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  1. Wall Street Shocker: Goldman Sachs Destroyed Bear Stearns!

    Just par for the ET course. We are slumming, after all.
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Apr 2, 2008 in forum: Wall St. News

  2. IB TWS is the most confusing trading platform I have seen

    Too bad your Federal Prison only lets you trade through IB. Hire a good lawyer... And try to get transfered to medium-security slammer.
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 31, 2008 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  3. You have a profitable trading system and other people know that you do

    There's a lot of truth to this post... But really... (1) Most pro trading firms, like Bright, are practicing classic forms of arbitrage......
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 30, 2008 in forum: Networking and Security

  4. How do top traders bounce back after major setbacks?

    This is exactly correct. In 15 years... My two biggest drawdowns have been 10% and 7%. Very painful. But after every setback... I have...
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 30, 2008 in forum: Risk Management

  5. Lehman and possibly Goldman SCAMMED. The Scammers Get a taste.

    Yeah, hating America is very satisfying. Just ask Osama or Jim Rogers. But then you know.
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 30, 2008 in forum: Wall St. News

  6. Redundent Internet Connections

    I've had the HotBrick running GREAT for 15 months... with nearly 100% uptime. Here are 2 tips based on my experience: (1) It will work with...
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 27, 2008 in forum: Hardware

  7. IB will freeze my account if modification/execution ratio >50

    I average 400 stock executions/day... and my ratio Order Entry/Change to Execution is about 3 to 1. This is for stocks that generally trade <...
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 27, 2008 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  8. Horrible experience:IB cost me $50,000 this morning

    IB and all retail brokers are for traders for whom latency is not a big issue. Competing with well capitalized Pro Firms on latency... is not a...
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 27, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  9. Canadian Traders Tax Discussion Thread

    Is that you, Helen2?
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 27, 2008 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  10. Canadian Traders Tax Discussion Thread

    You make the basic assumption that Revenue Canada is completely unsophisticated... And that simple tricks will allow you to avoid taxation....
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 27, 2008 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  11. LTCM part Deux

    Wall Street has had a culture of exploitation or "abuse" for 200 years. How have you not noticed?
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 27, 2008 in forum: Wall St. News

  12. If you keep losing money, how do you do the opposite?

    No... you have major problems in terms of basic logic. (1) You cannot reverse your losing... Because you cannot reverse your costs and...
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 25, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  13. IB eliminates margining on many stocks!

    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 23, 2008 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  14. Horrible experience:IB cost me $50,000 this morning

    This probably the most naive thing I have ever read on ET... Taking into consideration that the poster appears to be an adult. For some...
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 23, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  15. Horrible experience:IB cost me $50,000 this morning

    You're probably correct... But it really doesn't matter... Because this is a GREAT example of why the IB API is klunky. Requesting ALL orders...
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 23, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  16. Market maker plays games.

    Nothing is "definite" with the NYSE. Virtually every "rule" can be: (1) exempted from under various conditions (2) simply ignored You...
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 21, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  17. Market maker plays games.

    With a GTC order the remaining 150 probably would have been filled at the closing price... But you never know... Because, in reality, small odd...
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 21, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  18. Horrible experience:IB cost me $50,000 this morning

    Actually... If you have 500 open orders... Which is not really "a lot" at all... A request to retrieve all open orders... Will likely generate...
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 21, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  19. Perfectionists consistently lose money?

    This thread is Total Reaking Bullsh*t and so very worthy of ET. I nominate it for Thread of the Year. In reality, you MUST be a...
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 18, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  20. Stock Market Is A Scam

    Congratulations. It took you till "mid-life" to figure out... That EVERYONE just wants to TAKE your money.
    Post by: DeeDeeTwo, Mar 18, 2008 in forum: Trading
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