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Alaron used to be a clearing member of both CME and CBOT, but not any more. Looks like they have taken some hits in the last few months. From the CFTC reports they had $7.8 million in capital and $217 million in customers funds at the end of June. Down to $3.8 million in capital and $132...

I'll sell you T-bills for more than $10,000 each. How many are you bidding for and at what premium?

Trend following systems work when there are strong trends and fail otherwise. A trend system that worked well in October and November's volatility would not have worked very well in August's narrow range.

Why are you suprised? Yesterday 3 month bills sold for $9,999.87 giving a profit of 13 cents over 3 months on your 10 Grand.

"commodities" other than futures ???

In an emergency you can use dial up with TWS. Just don't try to watch 100 symbols.

IB has a universal account that only holds cash in the futures subaccount to margin overnight positions. The lower amounts just mean that customers don't want to hold futures positions overnight like they did a few months ago when volatility was lower.

I'm sure that a 1 oz gold eagle will do as much good for you as a 1000 oz silver bar at the local 7-11. If you want the 1 oz size for a commodity that trades in 1000 oz bars you have to pay a premium for the small size. Not my fault that there are morons willing to pay a premium for small...

Why do delusional gold/silver bugs always support their delusional point of view by quoting the prices in the moron market? tulving.com has silver eagles for $3.99 over spot and not for limited quanties as minimum order is 500. Sunshine 1 oz silver rounds are $2.99 over spot and 1,000 oz...

When the 5 wave to the downside completes the count.

What if the 4'' wave is a 3 wave abc rather than a triangle and e' is really c' and the upmove runs up to the top of a' ?

More total nonsense from delusional gold nuts. What is being defined as the spot price? The article doesn't say. As of EOD 12/05/08 London PM gold fix is $749.00. COMEX settle for Dec 2008 is $750.50 and for Feb 2009 is $752.20. All looks normal to me. As of 12/04/08 COMEX warehouses...

QuoteTracker has been programmed to IB's API specs for years. IB changed something and didn't inform anyone of the changes.

Hasn't been updated since 10/28/08, but xxx has 6 years of free ES and NQ tick data.

From the IB fees page for North America: "US Securities & Commodities Non-Professional Bundle (Includes all Stock, Options, Futures and Bond markets)" "Free (USD 10.00 market data fee if less than USD 30.00 in commissions per month)"

TWS does not display the data, but it is available using the API. Put NYSE:$AD-NYSE as a symbol into QuoteTracker and you will see the AD line as the ratio of advancers to decliners.

Not sure how to break the news to you, but the last time oil was $48.00 a barrel the price of gasoline was higher at about $1.839 a gallon. You don't seem to realize that the price of gasoline has collapsed so bad that the refining margin for gasoline is negative. 42 times $1.07 is only...

Where is this strange land in which you dwell in which index funds do not collect dividends on their stocks?

Your point of view is quite bizzare. Around here the laws of economics work rather well. Last price for NYMEX oil was about $48.00 and wholesale gasoline at $1.07. Retail price for gasoline in Edison, NJ is $1.579, right in line with wholesale oil and gasoline prices.

All the top traders intersperse massive losing trades with their usual winners to discourage copycats. I know it works for me. :D