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Thanks for the info. It is appreciated..
Dom
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Nadeau <dave.nadeau@xxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 6:37 PM
Subject: [RT] Re: Timber Hill??
> I've been with Interactive Brokers for 11 months now. I have traded
stocks, but
> primarily trade the EMini and the ENaz futures. The commission on those
are
> $4.95/contract per side. I make about 3-5 futures trades per day. When I
> traded stocks, I averaged around 25 trades/day with some days as high as
60.
>
> This is purely empirical, and I am a sample size of one, so please take
what I
> say in perspective: In all of that time, I have had one trade get hung
up. As
> it turned out (stock trade, QQQ), it never made it to the AMEX, and I
called the
> help desk and they confirmed it was a null trade. No problems, no
> repercussions. Other calls to the helpdesk have never taken longer than 3
> minutes to get through.
>
> The connection to GLOBEX2 is fast. My executions are usually within 1-2
> seconds, and I can bid or offer ( I know this because I can see the size
change
> as I put up my bid/offer). I didn't think that meant much, but I've heard
of
> other software/brokerages where you can't do that...or so they've
explained it
> that way to me.
>
> The interface is very plain and DOS-like, but once you become familiar
with it,
> it is very fast. They are working on a newer JAVA based version that
should be
> out in two months or so.
>
> I trade primarily during Regular Trading Hours, so I can't speak for any
> downtime issues. I have experienced none to date. At least five other
traders
> that I frequently speak with have had similar experiences, although a few
times,
> some have had longer wait times for the helpdesk.
>
> Dave Nadeau
> Phoenix, AZ
>
> Dom Perrino wrote:
>
> > I was going to switch my a/c to them but decided against it only
because I
> > could not get a satisfactory answer to the same question you have.I
spoke to
> > them about that and they claim that their uptime is 99%.If you have not
> > already done so go to their website at www.interactivebrokers.com It
has a
> > lot of very usefull info.
> > Dom
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ron Cernokus <roncer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 3:13 PM
> > Subject: [RT] Timber Hill??
> >
> > > Real Traders,
> > >
> > > Anyone out there using Timber Hill for trading stocks and or e-mini
> > > on-line? Understand they only charge $.01 per share each way and that
> > > sounds so good but does their software work efficiently thats what I
> > > would like to know. Any and all comments appreciated.
> > >
> > > Ron
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
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