No, exchange floor traders can sometimes step in front of older limit orders by making new quotes at the same price.
I do not represent IB, but maybe I can clarify the situation. If you insist on correct terminology, then EFPs do not pay interest at all. A...
Good job.
I usually agree with Kiwi's comments, but that doesn't mean I agree with his decision to make them. Kiwi would do all IB customers a service if he...
Right here, but I don't understand why I would be needed.
If you sell a stock, it takes three days for the trade to "settle", no matter which broker you use. This means it takes three market days for the...
You've stated your case? Well, I think it is a very poor case. Your case is the sort of irrationality I would expect to hear from a compusive...
Fractal analysis, as a form of technical analysis for traders, has nothing to do with chaos theory or fractals. The people promoting fractal...
No, your facts are wrong. If you invest your entire account in EFPs, half the account's equity will be available for use as performance bond on...
IB pays substantially more than Fed Funds and LIBOR, including on the first $10K of your account, if you take advantage of IB's facility for...
If other customers have large trading losses, in excess of their account equity, the broker is responsible for making up the deficit, so that...
No, you just don't understand my reasoning. Go back and read it again.
You overlook the danger that the infrastructure of trading could be unexpectedly interrupted in the middle of a trading day, before there is any...
Any fool can make money, by taking idiotic risks. Lots of people on ET are idiots who make money easily by taking excessive risks. This continues...
How much margin do you think would be enough, and how meaningful will price history be toward answering this question, the morning after...
I never had a problem voting thru Firefox in the features poll, until yesterday. All of a sudden, I can't login. I get the endless loop, too.
The reason IB's margin changes don't make sense to the people complaining about them is that IB actually does know something about how much margin...
Yes, but the only cash that remains in the uninsured futures subaccount, and which is not swept into the insured securities subaccount each night,...
Yes, thank you ssanders.
You have your facts wrong. I never "vowed" to leave this thread. I also think I already gave you a useful post. The first thing you need to...
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