Recent content by baxter

Hi Yonnie, I've noticed that too. Recently I was charged 3 separate commissions on an order that was part filled on each of 3 days. I didn't change the quantity or the price. This is different from over the past year or 2. What I found is that if I left the order sitting unchanged...

I think your questions would be answered if you took 5 mins to have a look over their website.... But briefly, you're not trading shares but DMA cfd's - if you want to have leverage that is (I was answering the question above concerning IB's lack of margin). FP seem to offer share trading...

Hi 58, I opened an account with FP Markets a few months ago. Check out their website, it shows their general trading rates etc. I used their online chat feature at the time and mentioned that I was currently with IB and was looking for an Australian broker to match their rates. FP Markets...

Thanks Elbee - it's good to be able to tell them that it was not just specific to me

Did anyone have trouble logging into TWS a couple of mornings ago (8 Jan 14)? I tried through a couple of computers, then through the mobile app and was unable to login to the platform. I then tried calling IB to cancel an order I'd put in just a few minutes before, but was on hold for 10...

Hi Sergio, Participation in opening and closing auctions with IB is very easy and no different to any other Australian broker. You simply put your orders in before the particular stock opens, they are visible in the market, you can see the indicative opening price (on other brokers - this...

Hi Sergio, I googled, trawled through IB's various forums, and called phone support, and could not find an answer to what seems like a simple option offered by many/most other platforms. It's quite weird that it doesn't seem to work on IB, or that someone hasn't come up with a program taking...

I didn't receive a single response to my questions a few months ago. Does that mean that there are no such features available in IB? That no-one else trades opening/closing auctions in a similar manner? That perhaps you didn't understand what I was looking for? I'd love some response, but...

Hi, I would like to know if there is a way to display indicative prices during the opening and closing auctions for Australian stocks. I've found that there is a column on TWS which you can insert called "Auction Price" but this does not populate during the opening or closing auctions...

On IB's platform the XJO is described as "Index SPI", but really there's no such thing as "the SPI index". There is the XJO which is the index or the 'cash' (which you can't trade), and there is the SPI which is the futures contract based on the XJO. They obviously move similarly (but not...

Hi Moneyking, Not sure if you read my post properly - I'm using IB's platform - I didn't mention MF Global and have never used them for trading futures so can't comment much about them. But perhaps you could tell us a little bit more about using their platform if you've been with them since...

Thought I might reply to a few questions/comments with my experience in the last couple of months of using the IB Platform. I have my IB Datafeed connected to Ninja Trader, as their charting capability is so vastly superior to IB charts (a lot of additional data is available, ease of...

RE: PAYMENTS INTO IB I opened an account just a few weeks ago and had the same questions about wire transfers versus normal direct deposits. Similarly to people above, I'm happy to say that for me the direct deposit worked and so no need to worry about wire transfers and paying the...

Hi Insider & ASX Gorilla Insider - setting up a company is not difficult and could be done within a week if you were so inclined. There's plenty of info on ASIC"s website about it, or you can call them and them and they'll explain the process. I have had a company for about the last 4...

Wow - this has been an awesome thread. It even inspired me enough to join the forums :) I currently trade full-time and am now about to start trading both on my personal accounts and also under a company structure. The reason for this is that I'm happy to pay tax on personal income tax...