Recent Content by None Business

  1. IB (finally?) admits to matching orders internally

    In my latest disclosure on IB they go over the fact they internally match Buy and Sell orders rather than place each out on an external exchange....
    Thread by: None Business, Sep 29, 2017, 98 replies, in forum: Interactive Brokers

  2. looking to work with other traders/coders

    Yes, www.optiontradingtips.com by a Peter McPhee. The gridsearch for Implied Vol given price works flawlessly in real time on a massive sheet....
    Post by: None Business, Sep 24, 2017 in forum: Hook Up

  3. looking to work with other traders/coders

    I tweaked an options VBA function routine I found on the 'net and it performs effortlessly in "real time." While Excel itself is now almost...
    Post by: None Business, Sep 23, 2017 in forum: Hook Up

  4. Platts's Oil Global Alert

    I'm not sure you understand what that product is. It's an incredibly expensive real-time system for physical oil traders.
    Post by: None Business, Apr 14, 2017 in forum: Commodity Futures

  5. Having trouble with Futures Contracts in IB TWS API

    Thanks for this.
    Post by: None Business, Apr 14, 2017 in forum: Automated Trading

  6. Platform Upgrade for Automated Trading

    IB is by far the most technically capable back-end for algorithmic trading by a retail (home) investor. The platform fees for CQG (my preference...
    Post by: None Business, Jan 19, 2016 in forum: Trading Software

  7. Buying Calls and Puts of the same underlying and maturity

    Your trading system can act as if you have both on but the clearer will always show no position. For instance, you can be long AAPL on conviction...
    Post by: None Business, Jan 7, 2016 in forum: Options

  8. Reuters EIKON

    Been using the "stripped down" Eikon for a few months and I'm a big fan. There are premium services you cannot access, but in my case these would...
    Post by: None Business, Jan 6, 2016 in forum: Trading Software

  9. Buying Calls and Puts of the same underlying and maturity

    Of course not. It's called a "straddle."
    Post by: None Business, Jan 6, 2016 in forum: Options

  10. What is the best mobile platform for managing futures orders?

    CQG's mobile app is technically sound but unbelievably horrible in design. IB has a reliable app.
    Post by: None Business, Dec 13, 2015 in forum: Retail Brokers

  11. Balancing issues with delta neutral strangle

    You are short gamma. You have to *sell* the side with the skew (here, Puts) or buy the other side to be able to scalp a hedged holding. Else you...
    Post by: None Business, Dec 10, 2015 in forum: Options

  12. Anyone use a 32" or 34" monitor?

    Sorry forgot to note the TVs are no longer made and are of course not as cost-effective as a pure monitor. When I bought the TVs they specced out...
    Post by: None Business, Dec 7, 2015 in forum: Hardware

  13. Anyone use a 32" or 34" monitor?

    Algos are trivial but I also trade in events where I need to stay firmly between the low latency machines I'll never be as fast as and the...
    Post by: None Business, Dec 7, 2015 in forum: Hardware

  14. Anyone use a 32" or 34" monitor?

    Sony KDL-32W650As Amazing "TV"s
    Post by: None Business, Dec 7, 2015 in forum: Hardware