A couple of months ago I put in an order to close out 1000 shrs of AMAT through IB. A few minutes later I noticed my trade was executed at $2, 13...
My grandpa bought me a share of KO when I was 13, and I watched it move from 35 to 70 over the next year. At that point I could not imagine doing...
This happened to me 2 days ago. Try logging off and then logging back on. It should clear it up.
Well, that "cool new toy" called YM spanked me really good. In fact, it was the biggest losing trade I've made yet. I didn't trade YM with my...
Good rule. These types of trades always kill me. I saw their guidance was well below expectations and I was able to put out a short quick...
I gave up trading pre-market several months ago when I realized I just can't get myself in a proper frame of mind at 5:00 A.M. PST. While there...
A lot of people don't like trading the Dow minis because of liquidity, but you might want to look at the $2 Dow mini (YJ). A 100 pt move in the...
I can't believe they would not let you sell NVLS after buying it, sounds like they entered your long under the wrong type of trade description....
I have noticed the same thing, I trade these types of stocks daily and have never had a problem shorting through IB. This last week nothing has...
Textbook definition of a zero sum game states that losses and gains to all positions must net out to zero.
It depends on what market you are trading, but the equities market is not a zero sum game. Despite what some of the people on this thread imply...
Back in July we had news events which lead to panic opens. WCOM fraud, INTC warning both created panic type opens with nice reversals. In the...
No problem, glad you're having a good morning.
Does anyone know how long it takes for these phone orders to show up in account?
Just logged back on, positions I closed by phone are still showing up in acct.
I have traded with them for a year and a half and the last few days have been unreliable, although I am not sure it has been completely their...
No better way to start off a Monday morning losing $1000 while waiting on hold with IB support to close out 3 positions.
Logged in this morning, initiated 3 trades and now it has logged me off and will not reconnect. This is the third day in a row I have had this...
You can say what you want about Cramer, but Greenberg has been all over EDS for the last year, down 13 pts after hours.
You have a point about the number of posts, but it has definitely made this board entertaining.
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