Thomas Peterffy, founder and CEO of Interactive Brokers.

[murray t turtle]

I love his commercials and marketing...honestly

He basically stand in front of the camera and says: Interactive Brokers is ApeSh$T, and my accent is creepy, you can't lose with IB

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I like his old school, corp commercial where you see a bunch of taxicabs, big city,- the punchline-he is riding a horse + it says ''never chose an ordinary investment vehicle''. LOL Amen

 

[nooby_mcnoob]

If people keep doing things for you, you'll never learn how to do them for yourself. That's like anti-learning.

In order for me to feel enough pain to learn it, I'd have to feel the pain... I don't feel it yet.

 

[rvince99]

be serious.

It's true. And he's a real no-bullshit kind of guy when it comes to the markets and what works in them.

 

[zdreg]

be serious referred to the poster.
your description of Peterffy is accurate.

 

[themickey]

be serious referred to the poster.
your description of Peterffy is accurate.

Yeah and I too would be a 'no-bullshit kind of guy' trading rockstar if armed with insiders information.
And don't tell me $25 billion came from share price. It came from ripping off clients is my guess.
https://www.barchart.com/stocks/quo...=0&sym=IBKR&grid=1&height=500&studyheight=100

 

[RedDuke]

Yeah and I too would be a 'no-bullshit kind of guy' trading rockstar if armed with insiders information.
And don't tell me $25 billion came from share price. It came from ripping off clients is my guess.
https://www.barchart.com/stocks/quo...=0&sym=IBKR&grid=1&height=500&studyheight=100

And how exactly is IB ripping off clients to a tune of part of 25B???? sounds like someone is envious and holding a grudge for whatever reason.

 

[themickey]

And how exactly is IB ripping off clients to a tune of part of 25B???? sounds like someone is envious and holding a grudge for whatever reason.

Where does $25 billion come from???
Writing software? LOL
Share price appreciation? LOL

 

[RedDuke]

Where does $25 billion come from???
Writing software? LOL
Share price appreciation? LOL

I am not sure if you trade live, but if you do, there is such a small thing called commissions. I suggest you watch a movie called “Teading Places”, it is explained there how commissions work.

 

[themickey]

I am not sure if you trade live, but if you do, there is such a small thing called commissions. I suggest you watch a movie called “Teading Places”, it is explained there how commissions work.

And $25billion in commissions is not a ripoff?
Or maybe this is how it is achieved...
https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/omg-interactive-brokers-charts-are-horrible.326881/

 

[themickey]

But anyhow, one could possibly not make the claim IB are stupid, by not having an IB representative sponsored on ET, they don't need to answer all the goddamned pesky nuisance questions.
They probably retain more clients that way, than by continually publicly embarrasing themselves and another staff member off the payroll whom they don't need to pay wages.