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Someone finally one-upped Jack Hershey.

On IB's "Interface Comparison" page it says message limit per second is 150 for CTCI(FIX).

Just trade forex futures. In the futures markets no one gives a damn when small traders buy or sell.

If you are going to pay for X_TRADER then you should consider Eagle Market Makers. Their ES commissions start at $0.40 per side plus exchange and NFA fees.

If you have a large account balance you need to take into account that IB is one of the rare futures brokers to pay interest on your cash balance over $10,000. Not so significant when rates are 2%, but quite significant whan rates are 5%.

ES unbundled starts at $2.35. Exchange and NFA fees total $1.15. Data feeds for most US markets are free if you pay $30 in commissions per month. You are leaving out the clearing fees in your table. Fixed table is < = 300 @ $1.20 < = 1000 @ $1.00 < = 10000 @ $0.65 < = 20000 @ $0.45

You have a reading comprehension problem. I never said that DUG holds stocks or that DUG is the Dow Jones Oil & Gas Index, just that the performance of DUG is tied to the performance of the Dow Jones Oil & Gas Index rather than to the price of oil. In particular DUG is supposed to match double...

IB has a new section in their statements "Equity Value Time Series". This is a useless piece of junk and clutter. You can't custom template the statement to get rid of the damn thing. Why doesn't IB put its software effort into getting the bugs out of TWS instead of doing useless changes to...

You do NOT "need to file as a 'business income' " to deduct commissions and margin interest costs.

60/40 tax treatment for futures is more important.

The Dow Jones Oil & Gas Index is based on the price of oil, natural gas, coal and energy service stocks, not the price of oil. The energy stocks got clobbered and DUG went up.

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100% inaccurate or 5% inaccurate? If it is to someone else's benefit you will get a fill at the midpoint (fair value), but if no one else is interested in trading at the midpoint you won't get a fill until the market moves against you.

XOI was down 3.24% today, so DUG underperformed on the upside. Oil company stocks and the price of oil don't always move in the same direction. Same goes for copper, gold and silver stocks and the prices of copper, gold and silver.

Firstrade is not a direct access broker. Firstrade's margin rates are not low, starting at 7.75%. IB's margin rates start at 3.50%

TS or any electronic broker is responsible for nothing, it is all in the agreements you signed. The best you can hope for is a clear explanation of what went wrong so you can avoid that problem in the future. It is your responsibility to keep your eye on your automated trading system to...

Buy from one dealer and sell to another one.

A lousy $20 billion? And $20 billion in assets, not income? That's a part of a drop in a bucket. Warren Buffet has $60 billion he has never paid taxes on and the IRS is concerned about a lousy $20 billion in Swiss accounts. Why doesn't the IRS spend more time going after the annual $200...

Why is a flat tax immoral? Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Utah all have flat rate income taxes. Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming have no income tax. New Hampshire and Tennessee only tax dividend and interest...

We would all be better off if Congress just took the whole year off.