Obviously IB is running very scared. That scares me too, but volatility also creates opportunity - for us anyway (as long as the broker doesn't...
Wow! I am using MultiCharts right now with IB. I don't recall that ever happening - except when I made a mistake. I have never had an account...
I have not traded stocks, ETFs/ETNs in years, but years ago I did trade after-hours earnings, announcements, indictments, etc. It is possible to...
Another good reason to use multiple brokers, as Sig mentioned above.
They are not my only broker, so I did trade this crazy market last week. TS usually works OK with the "normal" volume of the last several years....
Voter registration data is sold by states and list brokers, so the data is out there anyway. Example: "Purchase Voter Lists Voter history is also...
I could not even use TradeStation this week. TS does not handle high volume well at all. It is great for daily or weekly swing traders, etc. but...
There were some buyers all the way down, even though it is obvious sellers dominated buyers most of the time (1-min bars). There was even a brief...
SoesWasBetter: Did you lose money today? Is that why you are so angry? Me a "snowflake"... RoFL You have no idea who I am. BTW, Paul Krugman...
Only Stupid People Call People Stupid Paul Krugman likes to call people stupid liars....
Absolutely! IB has had some uptime problems lately. They were down for a couple hours about a month ago. I always have a back-up broker.
I forgot to mention REFCO. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/14/AR2005101402043.html...
IBFX was forced out of business in the USA and transferred their clients to Oanda. That was from the Swiss devaluation Black Swan. Any other...
I apologize for sounding condescending. As with almost everything, opinions differ. Here is my main reason: Margin Calls Prompt Sales, and Drive...
These days 68 is not that old. Jesse Livermore died a broken, unhappy man....
100-year-old woman shatters 100 meter dash record in Chesnee [MEDIA]
At 5:42 p.m. on February 20, 2005 Thompson died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at Owl Farm, his "fortified compound" in Woody...
No. The answer seems so obvious to me as to not even have a poll about it.
IB has scrapped intraday margins for today. Full margin is required for futures today. Anyway it is not so bad if we have a day like yesterday...
XIV, SVXY Halted, News Pending https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-06/xiv-svxy-halted-news-pending
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