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LOL! What did I call you an "idiot" for, Ratboy? You need to put the context out there, 'cause I don't call someone an "idiot" very often. Speaking of that "rising tide", I just sold a property for $83,500 that I bought about 15 months ago for $31,000. This during the period where houses...

I don't have a OEC account, but the thing that I wonder is if you're having so many disconnect problems, and you have many other accounts, why continue with OEC? What am I missing here? OldTrader

I'm just wondering who needs a .50 caliber and for what? It seems you could exercise your right to bear arms without the need for a .50 caliber. OldTrader

Principles? With all due respect AAA, and I mean that sincerely, I'm not sure tonight just exactly what principles the Republican party stands for. The last Republicans I think had "principles" were Goldwater and Reagan. I've voted in every election since Goldwater. Virtually always...

Make sure you learn the lesson here. The lesson is read the User's Guide...CAREFULLY. The lesson isn't the have more experience, because that might mean that you have unfortunate experiences. IB is a good broker, and TWS is a good system. But you've got to understand it to use it. OldTrader

Your "bad experiences with stops and IB" is more than likely due to your own lack of knowledge with how TWS works. For instance, I will lay odds that if you check your stop triggering method, that you have not checked the box that allows stop triggering outside of regulatr trading hours. IB...

It's their job. Whether I have any idea of it's difficulty doesn't change their job. Or did I miss something? By the way, I am satisfied customer of IB, have been for years, and have posted this many times (and been criticized for it). That said, they've had some recent problems with their...

I downloaded it over the weekend, and have not noticed any problems. OldTrader

Just a thought here. I doubt there is any particular CONSISTENT advantage to entering an order 3 minutes before the opening. Rather than worrying about your margin, I'd be worrying about what it is that you're doing that makes you think this 3 minutes is vital to it. OldTrader

Kiwi: There have been some widespread data feed problems with IB recently. October 10 for instance was one where I had a severe problem all morning. Bid/ask would disappear was a characteristic. Same problem reoccurred Friday, although it evidently was not as widespread, and was not long...

This gets my award for the dumbest post of the day. But as to your #2, did you forget all the other attacks that preceded 9/11, starting with the original bombing of the World Trade Center in February of 1993 that killed 6 and injured 1000? Then we have the bombing of a US military housing...

Like I said asshole, my statement has never been off $.01. OldTrader

I don't think this is true. I think Ensign will auto log on with any version. But if what you're saying is that you get the pop up message telling you there is a newer version of TWS, you could just close out the popup, and sign in manually couldn't you? I do it all the time. In other...

I agree with this. I've never seen IB off as much as $.01. I further think that CS gets a bad rap, unless you're one who thinks the entire North East needs to get a personality!:D OldTrader

The idea behind Missouri Constitutional Amendment No. 2 is that IF it is passed, it will provide a safehaven for stem cell research, therapy, and cures. This could conceivably benefit not only Michael J. Fox, but anyone else, resident or not. But first, it needs to pass. I can tell you that...

I've been skimming over your posts now for the better part of a couple of years. Skimming because typically they are moronic, yet they are nearly impossible to avoid seeing because there are so many of them. Today this paragraph caught my eye. Perhaps because I am a resident of Missouri...

Go buy a new PC to use as a trading computer. $500-$600? OldTrader

Gotta tell you...that's a regular happening on the NYSE. Expecting action in 2 seconds from those guys is expecting way too much. I can't see why they would bust it either. OldTrader

Interesting...I'm glad they're testing them on the internet before rolling them out.:D OldTrader

Have you got the most recent build of TWS? 862.9a is what I have. On the TWS go to "configure" then to "order", select "trigger method". When you pull that up it will tell you to use "order defaults", which should be an option in the left hand column of the page you're looking at. If you...