Recent Content by foible

  1. IP API - update order?

    I'm working on a front-end for IB and I'd like to be able to update orders, even those that are created by different clients. When the order is...
    Thread by: foible, May 17, 2010, 3 replies, in forum: Automated Trading

  2. Sterling API Developer Thread

    Is there a way to submit GoodUntilDate or GoodAfterDate orders using Sterling? I see STIOrder has StartTime and EndTime but docs don't say what...
    Post by: foible, Nov 12, 2009 in forum: Trading Software

  3. Genesis Laser API help/contract

    Thank to all the suggestions. Yes, with Visual Studio 2005 Professional and the older MFC I was finally able to compile and run without obviously...
    Post by: foible, Oct 24, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  4. Genesis Laser API help/contract

    Ironically, I suspect that the problem may be that my libs are too current. Everyone I've talked to who has got the C++ API working is using...
    Post by: foible, Oct 23, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  5. Genesis Laser API help/contract

    I'm having a terrible time trying to get even the simplest automated programs working using Genesis Laser's API. I've got the .NET API to connect...
    Thread by: foible, Oct 23, 2009, 4 replies, in forum: Automated Trading

  6. Need Java recommendation

    Check out Groovy and its SwingBuilder. You can cut the code of your GUIs down by 75% or more and supply the proper function pointers (better:...
    Post by: foible, Oct 23, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  7. Anyone uses Lightspeed?

    Why does Sterling suck? I've been bashing my head against Genesis's Laser for months now and I can scarcely recall such negligent or outright...
    Post by: foible, Oct 23, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  8. Watchdog software to monitor autotrading

    If you don't want to get a second user, you can add a second IP address in the API settings for TWS and connect just as you would do if you...
    Post by: foible, Oct 23, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  9. Trade Ideas Automated System/Odds Maker

    Re bot - it's very easy to write a bot that sends orders to IB or other systems. Don't waste your money on the crappy stocktickr service, it's...
    Post by: foible, Sep 8, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  10. Is it possible to trade this system?

    A) it's possible B) any broker, but those with a good API are easiest (IB, TS, etc.) C) Skilled programmer could do it in a day or two. Since...
    Post by: foible, Jul 9, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  11. IB: getting out with 2 targets

    Is there a problem doing this with two OCA groups, one for each stop/target combo? You might even get away with one OCA group. What have you...
    Post by: foible, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: Order Execution

  12. How long before you were fully automated?

    Dude, chill. As someone already pointed out, most of the volume on the exchanges is already coming from computers. There are plenty of quant...
    Post by: foible, Apr 26, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  13. IB "Can't find order with id" messing me up

    FWIW, I tried a bunch of different things today, here's what I found: - placing a 100ms Sleep() after all calls to placeOrderEx(), I see that...
    Post by: foible, Mar 24, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading