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I had 15 stock options and 9 expired in the money. IB never contacted me regarding this. My only hope is that because of the weekend they didn’t exercise them yet, but resulting stock position will be in the account Monday morning. It will be a very long weekend for me;(( Thanks!

Thanks Martinghoul!! Sure I will give them a call, but I have to wait until Monday, and since a lot of money has been invested I can’t sleep. Any other thoughts on this??

I have a huge problem with my stock options bought through interactive brokers. I invested a lot of money in several stock options and I made some profit. The expiration day was on Friday 16 and I didn't decide to exercise the options. I was told that if I don’t exercise them, the options will...

Hello, Since I am not using pair trade finder anymore, I would like to sell my lifetime licence for only USD 120. The original price is USD 497 Thanks

Hello, I have spent great amount of time searching for price % gainers and losers from the past, but I can’t find it. Basically, if you go to yahoo finance and scroll down a bit you click on Most Price % Change You will find price % gainers and losers. This data is only available for the current...

Seems like there is no much subject about buy and hold strategies like the one above? Is anyone investing this way? Are there any websites offering similar strategies, or similar threads on this forum?

3. Throw a coin - it will show you if you should go UP or DOWN. Place STOP order 3x times closer to Entry price than your LIMIT order(make it 3x your STOP size). ;) Seriously - this system could work - it works at least in theory. Don't expect anyone to give you profitable systems for free..and...

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Chorlton, 2. If you are spending too much time "trading" then look at longer timeframes. Out of interest, what timeframe are you currently trading? My answer: Pairs trading is my strategy. I am keeping the stocks few days to maximum few weeks. The longer I keep them the worse is the results...

Thank you! I am not giving up yet. I can break even now and some people consider this a success already. But what about that (I have found it in this forum): “On the 1st Oct you buy the worst 10 performing stocks of the S&P 500 over the last 3 years. Then come Sept 30ish the following year you...

After years of reading about trading and few months of actual trading I have found out that this is a very difficult business indeed. My greatest success is to break even, and I don’t think I will be profitable in the future. I have spent too much time and energy, instead of enjoying the life...

Thank you! If it is so difficult to open an account with them, is there an alternative provider other than IB that has a stable platform, and fees are as low as by IB?

Hi, I have few questions about opening IB account. Basically I stuck in the end of the registration where there are question about transferring the money. I want to skip the question as I really don’t understand them, and I simply would like to transfer my money using online banking from my...