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No disrespect to anyone here, but I have 20 ys of M+A, strucutured finance, LBO, distressed debt and buy side experience. The risk that you are all running here is that you get the impression that you know what you are doing simply by following his lead. A serious case of false belief and...

And what would you say you get out the most out of this forum? Why do you keep coming back? i have 8 figures with IB and someone asked me that exactxct question few weeks ago...was not sure how to respond

What do you (or did you) do for a living? Please don't say school teacher :).

@destriero do you ever sell OTM naked puts on single names with the sole purpose of collecting a dividend yield (premium) irrespective of vol? In other words, do you trade stagnation?

Can I run gateway and TWS (with ugly graphics :)) on 2 separate PCs, under the same credentials simultaneously? That will solve my problem....

1)Virtual memory was set at 800 by default. now doubled. 2) how do I used IB Gateway with the standard API spreadsheets? I have not needed to use it so far. Thanks again.

You may be right, but I already get the 2 sheets to connect to the same TWS with the same client ID but using a different sockets. Do you think a computer upgrade would fix that?

I am not a developer, just a mere excel power user. I find myself needing to run both of IB's ActiveX and DDE spreadsheets (standard API templates) simultaneously. The former to retrieve real-time margin requirements with the WhatIf function, the latter for Account Information, order entry...

50m plus. Am far from that. Had meetings with mini primes but they are not terrific.

I am more interested in hedge fund set up (big boy agreement), where a prime broker provides execution, clearing, market access and custody and the most competitive price. I think some single family offices do that as well... No hand holding required whatsoever.

Segregated, ringfenced and bankruptcy-remote client money accounts? Who is the custodian?

I know that my account is most likely larger than the average here (8 figures) and am seriously now considering paying up and moving to GS or MS. I wonder if anyone here has any experience with prime brokers? Or are there other forums you could recommend more relevant to larger accounts?

Alternative pls? I want to trade now, not debate. Thanks

I am waiting for alternatives as well that will allow to: 1) open international accounts 2) cheap commission and borrow 3) Excel API 4) bankruptcy ring fenced account segregation Will consider any suggestions, until then, pls stop shitting on the only game in town (IBKR). Been waiting for 7...

Let's consider a theoretical portfolio, PM account, 100% allocation to options, 100% sold premium. Now say that portfolio is utilising 90% of available initial margin. Volatility spikes overnight and trader watches with great pain her maintenance margin requirements shooting upwards. Now had...

Trading is a scam for >99% of people. The <1% (some here on this forum) have figured out how to take advantage of the mass. That's the cold truth. Sorry.

All sorted now - it was a conflict with another update it seems. the Jts.OLd procedure did the job.

TWS desktop for windows 10. Stuck on Retrieving Key Settings. Re-installed and still unable to get past this.

Who's your broker? If IB, they do not margin splits well at all.

Unable to login. Android app is fine on the other hand. Anyone else experiencing issues with the windows TWS application?