Closed my IB account today :(

LumbeeNDN said: "Greetings all. Well, I've traded a proprietry options system for about 3 years, and wanted to break out on my own and trade some. However the IB "Trader Workstation" is java based, and I am not able to run it from work (firewall). I downloaded a trial version of another system, and it to was Java based. Are there any good online brokers that their system is run entirly from a web browser? Thanx in advance..."

roarflolo said: "Haven't used this one, but they claim you'll never be caught behind a firewall again :) [URL="http://www.thinkorswim.com/tos/displayPage.tos?webpage=aboutWBT"]http://www.thinkorswim.com/tos/displayPage.tos?webpage=aboutWBT[/URL]"

LumbeeNDN said: "...thanx roar, thats exactly what I'm looking for...I'll give the demo a try... (at work) :th_coolio:"

holzie said: "Did it work for you?"

LumbeeNDN said: "..it did indeed, in fact, the installed version of their product works at work. I've just been playing with the papertrading..."

clubbieguy said: "optionsXpress is completely web based"