Why don't you use SureTrader?

I'm trying them out. Hopefully it'll be alright for buildin up my account.

I got scared off by SureTrader's website with all the stuff about not serving US citizens, and also didn't necessarily want to deal with having funds in accounts outside of the US. Also, not everybody has the luxury of opening multiple accounts. I think it's good to have some time to reflect on what has worked and what has not, so the PDT rule does not bother me that much. My hope is that any posts I make can help others.

Good job making a profitable first trade !

Thanks!

When you see all the successful trades, and have not yet traded, it seems like you are missing out. It makes me want to activate my IB account every day even though I am clearly not ready. This post helps me realize how much I have yet to learn.

Great post Treat, I made similar mistakes all week and saw my PnL shrink into the negatives. It will all come to us naturally soon enough.

Thanks brother

definitely watch the videos about IB that Michael Goode prepared for the challenge students. The links to those videos will be in the welcome email you would have received from him.

Who knows if the screen dump is even real, but if it is, somebody really likes this company!

Only insiders buy like that and they need to fill a 4-k form for that.

Good to know. I just checked EDGAR and didn't find a form 4 filed (there is still time for that). But, 36K shares out of 77M may not be sufficient to require filing as a "beneficial owner". Thanks for bringing up the 4-k, as this is new to me.

I installed iHub on my phone and see the same type of thing again today that was posted on stocktwits. Someone there suggested this type of record was a rebalancing rather than an actual purchase.