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At first it didn't look that risky. They wouldn't abandon a policy just after implementing it, especially since it was "successful". I remember a lot of commentators in Switzerland suggested the BNS wouldn't be able to bring it back to 1.20 when they announced it . I was later tempted to redo it...

I played the "cap" trade just one time, a few month after they applied it, buying @ 1.2 and selling @1.22 or so. I don't pretend it was the wisest trade( especially those who did it later in2014 and 2015 ), but I can understand all the people who got caught. Now I avoid those artificial pricing...

I really don't know why there should be an intermarket spread except for the fact that traders have been trading it for decades. I don't see any fundamental reason for traders to spread wheat with corn, but I see it for soybean crush, spreads between different wheats... By the way, that's one of...

Have you looked at corn/wheat and corn/soybeans intermarket native spread liquidity and volume ? Just a thought, but it might be one reason for wheat to move with corn if the intermarket spread trades volume. Other than that, I don't see a fundamental reason for corn to be more correlated to...

What 's up with Lescor nowadays? I reread this thread as I am in a "reconversion" from commodity futures to stocks...I hope he is doing well.

I noticed discrepancies between IB stock closing prices and my other data source( barchart ) in the last 2 weeks. More than usual I mean. It seems fixed now though.

https://mechanicalmarkets.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/who-executes-retail-trades-a-look-at-market-share-and-payment-for-order-flow/

I had the same problem. Changed this number and it went smoothly after that.Check Vikana's post. Perhaps outdated but you get the idea where to look: https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/ib-tws-is-slow-and-unresponsive-is-it-normal.277652/#post-3862291

Thanks Occam. 2B$ in "edge" to wholesalers Vs 20 M$ in price improvement for retails...LOL. For sure the stock market isn't a fair market, but compared to futures , it is also less efficient. Fair and competitive Vs rigged and inefficient. I wonder if some retail brokers are offering routes to...

Perhaps Paul Bettany...

Perhaps it depends on the underlying and options you sold. On commodities, the volatility( and call premium selling ) risk is on the upside, so some bull spread strategies can balance a bit your losses on options. One bull spread strategy I liked is to simply bet on propagation when the expiry...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-army-idUSKBN1481G8

Apparently the NYSE is under scrutiny from SEC concerning their market data fees and they are welcoming public comments before the end of 2016. I don't know if non-display fees are targeted though...

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Hello, TWS has an option to prevent certain positions from getting closed first in case of an auto-liquidation. It's great for illiquid stuff you definitely don't want to be closed first. Right click on a position and "set liquidate last"... However, you can't use this option with combos like...

Tired made awesome vids.

Any update from the victims of last year CHF move? Have you been able to reduce the amounts due to brokers? I am often thinking about you guys. I sincerely hope it didn't ruin your lives.

SOTY 2016

LOL...Good study. Whenever I meet a sports' car owner, it immediately turns me down. It 's like I can't take him seriously. My girlfriend says I am almost a racist...I know it is stupid, some are just passionate about racing...But I can't...

I found this in an old thread( which I can't find anymore... ). Apparently IB tries to locate unavailable shares depending on the( short ) demand for a certain stock but also based on the client habit of effectively shorting the stock once IB has located it. It is not a "punitive" flag...