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For orders of 4000 shares and larger on fast moving stocks, IB will get the order filled with "Best Execution" if the order is marketable. Catoosa

You can read all about IB's "Trading System" on IB's web site. What I am going to say here is only my opinion for trading stocks: Although IB's TWS has advantages for any size order, the advantages increase significantly for larger orders with the use of "Best Execution". "Best Execution"...

Larry & mskl: My RealTick and IB quotes on MSFT are tracking together at this moment, but the volume has dropped off. Thanks for your last post as that is good information and "food for thought". Catoosa

IB quotes on MSFT, INTC, ADBE all running 3 seconds behind my RealTick quotes today. I can look at each change in the best bid and offer on my RealTick screen and it is taking 3 seconds for each of those changes to show up on the TWS "Best" bid and offer prices. This is rotten and has a real...

I agree with this but it does not fix IB's problem with "Best Execution". RealTick and other quote feeds show Redibook quotes when there is a problem with Redibook quotes, but Townsend Analytics does not let one bad quote disrupt their quotes and display of the best market prices. I trade in a...

I do not need to run your test. I can compare IB's "BEST" quotes to the quotes of RealTick all at the same time and check and see the lag time as it is happening. I read your test method and have my thoughts about it, but I keep my thoughts to myself. Catoosa

The market started selling off today about 2:30 EST and the volume picked up on MSFT and INTC. IB's quotes for MSFT and INTC were stuck, lagging, and/or crossed from 2:30 until the market had sold off about an hour later. IB quote normally lag behind RealTick quote about 1 to 3 seconds. This...

I am not surprised. This confirms to me what I have said in the past: "Most of the great customer support I have received from IB has come from the conscientious IB personnel in HK and Europe". Catoosa

We would all be better off if there were no specialist and all exchanges traded like NASDAQ and ECNs. Allowing a specialist to control all of the order flow and rip off all buyers and sellers should be a violation of antitrust laws. It is a license to steal. Total corruption in my opinion. A...

I have two brokerage accounts that do not send out any notices but make the confirmations available at their webb site for at least 60 days. I have third brokerage account that sends out an e-mail each day I trade to let me know I have a confirmation on their webb site. I like IB's daily e-mail...

Yes, I trade every day full time and I agree IB has had quote feed problems. It has gone from lagging or stuck quotes to connection problems to NYSE and disconnections to TWS. The lagging and stuck quotes I think have been better for the last week but then we get NYSE connection problems and the...

Nitro: What are IB's problems with NYSE? For sure IB has had connection problems to NYSE for the last few days. I think IB should offer the Regional exchanges along with NYSE. Better still, I think we would all be better off if we did not have a NYSE or Regionals and all stocks were on the...

I have been using RealTick for both trading and information for years and I would not be without RealTick for the information and accurate quotes. When it comes to placing orders, RealTick or any other trading software I have used do not come close to IB's TWS (this is where TWS is light years...

I have been trading with IB all day for over two years and I have not found a better broker. I think IB's TWS software is the best for any size account and the bigger the account and order size, the better are the advantages of TWS for the user. If trading small orders, IB's commissions are the...

Could IB have just made an identity error and started to transfer the money from the wrong customer's account?

At this time, we do not know how the perpetrator got the account information. He may have hacked IB, the customer, or got the information by some means other than hacking. This is real scary. I would think most brokers would say as little as possible in order to not frighten the troops. Catoosa

IB should not take customer changes in e-mail address, mailing address, bank changes where customers funds are wired to, etc. lightly. When fraud has occurred to clean out a customers IB account, is IB responsible for the loss? I asked this question on another post a few days ago. I would think...

IB works just like CyberTrader from this standpoint. It is when the quotes displayed are running behind the market that there is a problem and that goes for any broker including CyberTrader. If the quotes you are looking at are wrong and you do not know the market, trying to trade is hopeless...