Ameritrade(Datek) Direct

Quote from steve.larson:



Forget about Datek's horrible customer service, and D.I.Y.S. Go to your "trading home" page on datek.com. Click "rapid order entry" in the lower right corner. Do this outside regular market hours. In your rapid order window enter "b100ibm t80%" (without the quotes). Translation: buy 100 IBM at market, and then sell the same at market if price drops $20%. See how easy this is? Alternatively, in your rapid order window enter "b100ibm t10" (without the quotes). Translation: buy 100 IBM at market, and then sell the same at market if price drops $10.
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Thanks for the good info Steve. That is cool.

- Deb Trader
 
Quote from zxcv1fu:

Are you talking about the Command Center?
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I don't think he was referring to the Command Center, although you can enter orders in a similar format in the Command Center (I don't know about the trailing stops, though).

I believe Steve was referring to the standard "Trade" screen where there is a link to "Activate Express Trading."

- Deb Trader
 
I trade often enough that I have Apex status. It provides me with some free stuff that may not be the same with reguler clients.
 
Quote from zxcv1fu:

Are you talking about the Command Center?
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No, I'm talking about a so called "rapid order entry" dialog box, one of the small treasures on Datek's web site. This box is small like a jewelry box. You can open this box from your "trade home" page. Look for the link in the lower right hand corner of your "trade home" page.

Please don't confuse this small dialog box with your "command center" window; the latter is much bigger and more elaborate; I have the latter, too, but don't like it and don't use it.

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