Today I had two Sell Stops trigger when the Bid hit my election price, not the Ask? Did they change the algorithm, or was it my imagination?...
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Remember that IB is backwards when it comes to the Bid and Ask triggering your stop price. For a Sell Stop, it's the ASK not the Bid that must...
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I like the realtime emails. A solution at your end would be to route emails received from ET to their own folder (Rules Wizard in Outlook). I do...
Tell me what the difference is between bullets and offsetting long and short positions in the same stock in two different accounts; besides one is...
Tough morning. I'll be impressed if someone made a lot of money today. I pulled out to breakeven on the selloff. :mad:
Def, Is the Prop side all In-house system trades via computer, or an army of individual prop traders using similar systems? I saw the figure of...
Being greedy myself I want first dibs, not second. I agree, without those two vices there would be no advantage.
You may save money by going to an accountant. First, you shouldn't be paying self-employment taxes, except in unusual situations, so a...
Just one of the benefits of 60's technology. I've stopped trading NYSE because I make money consistently on the NASD, and with liquid issues I...
You might post this question in the trading section. I'd like to know this trick myself, but find it hard to believe there is any way to do it...
3rd party software is the only way I know of to get the information organized correctly for your schedule D from IB. They support Quickbooks and...
Toad57. I believe for a short, you must set the election price at least a penny below the Ask for it to trigger. If you set it on or above I...
Logically yes, but IB had some customers stops trigger prematurely and they had to cover the losses, so they changed the stop rules to be more...
It may be possible to get filled on the ask, but it's not guaranteed, especially in a sinking stock. I try to become the best ask manually when...
IB uses the ASK to trigger the stop, not the Bid for a Sell Stop, so if the Bid drops below $24.99 it won't trigger until the ASK trades twice at...
Ego. You're saying to a successful trader that they aren't what's important, it's the rules they follow. A real blow to their self-worth....
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