IB Fills have gone bad ?

Quanto · Dec 21, 2023

ZBZB said:
What size is your order?

Round lots like 100 and discrete (integer) multiples of it should be ok.

Quanto · Dec 21, 2023

Some criminal brokers are frontrunning their clients...

toc · Dec 21, 2023

ZBZB said:
What size is your order?

1/10th of 1 lot i.e 10k only

Quanto · Dec 21, 2023

toc said:
A buy limit order of 1.1025 to buy does not get filled even at 1.1024 ask price and gets filled only at lower prices..............this is just one of the example.

Has anyone else experienced such horrible fills. If so, then what are alternatives to IB. Seems a good service has now gone bad.

Depends on the "tick size", just inform yourself first about these details.
Maybe broker uses just 2 decimal digits... Of course this is not legitimate when the exchange uses 4 decimals.

toc · Dec 21, 2023

Quanto said:
Some criminal brokers are frontrunning their clients...

At times I have sen price hit the limit twice n still not get filled............criminal indeed !!

maxinger · Dec 21, 2023

toc said:
At times I have sen price hit the limit twice n still not get filled............criminal indeed !!

If you are serious, you have to upgrade many things.
Stop trading from your home.

Trade in the trading house with high speed internet speed.
Pay rent for the trading desk.
Migrate from the free IB platform to high end trading platform like TT.

It will cost a few thousand dollars a month for the overhead.

There is no short cut.

You get what you pay for (or not pay for)

ZBZB · Dec 21, 2023

toc said:
1/10th of 1 lot i.e 10k only

You are trading odd lots and not the minimum for IB fxpro so you cannot expect it to be as fast.

mikeriley · Dec 21, 2023

Expecting the same type fills a few days
before a major holiday like Christmas...really?

toc · Dec 21, 2023

maxinger said:
If you are serious, you have to upgrade many things.
Stop trading from your home.

Trade in the trading house with high speed internet speed.
Pay rent for the trading desk.
Migrate from the free IB platform to high end trading platform like TT.

It will cost a few thousand dollars a month for the overhead.

There is no short cut.

You get what you pay for (or not pay for)

It used to be very efficient before like less than a year ago but now it is bad n sometimes horrible........both for odd n full standard lots.

mikeriley · Dec 21, 2023

Migrate from the free IB platform to high end trading platform like TT.

It will cost a few thousand dollars a month for the overhead.

There is no short cut.

You get what you pay for (or not pay for)
More...
It used to be very efficient before like less than a year ago but now it is bad n sometimes horrible........both for odd n full standard lo

Really?

Lower liquidity and lower trading volumes are to be expected on MAJOR HOLIDAYS
which typically lead to wider spreads.

Amateurs..good grief.