Maybe I don't understand the problem, but why not long an ATM straddle in a and short an ATM straddle in b? Your payout is a - b, and until...
Schedule D involves much more than just formatting. It requires complex calculations, and legal and accounting interpretations, which cannot be...
Stockripper, I think there is a contradiction in your story. You stated, at first, that your broker imposes no minimums on you. But then, in a...
Bitstream, just to clarify, preferencing SMART to ARCA is a good idea for many securities, but not all. You are obviously trading something...
Bitstream, Your problem with IB SMART arises because many securities tend to cluster their trading on ARCA as opposed to ISLAND, yet SMART...
Alanm, if you keep your bid on BRUT, even though we assume you are alone at the inside, and that the bulk of WXYZ volume trades on INET, you...
If your order has not been wisely routed, or it has not been wisely re-routed in response to events occuring after it was initially routed, then...
KS96, please tell us the details, and especially what reason did IB give the busting of the trade?
d9d, I think that if you simply enter, onto your newly created page, the ticker symbols corresponding to each of your positions, then the...
Jack, If you are new to daytrading, you should definitely stay away from futures. You should instead learn to daytrade profitably with stocks....
Let me see if I got this right. Ideas, suggestions, and proposed improvements are the category permitted for this thread. Problems,...
Def, You never told me, until your last post, that you or anybody else spent time on my suggestions. Now that I know, I sincerely do...
Def, for the record, your recollection of our exchange of messages, from one year ago, is not accurate. I also think your recollection was...
D9d, I never suggested that the user was to blame for the problems which result from leapfrogging TWS versions. I was trying to offer a partial...
IBSoft, Just to clarify my question: Regional exchanges provide guaranteed, certain, immediate, automatic executions, in a high percentage...
IBSoft, I think it's great that you are now considering local_crusher's suggestion to add TrackECN to IB's menu of market centers. Better late...
The problems with regional exchanges, mentioned by Mr.NBBO, like backing away from quotes, delaying execution, etc., can be eliminated by routing...
D9d, The reason you did not find, in the thread to which I referred, an answer to the issue you just mentioned, is because neither you nor...
Holy cow, d9d, you are correct. I clicked on the URL which I myself added, and it led to a thread totally different from the one I was trying...
D9d, If you login to your account management page on the IB website, and read the tips about reporting problems and starting trouble tickets,...
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