What is up with all the anti-IB threads lately?

[nononsense]

Quote from bbmat:

their API developement rocks, no question.

BUT: Brokers are rated, loved/hated, compared in terms of their ability to execute trades, to provide stable trading platforms, to reconcile trades, clarify breaks in the reporting, and in the end API connectivity. Why do some people seem to mix up the order of importance really all the times? This (ET) is not an IT website and brokers are not there to cater to IT guys. We want to trade and brokers want to collect commissions from traders not programmers. As APIs is important to some, I would bet that the vast majority rather focuses on above-mentioned points. Discussions about API and technology are helpful but recent criticism about one or the other broker did not focus on their API connectivity, or lack thereof.

I do not understand why we talk about APIs the whole time and that in several discussion threads instead of the top 5 most important features a broker should offer and maintain in high working order.

Just my 2 cents.

Dear bbmat,

You sound like an unhappy person. It may help if you would quit trying to be a cop around here - we have moderators to this kind of work but we don't really get whacked very often by them.

Don't come and tell us what belongs on the ET website and what not. Look a bit around, you may change your mind about this. I hope you keep hanging around.

Welcome bbmatt,

nononsense

 

[optgamvol]

is this the kind of response you get here from the average ET member/reader? Please help me out here. I am new and admit I am not used to such unproductive ways of exchanging thoughts. I throught this topic is on the issues of why IB was recently (over)criticized, API not having been the issue in this regards at all. I have no idea why Nononesene is adding his API issue to every topic discussed on this website. Or did this thread already get off topic so soon? I am outa here.

 

[version77]

Quote from nononsense:



Dear bbmat,

You sound like an unhappy person. It may help if you would quit trying to be a cop around here - we have moderators to this kind of work but we don't really get whacked very often by them.

Wow. Who is trying to be a cop here? And how do you know
bbmat is unhappy? Having moderators just means ET is a police
state. What bbmat brought up is right on...

 

[version77]

Quote from bbmat:

is this the kind of response you get here from the average ET member/reader?

Oh yeah. Try saying something against IB and you will get tore
to shreds by the faithfull. You have to be carefull on this board... :eek:

 

[bent_prop]

how else would a bunch of intraverted trading nerds be able to express their aggression, but behind these annonomous identities and certainly not in person. wooo, tooo much honesty for me today. Back to the Hack