question about IB

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martyg

Im looking to begin day trading within the next six months. Ive decided to open an account with IB but I was wondering if I have to fund the account immediately? If possible Id like to leave the account empty so that I can use the streaming quotes and do some paper trading for a while before I use real money. My question: is this allowed or will IB shut down the account if I leave it empty for too long? I havent received a reply from IB and I cant find anything on their site about this question.
Thanks
Marty
 
Thanks El Cazador,
Do you happen to know of any other reliable, free quote services that I could use for longer than 45 days to do some paper trading before I open an account with IB?
Marty
 
Check out http://www.quotetracker.com . They offer several free realtime data sources, but I think for streaming quotes you will now have to pay $10/month. Still not bad, even while learning. It is a great piece of software and I use it as a backup data source.

Good luck,

Kirk
 
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