Recent Content by BillCh

  1. IB - so frustrating! Keep ending up with leftover shares!

    Of course the problem is caused by IB, of course they will never ever admit to it, and of course never ever solve that issue. When you enter...
    Post by: BillCh, Sep 9, 2010 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  2. MARKET vs. LIMIT Order - Any Difference?

    Is for example a LONG LIMIT order where the limit is underneath the actual price (so not preventing the entry) being treated - by my broker IB...
    Thread by: BillCh, Apr 16, 2009, 14 replies, in forum: Order Execution

  3. NinjaTrader - Stay Away From It!

    I don't know how to say how much I regret to have spent weeks with NinjaTrader in the hope to get it to work, but it simply is an unreliable...
    Thread by: BillCh, Mar 6, 2009, 59 replies, in forum: Trading Software

  4. help with equity curve

    Beside all the very valuable remarks, I believe another very important aspect on an intrady stragy is that if you have backtested it on lets say 1...
    Post by: BillCh, Mar 3, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  5. Anyone uses NinjaTrader for automated trading at IB?

    Hi, anyone really trading fully (or semi) automated with NinjaScript 6.5 and Interactive Brokers (via TWS 887 as this is the only supported...
    Thread by: BillCh, Mar 1, 2009, 3 replies, in forum: Automated Trading

  6. How's everyone doing in 2008 so far?

    So far I made a little fortune. How? By starting with a big fortune! But seriously, my hit quote is like a coin with heads only, unfortunatelly...
    Post by: BillCh, Mar 6, 2008 in forum: Trading

  7. IB does not send out monthly PAPER statement, what if some thing happens to you?

    Change over to TD-Ameritrade! They got hacked, so all the information is in good hands, like at professional spammers. This way you can be sure...
    Post by: BillCh, Nov 29, 2007 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  8. Ameritrade and unauthorized code

    THIS IS SERIOUS! This is not only about spam, this is a serious problem which they are trying to down play! They also gave away our account...
    Post by: BillCh, Sep 14, 2007 in forum: Retail Brokers

  9. IB - Historical Data Request in Excel via DDE: Return Values?

    Hi, I am trying to request historical intraday data in Excel via DDE. I tried it in IBs Demo (TwsDde.xls) which works as it writes the data...
    Thread by: BillCh, Aug 28, 2007, 0 replies, in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  10. IB & Excel: No "Today's OPEN" via DDE -> ActiveX?

    @R0bert Thank you very much for your input! I started to work with that but failed so far as I am just beginning to learn about VB, VBA,...
    Post by: BillCh, Aug 3, 2007 in forum: Automated Trading

  11. IB & Excel: No "Today's OPEN" via DDE -> ActiveX?

    Hi Interactive Brokers (IB) API question: Excel's VBA and ActiveX. It is confirmed by IB that there is no (Today's) OPEN available via DDE...
    Thread by: BillCh, Jul 31, 2007, 4 replies, in forum: Automated Trading