Thanks Def...your insider annecdotes are appreciated as always. I also think that you are primarily looking at it from a GLOBEX perspective,...
Def, I accept IB for what it is, an excellent platform alternative for many people, particularly those who can benefit from the great...
If you are sitting on ISLD waiting 2 mins for a fill, then it is because the market has moved away from you, not because of a slow broker. How...
Sounds to me like you must be routing to "Intelligent"...that's a big no-no on QQQ. For a very short time TS preferenced ISLD in their Intelligent...
oops...I have no idea what happenned there...here's my whole reply again (hope it works this time)... --------------- Most brokers,...
<Most brokers, Tradestation included, will not let you day trade absent the PDT rules (i.e. >3 in 5 days when under 25K) even if your account is a...
http://www.tradestation.com/education/06_05/help/ and check out the TradeStation Help Resources link at the bottom right for downloadable...
These other brokers give you the benefit of the doubt because you are not *technically* in violation until you close your 4th day trade. Problem...
From TradeStation today: 10/17/02 Attention Equities Brokerage Customers - Important Stop Order Information - UPDATE On October 8th,...
This doesn't necessarily answer the original question, but tradstation just had their earnings conference call today where the CEO briefly...
How much monitor space do you want to have and what do you consider to be too low as far as processing power? I'm supposing that you don't travel...
If you have that much confidence in your system then you can turn confirmations off under Format Strategies (right-click your chart) and TS will...
Did IB do away with that stupid stocks and options test they made me take when I opened my account years ago. I always figured they did that for...
There is another rule -- actually an exception to the cross/lock rule -- that says that an exchange may trade through the existing spread by 3...
In a word, SPEED. You see, if everyone participated and agreed not to cross or lock then the speed of updated quotes is slowed down to the...
Gordon, I have to say that I agree with most of what everyone is saying here. The only thing that I would add is that the difference for me...
I have an account at IB, which I used to use for everything, but now only use it for slower options trades where split second decisions are not...
ISLD has not lost nearly enough volume. --Derek
My understanding of the Reg is that it only applies to those market participants who account for greater than 5% of the total volume in 4 of the...
I actually went thru and looked at how the change this week affected ISLD's QQQ volume and where that liquidity might be flowing. In the 3 days...
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