Search results

I am waiting for him to start a live press conference where he repeats that the US forces aren't within 100 miles, then a Marine walks up behind him and puts his hand on the guys shoulder and quietly says..."time to go".

The text has such broken English that it will not be taken seriously. You will very likely receive a standard form letter as a response as most of the "items" you list are not addressable issues. The letter provides no evidence that the writer has done any research on the subject whatsoever...

Not to pee on everyone's parade here (nice job nitro), but the economic numbers for Feb and March were horrible. The positive war news should be good for a bit of a rally, but earnings season is kicking in and the warnings are flying. That said, there's a lot more positive stuff that can...

I'm running fine...just logged in without a problem.

I would cease to address his childish posts if I were you. I agree with you 100%. I'll whore my account to any broker who can provide the best price AND service. These days it's IB. I don't see anyone approaching, not even close. In fact, the price gap continues to amaze me. I like to...

For once I agree with you. You should abandon trading those expensive options and trade only SSFs. A much better deal indeed.

Yes. That's absolute genius...until you add back your $15 commission.

Shorting is getting very tough these days. In my experience, IB has as good a list as anyone, if not better. They are good about letting you short all the way down and they have nearly everything (not on the UPC list). The list is pretty much it... I don't think calling is going to net you...

I agree completely. I would like to know the true motivations behind this action. Maybe the BOX will be able to work around this, especially with the IB relationship. I gather the brass at IB don't like this any more than we do. It seems like since the profitability of the traditional...

I think you should read this AGAIN. The $1.20 is IN ADDITION to the $1 you are already paying to execute. If you cancel an order for a single contract, you pay $1.20 and you haven't bought/sold anything. If you modify that order once and then it executes, you pay $2.20 minus .25, or $1.95...

Thanks Def. I'll see that it gets addressed over there. We appreciate your time and efforts here...helpful as always. :D

I assume you are talking about those who buy options when you refer to the great time decay. Please remember that there are two sides to every trade. Some of us make a living selling options and wouldn't have it any other way. For us, the rapid short term time decay is a blessed event...

Thanks Def for the insight. IB does what it has to do. Even with the increased fees, you'd still have to work pretty hard to equal most other brokers fees. Obviously, there are intended behavioral modifications that the regulatory folks are trying to achieve. This should not change...

Does the cancellation fee apply to changed orders? For instance, if I have a limit order out there to sell at the ask on the inside and I am chasing the inside all day. Let's say I change the order 5 times before getting executed. Is this effectively 5 cancellations? and would it be $1.20...

IB is audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP

The media got it wrong again, sorta. The real truth to the "biggest rally in decades" is limited to a Monday-Friday timeframe. There have been many larger moves of greater percentages during 5 (trading) day consecutive periods, just not exactly Monday/Friday. The $5 spread is typical of...

Don't start that crap again. After 9/11, there's all this "patriot" talk about supporting the indexes and not shorting them. Well, guess what! Either I was the only idiot who bought that or the small group of idiots with me got run over by the train. All bets are off. This country will...

You don't know who Jim Cramer is? Man, have some people been living under a rock or what? Jim Cramer is the drive-thru supervisor at the Burger King on Reedy Ave just off 695 near Baltimore. Before there he worked at IHOP.

The reason I have a problem with these kind of people is that they are counterproductive to IB remaining cheap. The more $2K "pain in the ass" accounts they have on board, the more tech support has to deal with them. This kind of behavior has quantitive and qualitative costs to IBs services...

I would agree. I know Max as well and he is an outstanding individual with a great record. I think he wants 250k up front, which can be a bit steep. I like his methods.