Recent Content by groundhog

  1. Any Troubles with IB TWS 865?

    I have to downgrade. Too many nagging problems. Mainly w/ charting ... launching, backfilling, windows resizing - all a mess. This is 865.2 btw.
    Post by: groundhog, Dec 27, 2006 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  2. IB TWS's forced upgrade (deadline 20061222)

    Running 865.2 ... second morning in a row where pre-mkt realtime charts wont't launch for Globex products.
    Post by: groundhog, Dec 22, 2006 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  3. How's real estate market in your area?

    Lots of supply. This Spring, 5 of 18 homes on my block were for sale. And "open house" signs were just everywhere. This is Southeast PA (philly...
    Post by: groundhog, Aug 13, 2006 in forum: Economics

  4. IB TWS Relative order problem via DDE

    Are you sure Excel isn't calculating out beyond 2 decimal places? And then submitting bad prices. Don't trust your cell format - verify the...
    Post by: groundhog, Aug 8, 2006 in forum: Automated Trading

  5. Futures market opening bracket trades

    When you hit chop, does your position modification logic boil down to a Martingale approach?
    Post by: groundhog, Jun 8, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  6. Futures market opening bracket trades

    Whatever you're doing to deal w/ chop is a level beyond anything I did. How long since you took a daily net loss using this approach?
    Post by: groundhog, Jun 8, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  7. Futures market opening bracket trades

    I've tried a similar approach on Fed days, so that's why I'm curious. Your got short first, today. How much slack do you give a position...
    Post by: groundhog, Jun 1, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  8. Futures market opening bracket trades

    Ok, let's take a simple move off the open (no chop). ES starts moving and you're taking fills in one direction only. When do you start...
    Post by: groundhog, Jun 1, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  9. Futures market opening bracket trades

    You've got a no-frills momentum approach. Glad it's working. If you fill in both directions on a choppy open, you've locked in a loss. The...
    Post by: groundhog, May 31, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  10. TWS's MOC orders??

    It must not be enabled. From Configure Menu --- Feature Selector, Order Mgmt, Order Properties, Order Types, Closing ... then make sure MOC is...
    Post by: groundhog, May 28, 2006 in forum: Order Execution

  11. IB short list

    Yeah. XOM went from shortable, to not, and then back. I checked, and it was on their shortable list.
    Post by: groundhog, May 24, 2006 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  12. Beer, which is your favorite???

    Victory Prima Pils
    Post by: groundhog, May 15, 2006 in forum: Politics

  13. Is it possible to backtest strategies if I'm with IB?

    Try Wealth Lab. http://www.wealth-lab.com/
    Post by: groundhog, May 15, 2006 in forum: Trading Software

  14. IB failure to execute opening orders

    So it took a full trading day - plus - to get an answer. Nice. Hope it doesn't gap up on you tomorrow. Or did you pre-cover?
    Post by: groundhog, May 11, 2006 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  15. Dell outlet

    Yeah - they do change inventory & prices frequently. But check the included software notes carefully. Sometimes they include MS Office. Other...
    Post by: groundhog, Apr 26, 2006 in forum: Hardware