I don't want to guess the answers to your questions. In this case it is better if you ask your questions directly to IB, using your real account...
There is a difference between a cash position at IB and other assets. Your stock positions are not in IB's name. So if IB would go bankrupt those...
Downloading historical data for a futures instrument consists of two steps: Step 1. Obtain a list of all contract conid's (their unique identifier...
There is a page on IB's website which explains how it works in the US: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=27462#t-sweepprogram A...
I do hope that you know that you can download historical data on expired futures contracts from IB. This enables you to look much further back in...
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Which IB subsidiary (or subsidiaries) offers this program? I don't think that this is available at IB US?
You were advised in your other thread that IB/TWS does not consider this to be one order. To them each of these are independent orders.
If you have "IB set up", why would you not use it for getting data on all instruments?
Yes, as long as an order is not filled are you able to modify the price in TWS. Go to the order window in TWS, search for the order you want to...
Congratulations for bumping a thread from 2006.
A bracket order consists of three parts: (1) the opening order to open a position, (2) the stoploss order, and (3) the profit taker order. All...
This would make you do another currency transaction, resulting in yet again a transaction fee. For such a small amount the transaction fee would...
When you convert currency you have to pay a transaction fee. This fee is often in the currency you are starting from, in your case CHF. So if you...
Yes, you need to convert currency in case you actually want to sell USD to get cash CHF (or vice versa).
If your account value is less than 100k USD they'll give you a lower interest percentage. Let's give an example, assuming a flat 1% interest rate...
I believe the answer is "yes", if that EUR cash balance is larger than 10k (the current interest rate for the first 10k is 0%). Why do you doubt...
I think that you would need to write code that monitors the price of the stock and then determine what the nearest option is. Then monitor the...
I used to trade a system based on the sector ETFs of the US industry sectors. It was based on finding the top x best performing sector ETFs and...
This is much less likely to happen with futures such as /NQ and /MNQ as there is no long halt in trading hours. Just make sure that there is...
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