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Hi all! I've been papertrading stocks and options for a year. Results are not bad. Now I need to start real account cause further development needs real money. But my problem is I don't have a mentor and don't belong to any traders'/financial community/organization. I always feel like I'm...

Thanks, I've just read your thread when you had the same issue. So I've turned my QT time to GMT and it works fine now. Though it's not so good since i used to watch time as US Eastern. What do you mean saying "check off"? Does it mean turn off?

Does IB provide intraday backfill? (for example, for Medved QT). If yes, mine doesn't seem to work.. Thanks

Hi all! I use QT+Ameritrade as data source (have been using it for a year). Today when i launched it QT refused to login to Ameritrade. Does anyone has the same problem? I have the latest version of QT (3.8.2B BETA). What's the problem? Thanks

Hi all! Have the next problem with IBs papertrading account during the last couple days (including today). When I click "Transmit" button, nothing happens and the "T" buttons remains the same (ie doesn't hide or go away). Order is not executed. For me it happened on all my stocks (high...

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Hey guys, Just wonder. ACI moved about a point in about 20 min with pretty big volumes. Why? What happened? Thanks

Hi all! 1. Could you please explain to me more about underfunding. Let's suppose we have $15000 and going to daytrade stocks (let's forget for a while about $25000 restriction). Could you please explain, if this funds are enough, or not and why. My idea is you need to use your funds for MM...

Could you please explain to me more about underfunding. My idea is you need to use your funds for MM (let's say, loss per trade). So, if you have, for example, $15000, so you can have a loss $150 per trade. Hence you plan your day. You will need to have 30 "-" trades IN A ROW to lose $4500...

Thanks everybody for you ideas and help. The first steps are the most difficult.

Exactly (can't understand though what you mean saying about the disaster) Personally I think the OP, pooled with his friend, is still underfunded to trade stocks. His and his friend's failure is all but guaranteed. And so will be the failure of the firendship when things go wrong. And they...

Maybe you're right, I didn't think about that. Thanks. Do I need to have any certificate or whatever or to comply to some rules in order to be an advisor?

Cause I'm a daytrader so I need $25000 to open an account, I have only $15000, and my friend has only $15000.

Thanks. But I need exactly the opposite: one account and two persons (not one person and several accounts). They have something in their account application, it's called Joint account (in Individual section) with %'s for two persons. But I'm not sure if it is what I need.

Hi everybody! I've got the next question concerning the IB account type. Me and my friend would like to trade US stocks from single account (50/50). Is there any possible way to open such an account and second are there any protection mechanism built in such account so that no one of us could...

There was enough upticks. I've send my order several times (and volumes were about 2 mln every 2 min). I've had the same problem with SAP (I've tried to buy it). It's strange cause usually I have no problems with execution.

Hi all! I can't get what's going on today. It takes HUGE amount of time for IB to fill my orders (up to a minute maybe). I've tried to sell AMD 300 several times (cause while the order was hanging, the price have gone away). What's the problem? I'm papertrading at the moment, but if such...

Thanks guys, for your thoughts. I'm thinking more about IB. And I'm getting more and more used to it. Have anyone had any problems with withdrawals or any other problems with it?

Difficult question :) Well actually I ment the experience that traders had with different brokers. What they like and what don't. As for me it would be great to use IB, but it's really difficult to use them in active stocks and options trading. At least much harder than with TOS. But TOS's rates...

Just trying to understand how this order type is being executed. Let's say, we have price 30.10-30.12 I'm sending a 'market' buy order. What happens next: 1) If market is stable am I got filled at 30.12? 2) If market is moving fast between 30.15 and 30.30, what price would I get? 3) If...