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You don't have to go back that far. Seems like we saw a big move (~-20% in 2 days, if I remember) around the $6 level some months ago. Somebody got a spot chart? I was short around 10.33 for a couple days and felt like I was just waiting to get broke, so I covered for a small win. It hasn't...

I'd like to see, in the Check Margin window, the margin applicable to the particular order that you are checking, in addition to the total margin. That is, I currently have initial/maintenance requirements from existing positions of $4530. When I check margin on 1 ES (pre-market), I get...

It's actually a common problem, which I've reported previously. The table only handles one hour range per day. Look at QM/NYMEX, which says it only trades 1515-2359 during the week. It also trades 0000-1430.

It's actually "re-route". It's under "Configuration->Smart Routing".

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Can you be more specific? While I do this routinely, I find it quite complex, and am often wrong. Current erns, forward guidance, charges, who asks the questions in the conference call, and the nuances in the answers they get, all of which can move stocks by full percentage points. Tonight's ACN...

Not that I want to encourage odd-lots, but can someone specify exactly which SEC/NYSE/NASD rule is being violated prima facie simply by the entry of an odd-lot order? I say this because I believe there is no such general rule. I'm aware of the following facts: 1. NYSE, specifically, has some...

Thanks.!

I get erns from the source - DJ/Comtex/BizWire tape. Everyone else is late. Although, Briefing, when they're on top of things, can get through the analysis before me. If I cared about speed, I supposed I'd write something to parse the articles off the tape, but I'm generally not trying to make a...

SS: Are those cash accounts or margin accounts? If they are margin accounts, unless I'm missing something, I believe they are breaking the law. I thought that the firms you mentioned had tightened up on that at the same time as everyone else (IB was first, I think, to get hit with it).

Yes, you get debited the dividend on the same day as everyone else gets paid the dividend. I don't like being short into X-day. A lot of stocks seem to "forget" part of the expected drop from the dividend unless it was a large dividend that was a major catalyst in people owning the stock. Can...

It was OK for me, but I trade pretty much just big-caps. There are usually about 1-2 mistakes a month, but those have always been the fault of the reporting company when I've bothered to track them down. Yahoo is hopelessly AFU by comparison.

The only thing I rely on from them is their Live InPlay, erns calendar, and splits calendar. Their other stuff hasn't been very accurate, so I use other sources.

Which is all fascinating, but of little quantitative value, right? If they're going to need 1.5M oz to start trading, that's just 300 of the big contracts, or 0.3% of the current O/I in the front month. Can anyone compare these numbers to the start of the gold ETF? On the chart, I don't...

Me too, but I've noticed more and more typos on DJ, too. At least they don't get dyslexic with tickers, though that might provide some trading opportunities :) From the types of errors, I believe it is due to the presence of more non-native-English-writers on their staffs.

Anyone know how long their (Hold/Newsstrike) normal response time is? I applied Friday and haven't heard from them.

There's some confusion here. Not my area of expertise, fortunately, but I'll see if I can talk about it. Equity (i.e. stock) options are covered by the PDT rule. You can only make 3 day-trades per rolling 5-day period. The problem with daytrading margin accounts under $25K has nothing to do...

In the past, it's meant what everyone means by price improvement - "better than the NBBO". If anyone here gets a lot of TMBR executions, it would helpful to publish them so we can work with real facts.

Why disable it?

No, it does not have to work. Quotes are not firm. You have no way of knowing where the real market is, where/when there are natural buyers/sellers, what their real limit prices are, or how to get to them. Your only hope would be issues that are liquid on ARCA, and there probably are not many of...