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    socialism's goal is to make working people dependent on the government.

    it's not socialism. i'm not even sure what that is..i was born and raised in socialist country,but things aren't like that back then. faaaar from this. you got some crazy mix here,made by crazy people like pelosi.
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    Possible to get into stock before opening gap?

    yep..open an account and try. i already provide you couple examples
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    Possible to get into stock before opening gap?

    here is your JCP premarket here is why- http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jcpenney-reports-third-quarter-results-123201918.html and here is your buddy,who is also looking for something 'guaranteed' :D http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=279980 in order to...
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    Possible to get into stock before opening gap?

    yes and no. you can even buy at $8.1.. let's cut this story short and save us a time-if you are looking for something that 'guaranteed'- YOU ARE IN WRONG PLACE
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    Possible to get into stock before opening gap?

    yep..it's just that easy.. 5 min today chart of JCP- good luck to buy it at open macycs gap and crap :)
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    Possible to get into stock before opening gap?

    partially because of this- http://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/imbalanceoforders.asp
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    Possible to get into stock before opening gap?

    NO. but in most cases premarket activity on LIQUID stocks will give you an idea where this stocks is about to open. it does not guarantee,that it will open at exact same price.
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    Trader Gets 30 Months In Prison For $1 Billion Apple Stock Scheme

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081114050159AAyUYJS o'hara spread
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    QE increase announcement soon?

    two down days...increase QE ASAP!
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    Suggestions on finding gaps

    you sort of running on front of the horse. i would start from the list of stocks that are available for betting in whatever firm you are with. cause last time i've checked MAN(?) in UK-the list of stocks you can bet on was pretty small and minimum account size is pretty big and no spread...
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    Suggestions on finding gaps

    ---You should backest your strat and see how much slippage you can take.--- i would add-ON TICK DATA! not on minutes or any other time frame 'bars' even after that the results will be far away from real thing
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    Red Flags Make It Easy For IRS To Bust Traders

    it's not even a red flag,deducting 800K in expenses on personal tax return..it's a nuclear explosion...you have to be really dumb to believe that somehow it will fly and IRS won't notice it.
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    IB Symbol Problems - MSFT, INTC, CSCO

    justrading-Thank you for info! did you tried to compare data that you geting with data in TWS? ---I did a comparison for MSFT ISLAND vs BATS for 09:30-14:30 ET today.---- then the question to IB still remains-how one can get data via API for NASDAQ stocks from PRIMARY exchange? ie-we...
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    IB Symbol Problems - MSFT, INTC, CSCO

    ---For QuoteTraker users ISLAND:MSFT and BATS:MSFT work. MSFT and NASDAQ:MSFT do not work. Same for CSCO and INTC--- that was my question to Pete-it does work,but the question is-what data it's returning? only from those exchanges\ecn's?
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    IB Symbol Problems - MSFT, INTC, CSCO

    he is using different SC version. update yours and see,if this will solve your problem SC ver 1048 and your is 1044
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    Suggestions on finding gaps

    no need for that. it's been done numerous times. they will fade with 80% probability. like i said above-problem is-you are NOT going get filled at those prices.
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    IB Symbol Problems - MSFT, INTC, CSCO

    like i said above-it's because same stock listed on multiple exchanges and SOME of them are traded in same currencies(USD). just send them(SC) this link,they will understand what Pete is talking about. if there is no such option in SC to specify primary exchange-it's a should be piece of cake...
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    IB Symbol Problems - MSFT, INTC, CSCO

    try chat with them . it is silly,when they are saying that tickets have bigger priority over chat or even a phone call. i've seen tickets staying open for weeks w/o any respond once again-try to chat,but not with regular support,but with API guys. because it is API problem,not TWS.
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    Suggestions on finding gaps

    as i said-interactive brokers does have such scanner. here is your gappers
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    Suggestions on finding gaps

    1)the 'good ones' won't be on the list of betting. and i'm pretty sure you can't bet on ANY stock that traded in US markets. IF you can-let me know,we will be multimillionaires in less than a year 2)how you going to handle event\day,where whole market is up\down let say 2-3% from previous close...
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