Recent Content by tropicalknight

  1. Why are there even futures for bitcoin - why not perps only?

    It seems that there is a arb problem for perpetual futures. There is term structure for normal CME futures that involves interest rates, cost of...
    Post by: tropicalknight, Sep 21, 2019 in forum: Crypto Assets

  2. IB TWS layout nightmare

    I have the same column resizing issue, unbelievably frustrating
    Post by: tropicalknight, Mar 10, 2017 in forum: Trading Software

  3. Very Profitable Position Force Liquidated After 999% House Maintenance Margin Met

    What stock?
    Post by: tropicalknight, Jan 29, 2017 in forum: Retail Brokers

  4. Shorting boxes as a funding strategy

    I'm also interested in this. I do funding trades in SPX options and wonder what the best possible methods there are to minimize the bid/ask spread...
    Post by: tropicalknight, Oct 26, 2016 in forum: Options

  5. IB - do I pay for continuously holding FX trade over weeks,months?

    You can do a forex trade just once to exchange your eur to usd, then just have a long usd balance. $2 commission one time.
    Post by: tropicalknight, Aug 26, 2016 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  6. Junk bond trading with IB

    I usually do $10k or $20k , what is your experience/ suggestions?
    Post by: tropicalknight, May 15, 2016 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  7. Junk bond trading with IB

    I don't think it's possible to market-make bonds on IBKR, I do occasionally enter orders there and there are constant trade troughs and...
    Post by: tropicalknight, May 15, 2016 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  8. Thinking about joining IB, question on odd lots.

    Odd lots are no problem at IB, just use the default Smart Router, and you will never even need to think about it.
    Post by: tropicalknight, Nov 22, 2015 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  9. Henry Hub Nat Gas Futures

    You don't want HH. NG is a more liquid contract.
    Post by: tropicalknight, Nov 11, 2015 in forum: Commodity Futures

  10. the buy-side model, could it happen?

    Buyers push the price up. Sellers push the price down.
    Post by: tropicalknight, Nov 10, 2015 in forum: Order Execution

  11. If there was a trading technique that was 90-100% always positive, how much would you give to learn

    HFT firms don't do anything that you can learn from. It's all about speed. If you do their exact strategies with a tenth of a second delay, you...
    Post by: tropicalknight, Jul 30, 2015 in forum: Professional Trading

  12. T-Bills Trading on IB

    Bond trading in general is a joke at IBKR, a rigged game. I believe it is rigged for the banks everywhere though, and not just IBKR for the exact...
    Post by: tropicalknight, Jan 10, 2015 in forum: Financial Futures

  13. Algorithmic trading for hedge funds: hedging techniques and application to a folio

    Can you explain why you chose those instruments to trade. They seem like inefficient non-primary markets with dubious adverse selection fill...
    Post by: tropicalknight, Aug 30, 2014 in forum: Journals

  14. Trading algorithmically a folio without stops (with IB), real $$$

    You have missed the point. PNL is evidence of the viability of a trading system. Just like any other business, if you run a taco stand and are...
    Post by: tropicalknight, Jun 21, 2014 in forum: Journals

  15. A mind game

    Optimally, if one was only concerned about the expected value, then the answer would be to bet 100% every time. If one was concerned about the...
    Post by: tropicalknight, May 12, 2013 in forum: Psychology