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I put in for 200 @ 31.51 and they gave me 100, whoopty dooooo!! If it opens up a dollar I will have enough to fill up my car with gas :-)

I understand that. I am asking when do they tell you how many shares you were allocated. Do they tell you tonight, tomorrow morning, or when the stock starts trading?

When do they let you know how many shares you were given and at what price?

Good luck finding the data. I dont know if it is even available. You can get first three months from the EIA website I think. Also, You cannot look at the may contract for the past two days because it was the final days of trading for it and way to erratic.

Hello, I am trying to chart 3 symbols, daily data over 20 years. (6000 rows) My problem is that I want the ability to zoom in on a certain time frame (like just one year or one month) but I dont know how to do it with a basic excel chart. I tried changing the category axis scale of the...

Now I understand, Thank you!

Woops, I meant the SPX index from CBOE. So using interactive brokers it would be the options that show up for: Underlying: SPX Exchange: CBOE Description: SPX Index

I heard alot on CNBC about the market makers wanting to get the S&P to close as close too they 1400 mark for expiration last friday (3/16). because of all the puts they sold since 2/27 etc. I understand strike pegging etc. but my question is... Which contract did they sell options on? SPY...

I have been with Emigrant for a couple years now, they are good. They even sent me two emigrant direct, baseball hats, can't beat that :-) HSBC, is a little better because they give you an ATM card with the account.

I want to trade with the trend, My big problem is definition of the trend. Attached is the trend line that I drew this morning at 10:30 (the second green bar hitting 1415) Questions: 1. When does one redraw the trendline? I saw the breakout below my trend line at 11:30 but wasn't...

Thank you Jack for the detailed response. I really appreciate the feedback!!! A couple of questions. What interval chart should I be using? 1, 3, 5 minutes? (I currently use 5 or 3 min. ) How many points below should my stop be? When you enter the trade do you use market or limit...

LOL, But i really want to know if it wass sensible.

Hello, I am having problems with my trading. It seems that I always pick tops to buy and short at the bottom. :-) Attached is a chart of the ES from today and yesterday. I shorted the ES today at 15:08 at 1421.50 and covered at 1418.50. It happened to be profitable but I want...

Thank you all for your reply's, I really appreciate it! I am looking to make two points per trade. I am trying to trade by following the trend, hop on after the move starts and ride it until it finishes. I dont hold positions overnight. The trade can be 1 min to 4 hours. Exiting...

Hello, I am having problems picking where to place my stops. It seems I always get stopped out. I do not believe it is a market maker conspiracy, I may be picking bad entries but I have a feeling I am just making my stops too tight. Where do you place your stops when day trading the...

Charting isnt working today need to constantly refresh to see candles. IB tech support confirmed they are having problems with it after general help told me it was my java software.

I am having the same problem. It really sucks!!!! Maybe their next release will fix it and screw something else up :-) I asked Cust Service and at first the retards in the general section told me I need Java 1.6 but I have the newest version and then I spoke with Tech Support and he...

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows where I can find more information on crude oil calendar spreads. I want to know the seasonal historical spreads. I also want to know if there is any article on how calendar spreads can affect the price of crude. I want to understand why spread...

Same here, good thing my yhoo order was filled

Interesting. I never noticed that option. Now of course If anyone knew of free data that would be great.