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No, it was a real question on why it happens since I usually trade futures and even on market orders, there is very little slippage, and bid / ask is normally not larger than 1 tick. Was the title of the thread a little outrageous? Yes, I don't really believe they are ripping me off, but I...

I am not a mod of the options forum, nor do I frequently trade options, so no I don't claim to be an expert in trading options.

On my yahoo quotes during market orders, I get real time quotes right under the symbol, after hours, it now says after hour quotes. However, for me even better it tells me if the quote on IB can be trusted or not. If the limit price on IB is close to the price on yahoo, and I want to take...

I put it in at $ 1 GTC order since I saw that at least 1 contract got traded from yahoo finance data at $ 1.10 and current price of the stock was close to its lows of the day when I put in the order. I need at least $ 1 as a safety net, the GTC limit was fine for even if I had to wait till Tue...

I checked yahoo finance, and SVNT March 10 puts were selling for $ 1.10 . However, I go to trade them on IB for example selling them naked, and IB is listing them at $ .88. So I manually change it to $ 1.00 and get filled immediately. So my thought here is if you are getting $ 1 no problem...

Ok, just be sure to give it back. I will need it for Tue. :-)

I have to say today was one of my best real money trades. I waited for confirmation on both indicator and price action. After I set stops and targets, I left trade alone and got a swing profit for this long trade. Also, I said to myself, I would only do this one trade today either I would...

One of my favorite fibs worked. Over traded today to go from a $ 220 loss to a $ 62 profit. Main mistake was not taking my 1st stop on CL and instead letting it run against me on a short trade. Last trade was a fib long. If I waited for full CL short confirmation from one of my indicators...

Looks like 2 year delay, in my longer term account I will hold the stock, but in shorter term account, I am going to get out.

Its funny, just after I bought protection yesterday on MNKD, the stock fell hard today and was halted for news pending. However, sometimes there are short raids on these types of stocks, so even though the stock fell, this could turn out to be nothing. As noted in the article, the stock...

I had some losing trades yesterday. Note to self don't over trade during a bank holiday. Today much better. Woke up around 8 am PST. Took a scalp long for 10 ticks but could have gotten 20 - 25 ticks. In future if I trade during hours when the market is moving strong, I need to let...

With the stock having gone up both my call options in MNKD and the Jan naked put that I sold have done well. I heard some rumors that the FDA may actually have a ruling soon, so I closed all options at a profit. The Feb 6 puts cost around $ 91 each so to be more professional, I did take...

Since I was not able to trade yesterday, I decided to review my setups to see if I would have made money. In hindsight, assuming I would be patient, I would have made money. Glad I did not try anymore longs today, CL really tanked. Don't know if this is the start of a downtrend or normal...

Made a few mistakes but still made a profit. 1) Traded during lunch hour, CL was moving just 5 ticks when I got in. 2) Did not wait for a bullish signal like I did for the rest of the week when I took long trades. This was silly again. So I should have waited for lunch to end and...

Last night I was thinking about going long Euro based on report Japan buying their bonds. However, looking at price action, I thought I could make 10 ticks on a short. The problem with this trade, instead of using even a standard stop was that I did not want to give back my gains for the day...

My indicator was still bullish but looked like it may have started to show a reversal, however, price did go up, and I jumped in. I should have then just left my target and stop alone instead of watched it and I would have made more money. I only took 12 ticks and could have gotten much more...

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/crude-soars-on-news-of-alaska-pipeline-closure-2011-01-09?siteid=YAHOOB Looks like this is why CL went up.

I actually went long 89.42 and took .17 don't know if it was at the same time as your trade, about 4:30 my time. I could have gotten .20 easy. My indicator was green and market had nice speed for a Sunday. Congrats on your trade.

Ninja Trader does work with IB. Only draw back is you will need to keep your computer running all the time so use a UPS. The benefit, all stop and limit orders are on your computer and not seen by IB. All automation and AI are on your computer and not seen by IB. Also, NT is a much...

Had a nice text conversation with a CL trader. I went long wheat overnight, and it was a bad losing trade even though my understanding there is a droght. Was able to scalp my way back to BE today. I guess ES trade was not really a scalp did 2 contracts and took around 2 points. Was...