Posted by sandiegosam on 17th of Mar 2026 at 12:17 pm
I have used Etrade Pro for several years. They retired it
and the new platform is dismal. IBKR TWS platform is clunky
and hard to use and frustrating. Sterling Trader is an API
and is quite good for use at IBKR. I here SCHW and Fidelity
are lame and not good. Anybody else on something
different?
I still have an IB account, I don't use it much these days.
I have a Fidelity account for my 401K Sep, and a Tradestation
account where I automate a lot of systems.
I also use Tradingview - you can connect your broker over there
and manage your trades right from the charts, easily drag stops and
targets around, I like using that to place trades
I use IB account heavily for stock and option trading and I find
it quick and flexible. I have recently did a lot of python code to
automate trading via their API interface. Thanks to Claude
Code.
I consider myself a hell of a market technician, amazing at
pattern recognition, one of the best system developers. Again
we have to be humble, but I recognize those as my
strengths
that said - I rather suck at options or at least I'm not
advanced with them just know the basic's, far more of you here are
far better at options than I am , probably because I don't focus
them -but I always refer to you guys for options, far better
experts in options here than I am.
Options are "fun" but if you have enough assets that you don't
have to pay for leverage....then why pay for leverage? I
would like to sell options, LOL, for "income" but don't have the
time to put into that right now.
Curious what stock trading platforms people here use...Matt? Rik? anybody/everybody?
Posted by sandiegosam on 17th of Mar 2026 at 12:17 pm
I have used Etrade Pro for several years. They retired it and the new platform is dismal. IBKR TWS platform is clunky and hard to use and frustrating. Sterling Trader is an API and is quite good for use at IBKR. I here SCHW and Fidelity are lame and not good. Anybody else on something different?
I still have an IB
Posted by matt on 17th of Mar 2026 at 12:19 pm
I still have an IB account, I don't use it much these days. I have a Fidelity account for my 401K Sep, and a Tradestation account where I automate a lot of systems.
I also use Tradingview - you can connect your broker over there and manage your trades right from the charts, easily drag stops and targets around, I like using that to place trades
I use IB account heavily
Posted by vsunil on 17th of Mar 2026 at 12:37 pm
I use IB account heavily for stock and option trading and I find it quick and flexible. I have recently did a lot of python code to automate trading via their API interface. Thanks to Claude Code.
I consider myself a hell
Posted by matt on 17th of Mar 2026 at 12:40 pm
I consider myself a hell of a market technician, amazing at pattern recognition, one of the best system developers. Again we have to be humble, but I recognize those as my strengths
that said - I rather suck at options or at least I'm not advanced with them just know the basic's, far more of you here are far better at options than I am , probably because I don't focus them -but I always refer to you guys for options, far better experts in options here than I am.
Options are "fun" but if
Posted by steveo on 17th of Mar 2026 at 03:09 pm
Options are "fun" but if you have enough assets that you don't have to pay for leverage....then why pay for leverage? I would like to sell options, LOL, for "income" but don't have the time to put into that right now.
Why Options? Capital Efficiency. Shaping
Posted by pep8261 on 17th of Mar 2026 at 11:57 pm
Why Options? Capital Efficiency. Shaping P/L curves, defined risk, asymmetric potential payoffs, precision, flexibilty. Think Checkers vs Chess. And yes, income.
you are #1 in my
Posted by morton7 on 17th of Mar 2026 at 12:57 pm
you are #1 in my book. hedgeye is #2