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10 years ago when i started to trade it was such a big help to have a broker with such low costs around. thank you ib revolutionizing the brokerage industry and helping me to become a trader! the only thing i don´t like is the comission schedule for low priced stocks, especially canadian...

@marketsurfer your bullish stocks call and your short gold call stand in condradiction. the only way stocks go to new highs if these criminals print vast amaount of money and send it directley to the us people. something like a 600$ check every month for everyone! if something like that...

As soon as I read your first post, I already knew you were about posting about spreads, italian forums are full of this B.S. So what ? Did you know that the ECB has the power to buy government bonds, and they often do it ? If you are so sure about it, build some long CDS trade, or long...

i think it is very likley that a few states will drop out . just look a the spread between the german and italian government bonds Italy: 5,04 % Germany: 3,85 %

lets assume that italy drops the euro and relaunches the lira. how would that function? would they simply exchange the italian euro notes(euro notes have a letter telling their origin) for lira? i think this would be a really big mess if they drop the euro. would be great if someone has...

i am also confused with the ib fx system. for example i wanted to buy norwegian krona with euro the nok/eur pair is curentley not trading, only the eur/nok pair. is there any disantvantage to selling euro aginst the krona instead of buying nok/eur. thanks for yours answers

hi, i am searching for a very conservative broker (not ib) where i can buy hong kong stocks. any suggestions? thanks

thanks for your replies we are located in germany. not long ago there was case where a trader did sell a stock and bought it back immediatley. the german irs lost the case in court. i don´t know if i remember it correctley but i thougt that i read it on elitetrader many years ago that your...

hi, me and a friend have a longterm position in a small cap nasdaq stock which has very low volume. it would be impossible to sell and buy it back without incuring huge slippage. we would like to take the loss for tax reason and buy it back immediately. would it be legal to trade with each...

hi, does anybody know what happens to all the merril lynch options if the deal is approved? i guess they will be converted into bac options but i have no idea how that plays out exactly. does anybody know how takeovers are handled in the case of a takeover. thanks alot!

since i upgraded to the latest ib tws i cannot check the "hidden" box.(hidden island order) any ideas? regards

just found out that my system clock is also off by a few minutes.... could it be that the esignal application takes the time stamp from my operating system? i apologize....most likely my fault....i will change the time on my operating system and then try it on monday regards

one more esingal problem: the clock of the esignal application is behind my ib clock for a few minutes (today 4,5min) 1)i get times and sales a few minutes late 2) i don´t get the whole interval chart it occured for the first time a few weeks ago. happens almost every second day i...

not true.....while the brokers share no information with european countries the irs does(for ex. germany..and many more). if you trade from germany with a us broker and think you can avoid taxes.. ..no chance. would be very stupid not to pay. maybe you are lucky and do not get caught because...

couldn´t have said it better...

yesterday i sent you a pm with my customer number......have you tracked down the problem?

thanks reg...but unfortunately it is not working for me regards

symbols: all chart: standard chart (just opened an advanced chart-everything allright) Problem: todays daily bar on the standard daily chart is missing regards

once again.... todays daily bar on my interval chart is missing... fo esignal this problem exists for years if i wouldn´t be so lazy i would have switched a few days ago when my yearly service plan renewed. you are lucky esignal... yeah, i know i am an idiot. regards

as far as i know he would need to file a w8-ben form. then he only would have to pay taxes on capital gains in his home country. on dividends there is still a 15% witholding. maybe there is a way to get that back from the irs but i have no idea how - never tried that. regards