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    High Speed Trading Unfair To Retail Traders

    http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ice-says-it-doesnt-allow-flash-trading-2009-07-29-1432410?siteid=rss
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    IB didn't execute my stop, maybe they reinstated rule "last is not last"

    is it market,limit (if limit-what is the price), is it been accepted,routed to proper exchange? things like that. don't know,if trigger method is in audit file. i'm not familiar with YM(i trade stocks only,with very big stops,which i prefer execute manually). also-call to trading desk, they may...
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    Large deficits don't cause inflation: Fed's Yellen

    :confused: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/large-deficits-dont-cause-inflation-feds-yellen-2009-07-28?siteid=rss
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    The end of tax heavens

    in case of FBAR you have to deal with 500K in penalties and\or 5 years in prison. nice huh?
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    The end of tax heavens

    the way you see it is the same way how irs and US government see it.right now everyone,who have bank account outside of US is a criminal. look for FBAR form on IRS site. do you like to be treated like a criminal,when you have joint account outside of US with your mom,who live in europe? do you...
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    Nyse-arca Down?

    no backfill either. charts are not working(at least for IWM)
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    Nyse-arca Down?

    no bid or ask on SPY,IWM
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    Nyse-arca Down?

    even if IB post that the problem is solved-i did not see any bids or ask on any liquid etf
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    Fios

    it is more secure than cable. right now you most likely having dedicated line between you and verizon. cable is shared network. during a bad weekend all neighborhood jumps on internet-speed die. regarding security-i;m using fios for like 5 years already. never saw anything suspicious in router...
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    The end of tax heavens

    my point exactly. this is not about tax cheating..it's about personal privacy, our freedoms. do i have right to put the earned money(which already been taxed on many levels)somewhere outside of US? the answer is no. why?because your government say so. here is a good example-...
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    The end of tax heavens

    and nobody seems to notice..and nobody seems to care...(George Carlin) http://www.panamalaw.org/index.html
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    Earning interest on cash at IB

    fatwallet is a great place to find good rates - http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/finance/783099/ there is a bunch of internet banks, that pay you 4% on 10K and all you have to do is 10 debit card transactions. but-the question still remains-how to earn some interest in IB on idle cash?
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    Why so many IB stocks unshortable today?

    yes. i notice this as well. typical number is 8.5K products for short, but today before open there is 5K only. when placing the orders i notice that pretty much every other stock is not shortable
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    Earning interest on cash at IB

    http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=163992 i was trying to tell this to ET long time ago. the way they deal with buying power by changing the margin rate EVERY DAY for every possible security is very creative,and it's impossible for customer to earn any money on idle cash...
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    IB TWS: "The application is now locked"

    it is annoying. but what even more annoying that they(IB) change everything ALL the time without give you a warning,note or whatever. usually those "surprise" changes are not in release notes. lock is one of them. you upgrade your TWS version, didn't change anything-bam! locked. i did upgrade...
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    IB TWS: "The application is now locked"

    go to configure->Misc->Lock and Exit->Never lock
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    U.S. Bailout Costs May Reach $23.7 Trillion, TARP Inspector Says

    incorporate in this belize. make a money outside(US stocks/futures) and you don't have pay a dime. take the profits and spend it overseas. the money is not yours..it's a corporation money. you did not receive a penny. so-what they going to tax? what's really sad that they literally force you to...
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    News Service

    Hi All! can anyone suggest me a web based news service,where i grab the data,store it or use it in my application? something like the fly on the wall, but with all news providers(like yahoo)? yahoo blocks my requests and i'm unable to use it anymore Thank you!
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    How many people here actually make a living?

    i agree with your definition of "trader", but disagree on numbers above. i'm in zilch category for years. you can take my 1040 as a proof.:p
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