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Absolutely! I only used you and FTSE as examples because the two of you had replied to this thread. My primary motivation wasn't to track anyone's contributions from beginning to end. It was simply to try and find the first few posts of someone whose current observations caught my fancy just to...

Hi FTSE, It's not that I'm greedy for more posts to read - there are way too many for any sane mortal with only one lifetime. It's just that occasionally I'd like to follow the evolution of someone who has posted a lot, so I can relate what they say now with what they said when they began...

So anything over and above 500 is impossible to retrieve?

Hello, When I click on someone's name, and then I click on 'find all posts by' I get shown the first 25 of 500. Is there any way of accessing more than 500 posts from someone who's made, say, over 1000? Thanks Nick

Hello Roger, Thanks for that. I'm attempting to teach myself the nuts and bolts of calendar spreads; and I was just trying to work out the best and worst case scenarios. I'm thinking along the lines of finding a stock that's progressing slowly in an even fashion either upwards or downwards; and...

Can anyone tell me if options on US stocks are the type that can only be exercised on expiry or can be exercised any time up to expiry? Cheers,

Def, Thanks for that. I meant mostly (B) but also (A). Basically, I'm interested in doing horizontal calender debit spreads. I'll check out the demo and manual as you suggest. I always find it massively frustrating negotiating my way around IB. I know the answers are all there, somewhere; but...

Hi, Can anyone tell me (or point me to an existing thread) how to go about using IB for option trading US stocks? I have an existing IB account that I use to trade the Dax. Thanks, Dod

Thanks. Do you know of any free source of 1 min charts (not real time, necessarily) just to take a look at before subscribing on IB? SJ

Hi, I like to trade only between 8am and 10am, UK time. Currently, I trade the Dax, using 1 min charts. I'm looking for another market that moves in at least, hopefully more, sprightly a fashion. Does anyone have experience of any of the currencies on Globex during those limited hours...