Does that guarantee that it won't happen in the future? :)
Speak for yourself please. Electric was one of the first people to welcome me to this community, and he offered and sent me useful reading...
Its just an arbitrary number from the dark side of my imagination..Do you think we can safely discount the possibility that the market can drop...
So you accept the very small possibility that you may lose 75% of your net worth if the market crashes 75% on a weekday, correct?
What profession is that if you dont mind me asking? Do you buy puts and sell calls to offset the cost of buying puts (ie a "collar") or do you...
I think if youre in the market most of the time, the probability of a market crash happening at some point during your lifetime is not negligible...
Ok, not holding over the weekend protects you over the weekend, but im talking about an intraday market crash during regular market hours
Does anyone here hedge against a total intraday market crash a la 1987. If so, how do you hedge? If not, whats your logic in not hedging, and...
depends on your trading style, but in some cases, having crappy equipment can cost you much more in losses on that one day its gonna fail you,...
Regular DAY LIMIT orders placed on SM can participate in the cross (no flag needed), but theres a distinction between placing before 9:28am and...
lescor: lol, yea ive been building up my credit rating for these kinds of days..it seems the firm im with are anal like that, if i exceed my bp...
How do you guys deal with the uncertainty of getting "overfilled"? Suppose my firm extends to me 30:1 for order placement and 10:1 for actual...
What about Supermontage? Anyone know if you can get traded through if you place a limit order on Supermontage? Thanks
If i want to place a passive limit order, and prevent the possibility of my order getting traded through, what are the best routes to use?...
Maybe you can still ask them to look at what happened that day to your MOC order (ie when exactly and why it was cancelled). Note: there is...
Sanjuro: IB is working on fixing the problem where u get liquidated just before the close then your MOC orders get executed and you end up with...
Thanks Don, how would i go about "checking balance sheets of any firm"?? What shoudl i ask to see, and what numbers should i look for? I think...
What does that mean: "The firm isn't extended"?
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Which firms can provide a non-licensed trader with 30:1 BP for placing orders only, and regular 4:1 pattern-daytrader BP for actual positions?...
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