Yes, it's both. You pay the commissions (which is 0.2 pips per side until you reach volume thresholds) and then the spread is the prices quoted...
Just to be clear, when I referred to pulling of quotes it is of course the bank quotes that are pulled by the bank on the inside and not IB's...
IB has just increased their minimum lot sizes. I think for GBP it is 20.000, but that is a guess. Since it's a weekend I'll provide a...
Traded with Realtick. Those were the days when you could make 3/16 in twenty seconds.
Oh sure.... Build the website, that's all it takes right? What about the FOUR HUNDRED MILLION users? Creating the serverside technology for...
Just a week ago, Sacha Baron Cohen â the alter ego of Borat and Brüno â was announced as an Oscar presenter by the Academy of Motion Picture...
Guys, the date is more than seven years ago. So, what happened?
BD1, a question if I may: Are your percentages return per trade or return on capital used? People are often unclear about this, and the difference...
Without vouching for the lack of trojans or viruses, I have used AutoHotKey myself for some automation. I love automating, but I don't have a use...
There are many programs that let you create various macro-script for Windows, and build logic in them. Google in that direction might be helpful...
The US doesn't have to buy its own debt - as long as the various central banks buy each other's debt the band keeps playing...
Obama vs Palin, I'd vote for Obama.
To paraphrase the great philosopher Forrest Gump: Outliers happen.
Hate being right...
Yahoo cannot show ratio spreads or calculate the difference of say 1 GOOG - 1.25 BIDU. For futures you can use futuresource.com -> custom...
Unfortunately, IB does not give up FX trades so you can consolidate them with a prime broker. (They do on other products). You could checkout...
And what about the beta - without bothering to look and not being an options trader, I would expect the difference in beta between AAPL and QQQQ...
Not to discourage you, but seeing this I feel confident the markets are ready to fall a bit after 9-10 months of rallying. The market always wants...
You're a regular Jack Reed :)
R has a package for Interactive Brokers, I believe it is called IBROKER (not sure). I'm also not certain of the state of the package.
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