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Non-Tech : Fidelity FOX Spartan Brokerage -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: gringodoc who wrote (155)	6/23/1999 11:49:00 AM
From: William W. Dwyer, Jr.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 222

Gringo, Yes, Fox Plus disconnects automatically after a period of inactivity, and seems to do so regardless of settings in preferences. I've tried them all for nearly two years, no luck. Seems to disconnect me after about 20 minutes no matter what I set. Fido can't explain it, I don't think the techs there understand this aspect of the software, nor do I believe they really care about it. I've never gotten a good answer from them on it. So, I just live with it, but it's not a good thing for anyone who's doing quick-quick-style daytrading. Worse part of it is that you don't even realize you're disconnected...there's no warning or indication...you just figure it out when nothing works. Usually it's easy to log back on, but that's no way to daytrade, imho. Otherwise, I like Fox for other types of trades, and especially because it's much quicker than the website and allows easy trading of multiple accounts (e.g., IRA's and margin accounts). Bill

To: gringodoc who wrote (155)	6/25/1999 4:15:00 PM
From: E. Davies	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 222

For me, my major gripe is that I cannot place stops on NASDAQ stocks although you can on the web site. Thanks for this comment! I've been with fidelity so long I didnt even know they have stops on Nasdaq (they didnt when I signed up). I'll trade you: There is a way to do stops on Fox plus. When you change an order, it allows you to change it to a stop! Gives you a weird error message, but just ingore it and it works fine. Eric