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Knowing nothing on the matter at all, I would like to throw out a conjecture. Like the NRA, which will lobby at all costs to prohibit even reasonable attempts at gun control, maybe the same attitude exists in all national organizations. It certainly makes no sense to give an inch anywhere on...

Is this worse than religious conservative zealots who attempt to curtail the rights of women any chance they get? I would say they are equally stupid. So if you are going to bring this point up, you should also expose the other side of the coin and the pure stupidity on both sides.

What you call "experimenting", other people might call a "fresh start." Inexperience may lead to a bad presidency, but certainly what the person stands for counts for something too. It would certainly be a gamble.

Quotes this morning are whacked on a number of symbols.

I am seeing it too. If I didn't have an alternate quote source, it would make trading nearly impossible in the aftermarket.

I would guesstimate > 40% after state and federal.

Why did you start this thread the day of your complaint against IB? Don't you think that is jumping the gun a little and putting pressure on IB in a public forum?

I guess the question then becomes does IB start giving you interest on a sale immediately (before T + 3), even though you can't use those proceeds until later. I would guess the answer is yes - did you ask this question?

Yes, what I am remembering is IB's "IRA Margin" account which lets you daytrade in an IRA which is a cash account. This has already been detailed in this thread. Sorry for the rehash. Although it does seem weird to me that you could daytrade in your IRA cash account but not a regular cash...

I thought this was incorrect. I thought IB introduced a new type of cash account that gets around the T + 3 deal (maybe about a year ago). Maybe I am mistaken.

47% rate for generic grad students? That isn't too far behind the business cheats. It means half of the student body is cheating. That seems pretty high from my experience.

I sent my letter off to the SEC a few days ago. I got a response saying (paraphrased): "Thanks for your input - we will see if there are similar complaints before taking any action. But it is always good to hear from the public." My hopes are not high but who knows.

I think the first mistake the original poster made was to start up this thread the day of the mistake. It shows an inherent distrust in IB to fix the problem, disclosing it in a public forum. Now I know it is very tempting to do this, as you think it will provide a little extra pressure for IB...

Yes, if that is the case then it would be fine. By the way, Namco produces Katamari Damacy. http://www.namco.com/games/katamari_damacy/

Good idea - I think I'll play some Katamari Damacy. Don't know about Bollinger Bands. I looked at them when I first started trading and couldn't get anything to work. Good luck with that.

This has nothing to do with their rates. I am currently a policy holder at Travelers. I have a problem with the way they are using someone else's idea to benefit themselves economically. If the RIAA can go after someone pirating music using a file sharing service, then certainly Travelers...

Travelers insurance is running a TV ad that is a blatant rip-off of the creative ideas found in the Playstation2 game Katamari Damacy (where things are rolled up into a larger and larger ball). I urge anyone that reads this to protest their unoriginality by sending a comment through this link...

Why do you think the odds are in your favor? If you don't want to tell, that is fine. I am just curious what you are basing that statement on.

Here is the link: http://www.sec.gov/complaint.shtml I'm sure the SEC will listen! :p

Who wants to start a competing ECN with me? We can call it "No Monopolistic Asstacular Fees", or NMAF. It will be a non-profit organization and in the company charter there will be laws that it can never be taken over by Nazzy or NYSE. The computer running all the trades will initially be one...