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If you can show that your cancellation was confirmed then I think you have a legitimate complaint.

I trade using end-of-day data from Telechart. They issue delayed data throughout the day, so you should never be far off the final numbers. If you buy the data in bulk (24 months for the price of 18), it's pretty cheap. Reliability is probably more important than price. [rwk]

Mine came by FedEx and required a signature. [rwk]

I just dropped cable Internet (Comcast) because of poor reliability. It was very fast (~9.6mbps), so I believe they have latest technology. But I was getting occasional interruptions of 1-3 seconds and sometimes a long as 10 seconds which caused major problems with the link to my broker. It...

There is a Delphi component available for IB's API: http://www.hhssoftware.com/iabsocketapi/ I have been using it very successfully for four years now. [rwk]

I have two of the platinum devices. They require a 4-digit PIN. I too am curious about the third option. [rwk]

You still have SIPC coverage for $100k, plus private coverage for an additional $900k: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/accountProtection.php?ib_entity=llc The new policy simply points out that IB is not responsible for customers' mistakes (e.g. ID theft). [rwk]

WOW! I missed that (see Section 3). Here is the press release: http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2007/2007-114.htm

It is my understanding that you have to develop your own guidelines. They will be different for each portfolio. If you are daytrading 1 or 2 stocks, you're probably better off with Reg T margining. With a mix of several long and short, you can probably get 6:1 or better. There is no way to...

I did see a mention of that elsewhere, but I cannot find it on my copy of the TWS. I am running version 872.6. I tried opening a position in the papertrader and still no button. [rwk]

I don't have it yet, but I am looking at portfolio margining. It is my understanding that you have to estimate your buying power with PM, and that trial & error are all you have to go on. Once you have a position on, you should be able to read the margin requirement directly on the account...

The symbol for the pit-traded (SPOO) contract is 'SPX'.

Can you implement this now with the paper trading accounts so we can try it out?

You can do it with Yahoo, if you can do some programming. The interface is undocumented, and tech support is unavailable.

Same here... I used to use checks for moving money in and out of my account. Now that I am using ACH for withdrawals and wire transfer for deposits, I'm happy and will never go back to hardcopy. This is very fast and very secure.

The device is not attached to a computer. It simply generates one-use passwords. I entered a suggestion (#2416) that they offer a USB security device (a/k/a dongle). I believe the technology exists now, and that would solve the problem of unattended login for automated trading.

I know what my daily P/L should be, and I believe I will notice if it is very far off. I don't currently track smaller amounts, and I will probably start doing that if I switch to unbundled commissions. I check my monthly and yearly statements against the daily. I reconcile my bank...

Same here...

Not so -- There have been well-publicized cases with other brokers recently where unauthorized trades were entered in a compromised system for the the purpose of pump-and-dump. Even though no withdrawal was made, the customer was left with large losses on the trades.

My requests just showed up on the IB Features Poll. The request for filters to disallow trading is #2356 (protection against fraud). I also entered #2355 (Single security device for multiple accounts). I have 2 devices now, and I prefer to be able to use either with each account. The next...