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Setting limits - a big thing in life. How do we receive the advise of others? I have always been somewhat impressionable, letting others influence me in many ways. So, if I venture to ask a question, I have definitely placed myself or my ego or my welfare in a vulnerable position. To...

My very first trade on IB was not by choice. I too have a fingerpad instead of a regular clickable mouse. I was just watching the action and somehow I must have gotten excited, and my finger hit the pad. Lights blinked, colors flashed ... I had just bought .... all this excitement got my...

learn about those ETF's - they directly reflect changes in interest rates of various terms - ETF's have option chains do the math - out of the money options control huge amounts of money for very little cost - that is where you get those huge leverage percentages - there is less leverage...

You all are really scaring me. So let me ask a question that will help calm me down. How do you find IB's GTC stop execution? Reliable as a safety net? Doesn't the TWS offer conditional orders where upon the conditon of a specific order being filled, a second order (eg. your stop order...