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Thanks to all who responded, though apparently some traders were
unaware of any problem.
If I give the impression that my problem was with IB, let me correct
that. I was trading with Lind Waldock on April 11. I am merely
looking at IB as a possible alternative and wondered about their
lack of back up.
On 24 Apr 2001, at 11:53, John F. Berentson wrote:
> On April 11, Globex went down for an extended period of time. For
> anyone who has the time and made mini NASDAQ trades during this
> period, I would appreciate learning the following:
>
> 1, Were you alerted to the Globex outage and if so, how and when? 2.
> Did you experience delays in fill reports, and if so, approximately
> how long? 3. Did you enter trades on-line or speak to a broker? 4. Did
> you experience any unusual slippage? 5. Were your fills on stop orders
> late in execution?
>
> I am looking for a new broker after a bad experience with my
> current one and would like to know how others handle this
> situation.
>
> I received a reply from Interactive Brokers which said that they were
> unable to fill mini orders if Globex is down and suggested a back- up
> broker. Can any IB customer comment on this reply?
>
> TIA.
>
>
>
> JFB
> NYC
>
JFB
NYC
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