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you mean: fixed until it does it again in the morning...

not that i need to answer to you, but.. for audit purposes (made rather mute given my recent trading), i needed everything in one account, as i trade US and asia/euro. so, since my other options don't have access to asia, i begrudgingly had to move my US trading back to IB. stepped up to more...

it's not a problem with the latest TWS- that's a fucking lie (as usual from ib). i have several old versions, several computers- all the same. have i mentioned lately that i hate ib... wtf is the problem in brokerageland. seriously, WE should all start a brokerage. ib is where it is...

and the ib supporters/shills question/attack me when i say that i'm looking for a REAL, professional broker. i'm looking at the same thing and, if, like me, you use ib for your data feed, then you're blind too.

was, frankly, just too disheartened to screen capture/post a blotter yesterday because, after the previous 102m bitch slap (as someone here appropriately called it), i submitted myself to another bitch slapping. anyway, -20m between the past 2 nights and yesterday (would have been more if not...

thanks for the data point. did you get the 'shares not available' and then have it fulfilled later? shit, wish my orders had gone thru...

ummmm.... was that a no or a yes?!?:confused or perhaps just a misplaced OT rant...

just wondering, as i couldn't...

TWS shuts itself down once every 24 hours. if you were awake when it happens, you'd see a popup box telling you that you have 5 minutes and gives you the option to change the time. that (when the box pops up) is the only way i know to change the time it does it. i don't think you can deactivate...

today. as always, trade small, make $. proverbial piss in the ocean.. congrats lescor. great contrast between success and failure.

i may end up going down in ET history for blowups. so far since oct 2 alone, i've had: -47m -98m and now.... breaking into 6 figures: -102m i'm a living breathing cautionary tale. the good news is that i have decimated this acct to the point that margin requirements will make it nearly...

why?so that you can concoct a reason why it was the client's fault or, if all else fails, blame the exchange (that's your fallback of last resort FME. same shit cost me 14,000 in march. called, spoke to managers who said they'd call me back- never did. try to reach said manager- impossible...

dead on. you forgot that they'll blame YOUR computer, connection or imply that you're not too bright. i get this treatment and they get 15,000/month comm.fees out of me. i wonder how they treat a less active acct (shudder). worse, mgmt/everyone at ib knows their reputation and me thinks...

yeah, i noted the same thing and acted on it. had a lot more $ in my acct b4 this epiphany...

figured i'd post tonight's blotter now just in case i screw the pooch trading in the morning. a good night. the sgxnk weekend hold panned out, and i traded pretty well all night. actually was pretty conservative (but of course! if i'd traded the # of contracts i traded last week, i'd have...

the OP's question is valid and i am looking for the same. IB is getting >15,000/month in comm/fees from me and they cost me, i'd say on average, >3,000 every month in fuck ups due them dropping DAX feed, globex, stops not executing, trades not executing, etc. this month, that total is >10,000...

i hope you didn't take my post as an endorsement. just because the friend of a friend may give you a shot, doesn't mean you're ready. managing OPM is, to me anyway, MUCH more stressful than your own. losing your own money is tough, losing the money of people who have entrusted you and showed...

you appear to be implying that i was being universally condescending. hardly. i have seen so many posts on ET like the one i quoted, and i finally decided to attempt to debunk this silly myth. accredited investors are given pretty high status here out of ignorance that gets reinforced by...

spoken by someone who has clearly never handled OPM and, therefore, is talking out his ass because he hasn't clue one what he's talking about. if, on the other hand, you had ever managed $, accredited investor $, what you would KNOW is that there is ZERO correlation between net worth and ones...

also... just wanted to acknowledge all the very kind PM's i got yesterday after i posted evidence of yesterday's debacle, and thank everyone for their kind/supportive words. as i'm sure many can relate to- my close friends are not traders (NEITHER AM I, btw- see yesterday's post!) and...