CBOE Down no trading

[roncer]

Did any body else out there get stuck Friday with no trading at the CBOE. I use IB and was unable to trade from 1:00PM ET into the close. I am curious if this was really CBOE down and unable or maybe it was IB unable? Comments appreciated.

 

[RichardRimes]

I made two trades on Friday but both were in the AM...the last trade just before 1pm ET..SPX on the CBOE

 

[Linda Options]

I can't imagine the CBOE was down. They ahve more redundancy to insure against going down than you can imagine. NASA wishes they were as clean. I would be willing to bet anything it was IB. I had problems with them before on this.

Try thinkorswim. If they are down it is because the CBOE is down.
Thank you
Linda

 

[roncer]

Linda.....did you make any trades Friday afternoon? They really left me hanging on this one.

Thanks,
Ron

 

[jim c]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4326541.html

 

[Arnie Guitar]

Maybe that's why I wasn't filled.

 

[roncer]

Jim C...............Thanks a lot. I don't want to change brokers unless I have too.

Ron

 

[def]

Quote from Linda Options:

I can't imagine the CBOE was down. They ahve more redundancy to insure against going down than you can imagine. NASA wishes they were as clean. I would be willing to bet anything it was IB. I had problems with them before on this.

Try thinkorswim. If they are down it is because the CBOE is down.
Thank you
Linda

time to pay up linda...

"NEW YORK — Electronic trading at the Chicago Board Options Exchange was interrupted around midday Friday, resulting in a slow trading day on the biggest options exchange.

In a statement, the exchange said electronic trading was unavailable as of 12:10 pm EST. No explanation for the outage was provided."

 

[Arnie Guitar]

...and I thought she knew everything.

 

[Wayne Gibbous]

Fer crissakes if there is anything wrong ANYWHERE, IB did it...


IB is a great broker, give 'em a break.


Or just use another broker and STFU.