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I have many problems like this with IB using market orders. I even had times
during slow markets where market orders to exit a position where not filled
after 5 minutes. Slow meaning Slow for emini not dead.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "john Davis" <buglywugly@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:58 PM
Subject: Interactive Brokers bad fills
> It happens often. This morning I did a beautiful long trade on the mini
Dow
> $5.
> I pulled the trigger to exit my position at +$75, and it went over $100
> without a fill.
> It sat there ,so I canceled and retransmitted the order. It was at +$65
when
> it
> finally filled the market order.How can you not get filled on a short with
> all that upward
> volumn?? Am I not seeing something here? The key to a successful trade is
> to exit
> while momentum is still in your favor! Has this something to do with
> smart routing
> or something? Do I need to adjust something ? Does anyone have any
> comments or
> suggestions? I have had problems with the platform freezing from time to
> time also.
>
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