You only should be worried if you don't want to pay any interest penalty on underpaying your taxes throughout the year. If you don't mind that,...
Write a program to search historical closes versus the last minute of trading then. You'll find plenty of examples.
If you are sure you are going to make a profit for the year, then paying estimated taxes will save you money in terms of paying interest penalties...
Just look at a rebalancing day and you'll see some bizarre closing prints. In my trading career, I have seen numerous examples of what you are...
I also have a lot of symbols on my API page on TWS (probably between 20 to 100 symbols depending on the day). Maybe that is a common denominator...
Why don't you build up size and see how it goes? I'd still use LOC if it is possible for you to do so.
You'll get the closing price but whether or not you influence the closing price with your order is the question. How about a LOC order instead,...
Yes, I think you are correct. Am hoping IB can track this problem down quickly.
Unfortunately I do specify the conid in my orders and I still occasionally get the 10-30 second delay.
And this may not be related but when I type symbols into TWS to bring up stock symbol lines, usually a dialog box pops up immediately giving me a...
Yes, I think that is correct.
I don't have this problem when I login to account management. My TWS session is unaffected. Is there an option when you login to your account via...
Sorry about your problems, but at least your posts are always fun to read.
I think you have a rosy view of big firm's production applications. I've seen some god awful frontends that are complete garbage. Most likely...
This might be true for Proshares, but it is not true for all K-1s. Most K-1 providers just delete short entries automatically from their records....
https://www.thestreet.com/story/891820/1/the-winners-of-the-new-world.html
Apparently even the computers need to take a break based on the liquidity I see in afterhours trading.
The liquidity is low because people want to have a life and take a break from the markets.
I also experienced issues last night between 5pm and 6pm eastern time. There was something going on last night that made requests to IB timeout. I...
If your broker allows it, you can submit hidden or island orders. Hidden orders are not visible and most likely must be routed directly to an...
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