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    "If you think you actually own the crypto you buy on Coinbase, you are absolutely wrong." ...?

    Ok I'll buy a small amount of BTC or ETH or BNB or XRP or USDT or DOGE or ADA or DOT or BCH or LTC or UNI or VET or LINK or XLM or USDC or THETA or FIL or TRX or WBTC or SOL or NEO or XMR or EOS or KLAY or MIOTA or BSV or BUSD or BTT or LUNA or CRO or FTT or AAVE or XTZ or ATOM or ETC or ALGO or...
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    "If you think you actually own the crypto you buy on Coinbase, you are absolutely wrong." ...?

    Better said by Nouriel Roubini: "Decentralization is a myth. The reality is one of a massive centralization of power among miners, exchanges, developers and wealth holders, the total opposite of the lie of a decentralized system."
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    BTC down 10% just now - Why?

    From Nouriel Roubini in his testimony ( https://www.banking.senate.gov/download/roubini-testimony-10-11-18 ): Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies represent the mother of all bubbles. Blockchain is the most over-hyped – and least useful - technology in human history: in practice it is nothing...
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    Peterffy - "System Dangerously Close to Collapse"

    Assuming 62 million of shares sold short and a GME closing price of $997 ($650 above its top) it means an additional transfer of $40 billion from the short side to the long side, enough 'to collapse the entire system'.
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    How to remove TWS blank space ?

    Below the scroll bar, I only see the TWS window border. Is this border you want to remove?
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    Who all traded to GME story? What was your thinking? How did you make out?

    Were you able to buy puts at IV over 300% or were you able to borrow shares? Which broker have you used?
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    Anyone using a high end PC and still experiences slowness with TWS

    With a new TWS update I witnessed a slowness several months ago. I closed the new module (about videos) in classic TWS by clicking on the bottom left icons. Everything was way faster after.
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    How to earn 21% risk free on USD

    From newscientist.com in December 2018: "What began as an interesting experiment has morphed into an environmental disaster. It is estimated that running the bitcoin network now consumes 45.5 terawatt-hours per year of electricity – enough to power more than 4 million homes in the US". When...
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    Anyone using a high end PC and still experiences slowness with TWS

    Roca, have you tried to use only classic TWS? In other terms at the bottom left of classic TWS just close Mosaic, or any other layouts or modules. The picture is from www.interactivebrokers.com about TWS Configuration Webinar notes. Then add your charts or whatever. Is it faster?
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    Market data connection lost

    I think a better test is to use a 4G phone connected with a USB cable to the laptop. On an Android smart phone, select: Parameters->Connection->Mobile Hotspot and Modem->USB Modem
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    TWS Page Layout inconsistent and affect each other unexpectedly

    Trend2009 has given you the solution: use as template "Layout A", "Layout B"... where "Layout A" is your custom template for page A.
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    The Mysterious LondonTraders Accused ofManipulating OilMarkets....

    -$37 a barrel is the result of deep market manipulation amplified by technical glitches due to negative prices. The root of the problem lies in the exchanges' decision to allow negative prices. Who benefited the most and who are the most powerful members of theses exchanges? Negative prices...
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    This is how the TWS development team spends their time

    Recently, got many weird behaviors in TWS: bad display of numbers, very high CPU usage. My solution if you only use TWS: Right click on the Mosaic button at the bottom: select Close Tab Right click on the Learn button (new module) at the bottom: select Close Tab
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    UGLD USLV DGLD DSLV UGAZ DGAZ ZIV VIIX TVIX soon to be delisted

    One can read in the Credit Suisse press release: ''Credit Suisse AG cannot predict with certainty what impact, if any, these events will have on the public trading price of the ETNs.'' In other terms the price of the ETNs could do anything.
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    UGLD USLV DGLD DSLV UGAZ DGAZ ZIV VIIX TVIX soon to be delisted

    Credit Suisse AG Announces Its Intent To Delist And Suspend Further Issuances Of Its VelocitySharesTM ETNs https://www.credit-suisse.com/about-us-news/en/articles/media-releases/credit-suisse-ag-announces-its-intent-to-delist-and-suspend-further-issuances-of-its-velocitysharestm-etns-202006.html
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    Interactive Brokers Market on Close Order

    In TWS, right click on the order and select Attach -> Limit, then change the LMT type with MOC.
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    IB customers lose $88m trading WTI crude

    To sum up, 3 contracts are involved, 2 are cash settled. On April 20, IB customers could trade either QM May 20 or WTI May 20. Main specifications follow: CL May20 physical delivery, last trading date APR 21 '20 14:30 EST, Nymex, multiplier 1000 QM May20 cash, last trading date APR 20 '20...
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    Is USO a good way to invest long term in OIL?

    To avoid the asset decay in case of contango, just buy and hold USO only from the roll end to the next roll begin. For instance: from April 14 2020 till May 4, 2020, from May 11, 2020 till June 5, 2020 ...
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    Does IB offer Letter of Credit funding?

    From https://www.finra.org/investors/alerts/if-brokerage-firm-closes-its-doors one can read: You may wonder what would happen to your securities account if your brokerage firm closed its doors. In virtually all cases, when a brokerage firm ceases to operate, customer assets are safe and...
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    Synthetic Straddle via Leveraged ETF's

    You got it: the idea is to compare two portfolios. First one: one dollar invested in a 2x inverse ETF Second one: two dollars invested in the regular ETF Over a period of time which one is the better? The values for which the first portfolio equals the second portfolio are the solutions of...
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