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    Trailing stops now at IB

    Has anyone been able to access this feature yet? I see the instructions in the IB users guide, but have been unable to find a "trailing stop" key on the TWS "order type" drop-down menu. Am I confused or is this another empty promise? R Saegar
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    tax problems

    Beware the Mark-to-Market trap. If you have substantial previous capital losses to carry forward on Sched D, it may be more beneficial to elect Mark-to-Market in a year after these have been used to offset capital gains. After the election, M-to-M gains/losses are reported on Form 4797. Thus...
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    tax problems

    The following links also contain a wealth of information regarding tax strategies for traders: http://www.traderstatus.com/mark2mkt.htm http://www.daytradingstocks.com/traderstaxes.html I have no affiliation with either site; both are great info sources. :cool: RS
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    IB Improvements (Part 2)

    I also find this toolbar a waste of valuable space. Since I trade using a single 19 inch monitor, I was happy to find the workaround on the Java TWS. Using the "handle" on the left side of the toolbar, just drag the whole thing off---then it can be minimized thus banishing it to the taskbar...
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    Wash Sales issues for this tax year

    http://traderstatus.com/mark2mkt.htm#missed This website is a goldmine of tax strategy information including Mark-to-Market election and the Wash Sale rule. Beware the Mark-to-Market trap. If you have substantial previous capital losses to carry forward on Sched D, it may be more...
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    IB improvements

    The new version of the execution window is great with it's added functionality of sorting the data with a mouse click on the column header, or adjusting the layout via the dropdown menu. It would help tremendously to be able to copy or export this page to a document file or spreadsheet at the...
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