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Hi Ara,
You are talking about splitting your money between accounts with 2 different
brokers, right? I assume that a backup broker cant get you out of a trade
you have executed on your account with another broker, right?
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "akaloustian" <ara1@xxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 6:36 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: InteractiveBrokers API --> AmiBroker ?
> Owen,
>
> I have not heard anything nasty about IB, but you might consider
> keeping an account with another broker as backup, preferably a broker
> who can support telephone order quickly in case the problem is in
> your computer. In a situation when IB has problems, you can always
> bail out with your backup. It's probably a good general policy
> anyway....
> Ara
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxx, "Owen Davies" <owen5819@xxxx> wrote:
> > I've also been thinking of going to Interactive Broker, for
> > the e-mini S&P and Nasdaq, but am concerned that they
> > have no back-up system to execute your trades when Globex
> > goes down or their own systems decide it's time for a short
> > vacation. Does anyone know how big a problem that is?
> > How often they have trouble getting the job done? (Not that
> > it has to be more than once, if you happen to get caught on
> > the wrong side of the market with no way to bail.)
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Owen Davies
>
>
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