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I had the same problem with crossed quotes. I called IB and the told me that they were receiving bad quotes but my Mytrack quotes were being received properly. He gave me a solution around the problem... It seems that when the market is crossed the Smart algorithm will not allow any trading to...

I didn't know which forum to post this on so I am posting this question here because it has the greatest activity. I am preparing my Federal Tax return with Turbotax and have come across the section in Form 4592 Investment Interest Expense Deduction- alternative minimum tax, where I enter my...

JR, I also was a Dreyfus customer for many years and was always satisfied with them. Many times I got price appreciation. When I thought I got a bad fill they were always reasonable and corrected it form me in my favor. Whenever their system went down I was compensated with a number of free...

Could anyone tell me what the equivalent number of shares equals one SSF contract? TIA Cocobop

I have posted this message in the hookup forum and I thought this forum would be good too. I am in the process of opening an account with IB. I have been trading with an on-line broker and am used to the simple order entry system that I have been using. Needless to say the IB software seems...

I am in the process of opening an account with IB. I have been trading with an on-line broker and am used to the simple order entry system that I have been using. Needless to say the IB software seems very daunting to me. I have been reading the manual but without the actual software...

I know that both the NYSE and NASDQ will open at eleven tomorrow but will there be pre-market trading on the NASDQ as usual or will they start off at the gong without any pre-market activity? If there is no trading before the gong then it should be a very interesting opening. Any thoughts.

Free Riding only applies to selling a position in order to pay for opening that position. In any cash account one must have the funds already available at the broker before on can buy a stock. The problem being discussed here is a question of whether one can buy and sell many times in the same...

I've done a search on this site for that term without much success. Is there is anyone out there with the answer to this question... Can someone legally own or control both a long and short position in the same stock? Is this an SEC regulation or is it or is it just at the broker's discretion...

I live in Winchester and would be interested in meeting with other traders. E-mail me with your thoughts and ideas. Steve

Used to be a rock and roll song. The chorus went "Shimmy, shimmy cocobop, shimmy shimmy bop" Don't remember now why I used it. Guess I liked the sound of it. Good trading Steve

Because my account has fallen below 25K I have been forced to curtail my trading. Now with my online broker, after I have made three daytrades, I can only enter a trade if I acknowledge that my account is restricted and I promise to hold the trade overnight. What I have to do, in effect, is to...

From what I understand a simple system of being in the market from November until April and out of the market from May until October can provide returns that substantially outperform a buy and hold strategy. This seasonal approach will keep you in for the Christmas and January rallies and out...

If one chooses to elect mark to market status does he still file a schedule D on his yearly taxes. Also would MTM status preclude you from being able to take advantage of previous tax loss carry forwards from prior years. Thanks for any help. Good trading Steve

Don, Let me also say that I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us at Elite Trader. I find pairs trading fascinating and I am eager to learn as much as possible. Recently I tried a pairs trade, short CREE long RFMD but I got the direction wrong. I bought the spread at 2.77 instead...

Ewile There is a site that gives volatility band scan results every day. It's at SchaeffersResearch.com http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/sentiment/market_observations.asp?ID= Good trading Steve

Qwicktrade, Your work on AOL/VIA is very interesting and looks to be very simple which I consider a plus. From looking at the charts I noticed that positions were opened at 1.1 deviation of the moving average of the price differential but that sometimes the deviation continued to 1.2 or 1.3...

Theresa Lo's TrendVue Plus service will give you the average true range for any stock that you plug in. She uses the ATR to set buy and sell stops for every position. For aggressive longs the stop will be the low of the previous day's bar and for conservative longs she uses the average true...

Wouldn't it be more realistic to take an average price of the high and low of the minute of the trade. An index can trade higher than the open and close at the open price but most of the trading was done at higher prices. Good trading Steve