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You will get the short futures contract on Saturday. You will be short the contract and 20 points down and your first chance to trade that contract will be 6pm Sunday.

I've gotten filled on them, but it's rare. Rare enough that I don't even try any more. Usually when you do get filled, you could have gotten a better deal legging. The answer is to encourage IB to adopt a comparable policy to the SPX. With SMART routing, they will grab the legs for you and...

Some issues to consider in addition to those already mentioned: Liquidity in many markets isn't that great. Even with a global provider like IB, many markets are tough to reach, quotes go down... different platforms, strange local rules, etc... Many US entities are not permitted to...

I think you need a 5X product, especially on the options side. You have a lot of institutional guys who don't want to trade 5X as many contracts. The big contract is needed and serves a crucial purpose. What we don't need are the pervasive shenanigans that exist with the guys on the floor...

Thanks for the update.

I think from now on I will wait a few days to offer help on some of these "spontaneous" threads. I've lost track of the number of times someone posts an issue, several people take the time to respond trying to help - then the original poster never returns.

Certain order types are presented as spreads only at the exchange. IB does not guarantee leg fills on some types of Globex products, therefore you can be offering a price far better than could be obtained by legging and still not be filled.

The SP doesn't need to disappear, it just needs to be added to Globex during RTH.

Last I checked, those of us in the US could not trade the KOSPI. I take it you guys are abroad?

You should watch whatever it is that you trade. Don't take this wrong, but who cares what direction the market is headed. If you are trading OIH (oil) and the market is headed up, what does that tell you? There are substantial deviations between DJ/SP/ER2 etc... that can last for months at a...

Generally, the company needs to be in existence and you should be trading client and/or your own funds under that umbrella. This includes all the usual backoffice accounting and audits, etc... It is certainly plausible that they were operating under an exemption, but I see some who were still...

There are enough people resetting their own records without resorting to a third party. I see countless funds altering past year returns, cutting back drawdowns and changing numbers - not sure why or how they get away with it. Better yet, new funds coming into the game with instant records...

First post and several links to the same thing. I'd call this spam.

Wow. Not that this helps, but I had some 1245s, actually on both sides Friday. I always cut those around a buck or two on the last day if we are very close to the money. I dribbled out those 1245 calls in the last hour from 2.50 down to about a dollar. Part of the issue is not having...

Cohen, I am one of those IB loyalists. I've had a few mishaps over the years and they have generally come through with a fair solution once the right people are on the task. Based on what you've written, I would agree with you completely. The statement is the ultimate authority on your...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115352546280214217.html?mod=hps_us_editors_picks An update on Matador and a few words from Vic. He is now down 12% for the year. Note the WSJ even misstated the effect of selling a put near the end of the article.

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/ You can set up your own Treasury account and buy directly, using ladders or whatever strategy you like. There are no fees or hidden charges and most are yielding over 5%. You can electronically transfer funds to and from your bank acct to the Treasury account.

If you can see the data somewhere, just block, copy and drop it in Excel. You'd be surprised how well this works on many websites. When you right click, use paste special to exclude any formatting or extra stuff that got copied.

I only get the pink shading when the connection has lapsed. It is your connection, but it sounds like your trick is figuring out why.

I've been hitting Globex all morning with several other IB customers and we've all been operating normally.