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You seem to create the impression that these guys don't day trade only because you can't day trade enough size. You know, frankly, I don't think you know that. But let's go a different direction. Perhaps these guys figured out that there is bigger money in not day trading because you can...

I stand corrected...I believe he used the term "loser" rather than "sucker". And by the way, if you search the internet you may find a speech or interview that he gave where he made this statement. He was given a word association type of question. One word was "day trader"....his response was...

"Getting fucked by IB" would hardly describe your situation of being out of your system for 5-10 minutes. You're overly dramatic. That said, why would you be locked out of your system in the middle of the day? Did it suddenly knock you out? Or did you sign out, and then not able to sign...

Who knows what you mean when you say "big guys"! However, if by "big guys" you mean the guys who make and trade "big money", I'd say they don't day trade. In fact, I believe it was Paul Tudor Jones who said day trading was for suckers. Probably not the answer you want to hear. OldTrader

LOL! You're just now hearing about the security device? Where you been? You have heard there's a bull market, right? By the way, some of us like the security this device provides. Count me as one of them. OldTrader

Grains now trading on ECBOT. OldTrader

Both aren't down....all you have to do is look at your quotes. Bonds and notes trading on ECBOT. YM trading. Looks like corn, wheat and beans are not trading (but will be on ECBOT at 10:30 CST). Evidently there is a problem with the routing to the CBOT. That has nothing to do with ECBOT...

Routing to CBOT is down, not the ECBOT.....as I understand it. OldTrader

Sounds like you're on the road to learning the difference between an equity investment and a loan. OldTrader

In the scheme of things this seems like a pretty minor situation. You get your passcode, you can access the system with it. Just keep following up if you don't get it. Evidently you've done what you can. OldTrader

Based on your posts you strike me as a guy who has given this considerable thought. I think it's a good idea, especially the idea of paying it off quickly. I like the idea of no mortgage...of course, my income has always fluctuated to a degree, and therefore, I don't like the pressure of debt...

I don't have any special answers. Never really followed the spreads, and don't follow heating oil at all. But my thought was that the RBOB was under pressure due to seasonal factors. Though clearly it would be easy to manipulate as you say. That said, I follow some of the refiners. WNR...

I agree completely...to delete the thread is definitely outrageous. But further, I think deleting any post because it may be critical to an advertiser, is equally outrageous. I think what happened here is that Velocity wanted to get rid of the thread since there were posts that were not...

I noticed that many posts in the thread were deleted....including all of mine. My posts simply discussed some of the risks that Velocity took with their customers money. Evidently you found that to be "irrelevant". LOL! Good question though as to why this was done. My guess is Velocity...

Can't help you with the programming. But you might try ButtonTrader. www.buttontrader.com There's a check box for that. OldTrader

Here's how I'm looking at it mike: Let's say I'm trading CL, and let's say I miss a tick, but I pick up a $.50-$1.00 move. Per contract, that $10 versus $500-$1000. To me, that's not significant. Now admittedly, some guys are trading for 4-5 ticks in the CL market. Obviously to them that 1...

mike, why don't we amend your statement? Why not say that "some professionals", including you, would care? On the other hand, there are some of us, myself included, prefer getting timely quotes (albeit 10X a second) when things heat up, like during a Fed announcement, when some data providers...

No, I can't click on a ticker in TWS, and get a chart on Ensign. But I can set up quote pages in Ensign with my portfolio tickers, and then click on those when I want a chart. Or run a chart on one of the monitors which is fed by the IB data. I didn't understand from your question that you...

Maybe I don't understand the problem. I currently use Ensign on a 3 monitor setup. I have various charts fed by IB on different monitors. What am I missing? OT

What does it do? It lowers the base rate for all those adjustables that are about to reset. So it may help a few of those homeowners who are now in trouble, or about to be in trouble. OldTrader