robgrant Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Quotes are not updating this morning. L1 down at bottom of screen was yellow, now red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgrant Posted March 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Okay, I had to reforce login. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 what datafeed was that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgrant Posted March 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 TD Ameritrade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 figures. that means it is logging in. Their servers have been acting up in the morning all week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgrant Posted March 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Should I just get an account with IB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK~ Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Should I just get an account with IB? yes, for so many reasons... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgrant Posted March 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Such as? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 separate from reliability - the difference in commission may or may not be advantageous depending on your usual order sizes. if you are an active trader, you can get TDA commissions down to $5 or $6. If you do that and your usual trade is 5,000 shares or higher, TDA would be cheaper. If you usually trade smaller sizes, paying 0.01 per share with IB can be a lot cheaper. Also lets you leg into a trade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK~ Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Such as? in addition to above, RELIABILITY can not be emphasized enough imho access to almost all world markets, equity, futures, commodity's, Forex, etc... Global acct, efficient use of capital, no need to maintain separate accts [futures, equities, forex] ECN Forex excellent execution reliable API reliable data, even in fast markets due to its "snapshot" as opposed to tick by tick TWS is an extremely usefull program, albeit a front end and/charting package is usually employed. [which MT is, "once order entry module is incorporated"] Strict margin control, I feel safe knowing that those with less than optimal risk management won't take the brokerage down [along with my deposits] 24 hr customer service, trading desk - Asian desk, European desk, US desk Just an all around solid, healthy brokerage I could go on, but I think you get my point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgrant Posted March 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Okay guys thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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