I don't use a lot of the features either. I like to keep things simple as possible, but I have gone through the training program they have to see what was available and to make sure I wasn't missing anything.
I don't use IB's lvl II. I use eSignal for charting and use their lvl II. I have used Alphatrade and like them even better than eSignal for lvl II. I don't depend on lvl II so much with pinkies/otcbb's because I find they're not as dependable with all the MM games that go on down here, otherwise I would have looked into IB's service by now and/or would have continued with Alphatrade.
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