Recent Content by MR.NBBO

  1. Botched 1099-B cost-basis reporting: The List

    Interactive Brokers: Not extinguishing a wash sale after 30+days have passed, in many if not all cases. Best/cleanest examples are 1 day...
    Post by: MR.NBBO, Mar 10, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers

  2. IB 1099-B appears to have many errors

    Same problem here. There should be no wash sale "disallowed" for that trade. They are ignoring that 30days have passed without trading it--which...
    Post by: MR.NBBO, Feb 25, 2012 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  3. IB's "IBIS"

    Excellent, this has been needed for a very very long time. Take a long vacation....no quotes the next month....low quotes=low # of trades, and...
    Post by: MR.NBBO, Jan 10, 2012 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  4. IB gain/loss statement including wash-sale calcs

    The way I'm seeing this shake out, is that you'll have to declare whatever the broker reported on the 1099, then add footnotes adjusting that for...
    Post by: MR.NBBO, Feb 12, 2011 in forum: Professional Trading

  5. portfoio margin for an IRA account with IB

    It's not a true margin account, this is just a way within the IRS regs to get around T+3 issues.
    Post by: MR.NBBO, Feb 3, 2011 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  6. IB Wash Sale Help - Tax Data Date

    Seems IB is ramping up for the new reporting requirements, as manadated by the IRS, for cost basis. Problem here, is I don't see MTM as an...
    Post by: MR.NBBO, Jan 22, 2011 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  7. Can a broker change your limit price?

    Your order is being re-priced by the exchange for NMS compliance for any order that would lock the market. This includes orders that would not...
    Post by: MR.NBBO, Aug 19, 2010 in forum: Order Execution

  8. windows RDP issue

    I've seen the exact same behavior as propseeker describes. It should be independent, but it's not. Applications of all types are "throttled" when...
    Post by: MR.NBBO, Aug 6, 2010 in forum: Hardware

  9. Obama loses a cool billion on Citibank trade...

    MTM is a bitch ain't it? ---What if we don't have to Mark to Market anymore, let's mark to hopes dreams and fuzzy kittens!?! :p
    Post by: MR.NBBO, Jan 22, 2010 in forum: Trading

  10. Automated Trading Answers

    -Not really true, it's just a flamefest here at ET now, but good to see some real traders with real questions lurking. That said, I've worked...
    Post by: MR.NBBO, Dec 8, 2009 in forum: Trading

  11. Looking for a Trading Partner or Prop Firm for trading capital, offering 5% daily

    IB's Demo is nowhere near in the ballpark of realistic --it's simply meant to show features & give enough movement to test an API. IB's...
    Post by: MR.NBBO, Dec 1, 2009 in forum: Prop Firms

  12. Vegas Baby : )

    -Not when you have a stellar wingman that's got your back! :cool:
    Post by: MR.NBBO, Oct 19, 2009 in forum: Hook Up

  13. Good ways to buy gold?

    I hate to post....but yes, as a buyer of bullion on ebay, you can get ripped off easily...while as a seller, you can control who you sell to, to...
    Post by: MR.NBBO, Sep 6, 2009 in forum: ETFs

  14. Even the porn industry wants a bailout...

    They are certainly deserving, if any industry has taken it on the chin more than they......it's been hard on them all. There's no place more in...
    Post by: MR.NBBO, Jan 7, 2009 in forum: Economics

  15. "Absolute Return CD" wtf

    There are an immense number of special investment product classes, many are likely inhouse mark-ups of the public versions. In the end, these are...
    Post by: MR.NBBO, Jul 25, 2008 in forum: Trading