to report beta problems except to report it as a TWS problem. I suspect that such a TWS problem ticket gets sent to a regular CSR rather...