So apparently I got lucky: I don't use Local Name at all, but only use Local Class when searching for an appropriate contract. The EUREX...
Not all instruments require the same margin. Some contract sizes are small, others are much larger. So it could be, for example, that your 2 USD...
Hmmm, that is strange. I have a software tool to get an overview of the available contracts. I use this tool when selecting the next contract to...
All of them. This was part of their so-called "NextGen ETD" project which they implemented a couple of months ago. I think it was around February,...
I guess you took that screenshot when the market was closed? What you do is to download historical data for that fund, with barsize set to daily...
I agree with you: if there are differences in interest rate then you could potentially make some money. However, a higher interest rate often...
I am familiar with his system as I'm trading my own implementation of it for 5+ years with real money. I am using an "almost set and forget"...
This one.
It depends on what you buy: stocks or futures? For stocks you'll need the foreign cash at purchase (i.e. buy), whereas with futures you need...
For those who use the NIFTY futures on the Singapore exchange (SGX): I received an important message from IB about these futures (partial quote):
If you close the foreign stock position the sales value goes into the foreign cash position. The resulting cash position is not touched by IB. It...
Yes. Because at the moment you buy the stock you are borrowing that foreign currency from IB. Yes. Simply issue a forex trade for each of your...
2. Unless you like to pay more in commission, then you select 1.
Same here: result 126.
I have no experience in buying/selling bonds, but for stocks and futures is commission displayed in the Trades window:...
Do you want to submit this order manually in TWS? Or via software, using their API?
I have received the same message from IB. I have an IB-pro account and do not live in the US, so an IB-LITE account is not available to me.
The pacing limitation means that you can submit maximum 50 reqHistoricalData() requests per second. For your application, where you want to...
What TWS API limitations are you afraid of? How do you plan to work around those limitations?
I'm in Asia and don't have any issues at the time you mentioned.
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