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Thank you! Appreciate the reply back. Any idea (specifics) as to when? and if there be an extra charge or not for this service? I ask because I suspect that you may have some inside knowledge!

My 0.02 worth: IB should concentrate on its knitting. TWS is good, it can be a heck of a lot better. IB's main concern should be this. First remove bugs, second, improve TWS for traders Period

Block trades can also occur between a market maker who will take a large order (a purchase for example) and then turn around and slowly sell it to retail clients. There really isn't useful to look at large trades and think that that is either bullish or bearish. As you mentioned there is...

oh boy! just when you think CNBC can't get any stranger, they bring a rock band in to jam during the dead zone!

re account maintenance page, they are working on it as we type.

I don't quite understand your point. You hold shares overnight and want to avoid gaps (in the wrong direction). And you are suggesting that a longer regular session will prevent this (gaps) ? umm, no it won't. The market will have to close sometime. Even if it was open 24/7, gaps would...

Joe Kernan?!? Give me a break! A rabid dingo could do his job.He's more concerned about his hair than being a journalist. Maria, Joe and the bald guy (what's his name?) have got to go before CNBC can be a source of good info. But that would ofcourse mean that the people behind the scenes who are...

This is very good news indeed. I am impressed that IB is truly interested in improving their services (with a little bit of a nudge and prod here and there from us). No one is perfect, but a broker that responds to suggestions and corrects errors is a gem. Fantastic.

It would have been nice to have 4-1 margin although I don't lament that they won't be there for me. I imagine I would have only used it sparingly in any case. Perhaps as the new rules are enacted and some time passes by giving the brokers a good feel of their effects, they will extend 4-1...

Please forgive me if this has already been answered (I couldn't find a definitive one on the site): When using BEST routing with IB is it possible for the order to go into the 30 sec. loop with MM/ECNs (thereby preventing a *fast* fill) ? or has the algorithm been altered to prevent this ...

Apologize for the digression on the thread but I'm just curious, how can one trade (either buy or sell) and have one trade be taking liquidity and another providing it? wouldn't both be providing liquidity?

Punter, perhaps I came across as harsh, not my intention. I agree with Turok, Htrader and others that mention that the tape tells you all you need. Spend time reading it and get to know it. It will be all you need coupled with disciplined stop losses. I think by crowd you mean those that...

Simply want to point out that you may need to step back and get some perspective. With decimalization, low volatility, low volume, and the new SuperSOES implementation, scalping is becoming too difficult. I do wish you well in your endeavour :)...

rather silly question (no offence meant) I find that 90% learning comes from asking the right questions. This is not one of them.

some other things to watch for are: how fast/slow trades occur at the pivot volume at the pivot whether trades are at bid/ask or splitting it

On June 27th 2001 RealTick acquired hottrend.com a real time filtering service that detects unusual trading activity. I've contacted RealTick repeatedly regarding this acquisition and have received only a run around as to when they will include this in their service. Does anyone have any...

a delisting (which is the rumour that creamed ATHM today) does not mean that it will stop transacting business, but simply that it will not be trading

wanted to comment on "streaks": in "Beyond Greed and Fear" by Shefrin, he talks about asking a class full of students to pretend they are flipping coins and to write down what they got, heads or tails. How do you think their imagined coin flips would differ from a real random coin flip...

Eldredge, I'm not a tech guru but can say with confidence that ME is simply not a good platform for a serious trader. Get Win2K (even if this is not causing the conlict) you will be grateful when you avoid hundreds of blue screens, freezes, etc. I'm baffled why ZA would cause this page...

firewalls do not cause a delay antivirus may do so if it is automatically checking everything that is downloaded from the net to your computer (check your antivirus to see if this is enabled) I turn this active web filtering off when I'm trading (this is the only thing that I can think of...