which year was this? 15 min delay is definitely before my time. I use investing.com or marketwatch to verify what IBKR shows me, so far so good all tallies

of cos, now i have Moomoo for real time data also

nonetheless will checkout tasty trade (got referral code?) https://www.reddit.com/r/tastyworks/comment...astyworks_from/
seems like can use Wise, but Wise MYR->USD is expensive. now looking at CurrencyFair, but it seems like CurrencyFair only allow selected countries like singapore https://support.currencyfair.com/s/article/...?language=en_US

This post has been edited by Medufsaid: Mar 2 2024, 08:13 AM

use tiger trade to view live data, buy from ibkr for 0.35c commission. been following ramjade tactic, no complaints from my end lol.

Tasty Trade or Schwab, don't do the conversion, is the local bank.
both moo and tiger still having lagging data to trade.
tradingview unless paid rm45 ot 50 a month to get live data

the main reason why IBKR not my favor is because the commission charge are very uncertain, is just you buy something you dont know how much will charge you extra.

because of this many of my friend got into significant loss due to commission charge time after time

Moomoo and tiger live data enough if you don't trade. It's not lagging. I use their data. Trading view have free plans.

The fees for stock is mentioned clearly. Usd0.35/transaction. I less you are big fish.

You can always buy live data with IBKR. If you trade a lot, they can refund you the live data (depending on your package you buy)

function are over-complicated,

my per night turnover is about 3k to 30k USD a night,(still consider extreamyl small fish) so I am a bit more sensitive to all this because I am looking at a 5min chart to trade. my broker don't charge for buying stock, but just a clearing fee.

and data are free by the broker. i have a few friends who show IBKR we are having a hard time to understanding the charges.

sorry to mention majority trade are options.

This post has been edited by tkwfriend: Mar 6 2024, 01:16 AM

Care to share which is your broker?

MGM refer to his previous post

I am not a trader.

You can try and see which broker you like if you feel you don't like IBKR. There's tsstytrade (the guys who created TD), there's first trade.

https://international.schwab.com/
This is the website, as they take over think or swim/TD

ok my bad, LSE data still on 15 min delay. modified my LSE etfs positions on thursday and was reminded of it.

was trading US counters recently. those are real time

This post has been edited by Medufsaid: Mar 9 2024, 10:32 PM

Sorry to hijack the forum. Once again, thank you everyone here for providing valuable advice and information for us

Just wanted to ask everyone's opinion here. If you want to invest in S&P500, say hypothetically about 6 figures in cash for the long term, say more than 5 years, what would be the best option?

I'm thinking of Ramjade's method of opening a IBKR account via a CIMB SG bank and parking there? Or would it be more advisable to do it via Rakuten or any other local institution due to ease of legality, withdrawal issues etc?

Likewise what would be the best for a similar amount for US TBills Money Market fund?

Would appreciate advice. Thanks again

Angelo1990e CIMB sg bank has a change in procedure now. it's either you

• open CIMB sg bank and fund S$1,000 from CIMB m'sia (free money $$$ for banks thanks to cutthroat forex rates)
• or open MBB sg acct, then open CIMB sg for competitive SGD->MYR rates

This post has been edited by Medufsaid: Jul 6 2025, 08:08 AM