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I currently pay close to $700 per month for my wife and I, with a $2500 deductible. And frankly, I will take it any day over the Canadian health care system. You might want to check into the quality of Canadian health care....just so that you're fully informed instead of spouting complete...

Learn something new everyday! I googled after your post, and sure enough, lots of info about it. One of the purposes of probate of course is to settle the estate. Paying off outstanding debt for instance. But if your assets are transferred prior to this it would seem to defeat part of...

I've never heard of a "Transfer on Death" form. In fact, once you've died it would defeat the entire purpose of probate. Not likely in the US at least. OldTrader

Just thought I'd point out that this excerpt from kiwi's posts pretty much sums up my thought as well. I've been with IB for approximately 7 years now. Not many problems. But certainly a problem like the outage a few days ago simply reaffirms that nothing is foolproof, and that therefore you...

My, my! LOL! Point out a flaw in your logic and you off the deep end eh. Carry on asshole, but rest assured that as you post more bullshit, I'll be here to point it out. By the way IB, please forward your check. Assholes like this are making me earn my "shill" pay. LOL! OldTrader

So what you're saying is that if other broker's servers go down, all you gotta do is call them up and exit your position??? LOL! What part of "servers down" did you not understand? IB is no more "potentially dangerous" than anyone else. If the servers go down, you won't be...

Hey Gnome: Good thread. I've enjoyed reading it. And before I ask my question, let me just say that you're "da man" when it comes to video cards. You were a huge help to me, I know that. Thanks for that. You mentioned you use a 4 point stop in the ES (or thereabouts I assume). You...

I think the use of options as a protective tool in case the system went down would be ineffective and cost prohibitive. First, you have to pick an option. If you pick one far out of the money to keep the cost down, it won't move much with your stock and/or index. If you pick one close to...

Oh yeah, taxes have "evolved". Here's an example that immediately comes to mind. In the old days you get down to the last month or two and you've got a large profit for the year. You do a deep in the money option spread. For example the stock is $100, you buy a $75 call, sell an $80 call...

Which just goes to show that there's more than one fool on this website! The fact that you have a few people who agree with you doesn't change the rules of the OCC, which is what controlled the situation. The OCC says that any option more than $.25 in the money will be exercised unless they...

I read ALL the posts you idiot. Did you? I don't give a shit what your UK broker would or wouldn't have done. ALL the rules of option expiration are clearly spelled out by the OCC, the prospectus, and IBs webpage. Anyone with an ounce of responsibility, AND the ability to READ, could have...

Did you read these links yourself??? It doesn't appear you did, or you would not have included the link the first link about developer17. So that other readers may know, developer 17 held some GOOG call options on expiration date when GOOG closed $.30 above the exercise price. Developer...

Maybe the entire management team felt responsible and wanted to acknowledge it. OldTrader

You still haven't said who your broker is. But you use "MB" a couple of times as an example, so let's look at their deal. First, if you go to their webpage you'll note that margin interest, the interest you PAY on margin debt, is 7.95%. IB charges 5.65% on amounts under $100K, less on amount...

Whether they are available or not, when the servers are down, you aren't going to be making a trade. So, doesn't matter if you were with IB, TOS, Tradestation, etc etc.....the servers are down, that's it. And by the way, many people got through to IB...but it did nothing for them because...

It's kinda clear you didn't READ what I said. LOL! First of all, I said that many of the issues that people seem to have problems with and/or call customer service about are covered in the online user's manual and webinars. You have to read to use the online users manual. So let's not...

I'd rather they work on the system than give an update. We already know its down. OldTrader

I would if I were you. My guess is while they were boinging the secretaries they kicked the cord out of the wall. OldTrader

Me too. I agree. OldTrader

Here was my first post in its entirety: I wouldn't have called this an "attack". But if it was an attack, it was not a personal attack, but rather a comment on the priorities of TOS. Right after that, you called me a "shill". Was that a personal attack? This was followed up by "old...