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Guys, I need to choose some good broker. I'm going to trade stocks and stock options. I have about 3-5 trades a day with 3-5 lots each. Which broker would you advise based on your experience/ideas? I don't care too much about poor customer service (or I should?). Thanks

Hi! Is there any way to see in IB's statement which trade was profitable and which not? I can see only "Total" string. Thanks

What instruments are you trading? How long have you been with TOS? The other guy in this thread said it's hard to get a better fill than bid-ask. More generally, let me ask if TOS suits you? I'm planning to enter the market soon (I'm interested in stocks and options) and trying to find a good...

Well actually I'm really far from thinking that paper and reality are close. I was just asking if TOS acts the same in reality (like, as I understand, IB does). Now I know the answer is not and I'm disappointed a bit with that. Let's wait then the end of January.

Thanks, that's what I wanted to hear from practising person. So as to TOS paper fill and real fill are two big differences? PS Just wonder, as you trade in TOS. Why don't you choose IB? Commision rates are much lower. Or you like their soft (actually as I do)?

You're right, there's no reason. But the fact is. And I have no idea how they do it. I thought that bid and ask price are just minimum and maximum prices of different exchanges, it's a range. And usually you got filled inside of this range. Maybe I'm wrong. But still the fact is that they fill...

I've been papertrading in Thinkorswim for half a year and I almost always got filled at midprice. Are they cheating me? That's why i'm surprised with IB and asked here.

Yesterday I've read in Marketwatch such a phraze: "The selling was driven by the impending expiration of futures contracts". Does it mean futures on indexes? Can someone please help to understand cause-and-effect relation? And more generally, how does action in futures on indexes influence...

Today I've tried IB's TWS for the first time. I'm papertrading options. And was a bit confused with how options are getting filled with this broker. Let's say we have bid-ask 3.00-3.10. So when I created a limit buy order at price 3.10, I got filled at 3.10. In TOS you almost always get filled...

Thanks for the info. And how does market-to-limit order acts? What price is being used for this order? Consider this. Lets say I'm watching some stock. In order to get prepared I create an order. Let's say, "buy 1 contract at limit price", but don't send it. At that time the ask was lets...

Exactly. When I create an order, the price in this order remains the same and doesn't change automatically any time the price of the underlying changes. It's freezed. And when I want to transmit this I order, I need to update the price of the order (cause the price has already changed) by...

Is there any possible way to make TWS to update automatically, not manually every time? Thanks for any idea

Hey guys! Just need your advise before giving my money to a broker... I was papertrading for about half a year and now it's time to make some further steps. I used TOS software to test myself. but I'm confronted with the dilemma which broker to choose: IB, Thinkorswim or any other? I'm a...

Hi everybody, Just wonder, maybe someone has an idea what happened today to this stock. It stopped trading around 13.30 at started at around 14.25. And before that and after it was trading at huge volumes and just has gone crazy. Then everything settlled down. What happend?

Can someone please explain the difference between these indicators? It seems to me they have the same meaning, but they are being announced separately and have different values. Thanks

What do you trade (firstly I'm interested in stocks and options)? What are you restrictions (for example, you cant leave during some time, etc.)? Do they have a good teaching program? What company (if you can tell please via private message)? Really appreciate your reply. I'm thinking about...

Thanks, guys! I've heard Amibroker sometomes has some errors and works not good. Is that correct? Is it possible to find somewhere intraday data for american stocks for Tradestation? Thanks for your support.

Hi guys! Can you advise some programs for programming and backtesting of my system? I'm novice in this stuff and have no idea about programming. Am I correct that it is possible to program and test my system on wealth-lab's site? Is it good? Would appreciate any advice.

Thanks guys! I'll investigate TWS features more deeply cause I don't really know this soft. Thanks for giving me some direction.

Could you please explain where I could see the greeks and current position (or let me know where i could find such info)? With equities I think it's alright, but when I need to trade options.. For example, in TOS i simply type a symbol, then I can see all the nearest options, then i just click...