So if all information is all truly reflected in the price then why are you trading in the first place, logically it amounts to gambling and a...
I would not call it "hiding" risk at the tail end. What is hidden? If a managing supervisor or risk officer has no clue how to monitor and...
Desperation and hope is never a good recipe for investing and trading. More the opposite. Hard work on the other hand is and an incredible amount...
Fair, I admit I got those 5-10x figures off the article but then I also made sure to prepend my initial comments with "alleged". The truth as...
I see your point but your example may not be a fair comparison to brokers selling order flow. I take no issue with a broker who sells order flows...
Good luck hoping. I think evidence points into another direction. We have reached a state in humanity where it should be blatantly obvious that a...
Then I would consider a limit order that is by a couple points already within the current price level. It grabs best bids/offers right away but...
I was not alluding to the mere statement that they sell order flow which I 100% agree with you. My issue is with the possibility that a customer...
Aren't you going a bit extreme? IB certainly does not make much money from auto liquidations. Read the financial statements and contained...
First of all I hear your complaint about correlations with IB's margin computations. I agree with you that the current way they do it does not...
An internal cross benefits all sides, including the customer. If you want a piece of the cake from IB then write them a letter.
I prefer to be delusional if it means that my account is safe even during highly volatile times whem other brokers go belly up because they can't...
Well, it does depend on how those orders get filled. If execution related cost (non commission cost) vastly exceed the perceived benefit of not...
Arrange always comes before the fall...
That exchange minimums are often too low in times of stress has been shown by a number of firms going belly up. I am happy you like your current...
Only in Russia perhaps. In developed nations there are rules and regulations.
This is not the issue here at all. I have zero interest in this company, I pay my commission with my brokers fair and square. But what rubs me...
Hmm, it also seems to apply for larger orders. Recently put in a limit buy at the offer for 400k usd notional in a 92 day tbill and did not get...
If you resort risk adjusted return measures to the superfluous then you seem to miss the absolute basics of risk taking, aka trading, and the...
Have you had a chance to test their feed for quality? I would be curious to hear your experience once you get started. I used them quite a while...
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