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Bob: Try this - Open your account from within TWS using View - Account Management. Then open Report Management - Margin Reports. Margin reports will show you each issue you hold, Initial Margin, Maintenance Margin, and Margin %. That info might help you figure out what is going on and...

A snippet from a newsletter: Starting Friday, consumers who purchase a PC with Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, or Ultimate at participating retailers will get a free upgrade to Windows 7 when it becomes available. The offer will run until Jan. 31, 2010. For those waiting until the...

Don't confuse overnight margin requirements with day-trading margin. All retail brokers must use the futures exchange's established minimum for overnight margin and IB almost always follows them and does not add any extra. The exchanges have no day-trade minimums. Retail futures firms can...

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A number of years ago IB computed the various averages from the individual components. If this is still true that would be one reason for the difference you are seeing throughout the day. Different sample times. The difference in the closing number is more perplexing. I guess another...

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Magnum: You mention TWS in the thread title. That implies IB is your broker. If so here is some info from IB: With the exception of certain currency futures contracts, IB does not allow for the actual physical delivery of underlying commodities. Contracts which settle by physical...

Do you mean "Black Box" or "Automated (Algorithmic) Trading System"(ATS) ? Sometimes the terms are used as synonyms. Such usage is incorrect in my opinion. At one time these definitions applied: 1) a black box program is one in which you have no idea of how the trade entry and exit signals...

I did not open your attachment. I'm a little leary about doing so for a new user with a single post. I'm no longer an Ameritrade customer so am unfamiliar with their current software but as no one else has replied ------ Open your Firefox on both machines and under Tools compare the...

As to question 1 - Your statement is correct. Go here: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/p.php?f=userMgmt&ib_entity=llc Click on the funds tab. As to question 2 - As I recall you can only delay it for 3 to 5 days. You cannot stop it altogether. Any client withdrawal request is...

As a guess: Intel fabricates a batch of chips. Then tests them all. Probably starts monitoring the processor for error as they increase the clock rate. Probably also monitor temperature rise. Chips are identified as they fail due to increasing clock rate/temp rise. Intel then derates chip...

Yes. You may daytrade. All PDT rules apply. Jack

I don't know about Canada but they absolutely do enforce the rule. And if you plan to day trade have more than $25K as you are in violation when you go to <$25, even by a penny. Do an ET search for PDT. Jack

I'm glad I put the almost in there. Now that the've acknowledged the problem I'm willing to try Java 1.6.0_13. Jack

A lot of people here on ET as, well as on other forums, are stating that IB notified them that TWS XXX would no longer be supported and they need to upgrade. This means that the server end at IB was going to change to eliminate such support since the users already had a good version of TWS...

Try: http://eminiholygrail.blogspot.com/ Jack

Despite what the article states, Congress did not pass a 90% Constititionally prohibited ex post facto tax law, the House passed a tax bill. The Senate must pass the bill as well. Then the President must sign it before it becomes a law. One of the basic ideas behind the House 2 year terms...

As I said in my previous post you messed up last year on the 60/40 rule's application. The numbers you are bringing forward are therefore wrong. Redo last year's Schd D and Form 6781. It should result in something like this assuming Line 1 is $50K 1. 50000 2. 3000 (Can not be more than...

You are correct. You'll be able to use up the entire amount (1766 + 792 = 2558) this year. No carryover. I forgot you had other income this year. Jack

You currently have carryover of $1766. You are applying 2008's S/T and L/T losses of $792 against. Thus, you have $