The futures have more advantages than the ETFs in my mind as well but it depends what you are trying to do. With ES there is such high volume on...
I get the impression that presently when you buy or sell SSFs the market maker just trades an offsetting position in the actual security. That...
I generally haven't had any problem shorting stock in my IB account but I've seen posts on this message board complaining about what happens when...
I have mixed feelings about this legislation. On the negative side, it means companies likely aren't adequately funding their pension plans and...
Seems like a perfect scenario right now for the whole oil patch. Crude at 13 year highs, rig counts up, daily rates up. From a fundamental...
Here's one reason to not use SMART routing. I generally don't use it when I am placing an order for an NYSE stock. With SMART routing, I won't...
I live in South Florida where housing prices have been rising rapidly the past few years. But up state, and in particular, in land, there are...
I've had this happen with new issues. Sometimes it isn't set up in Trader Workstation until someone asks for it. They also change symbols when a...
Mine was available over the weekend and I've printed it out. They're probably rolling it out over a few days.
I had the problem before with the stand alone version. But because I had the web version as a backup, I was able to copy the page file over from...
How are futures trades reported on your tax return? Is it done on Schedule D or another form? As an example, bought 1 ES for 1000 and sell it...
There are a few journal articles that you can access through the web that will get you started. I remember a couple in Technical Analysis of...
How are you routing the order? For example, if you place a limit order to sell at the bid and route the order to AMEX, IB's software isn't going...
Has anyone tried pairs trading using single stock futures?
You can have no opinion on the market direction and still earn money with a market neutral strategy.
Since they only have 400+ employees (or maybe it was 600+), billions in bonuses sounds a tad high. I did see that they donated a few milllion $...
Good questions. In reality I think the risk is more with unauthorized account trading then with removal of cash. All brokers I know send...
There's no such thing as a free lunch. If IB or ET offered group health insurance, who would use it? Mostly those who are currently not able to...
C went ex-dividend on January 29. That is, if you owned the stock at end of day on January 28, you will receive the $0.40/share dividend. If you...
On what network did you see this infomercial?
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