jnbadger: good job! add sardines
TD issues session ID's valid for 12h or so... on a busy day it's a good idea to log in before the crazyness starts just to be able utilize that...
so anybody trading amzn like this on ib ? actual live slippage? qlai: good points
SPY slippage is in fact pretty close to 0 actually. AMZN buy/sell 1000 (ib paper trading): AMZN Slippage: 1.254704 filled at 1652.735296 AMZN...
I was wondering what actual slippage on IB looks like paper vs live execution for highly liquid stocks such as AMZN, AAPL, SPY etc. going all in...
if in doubt about your strategy / system stay out.
works here 10:32:38 VIXY 29.97 10:32:38 KMI 16.75 10:32:38 SPY 271.72 10:32:38 VXX 36.42 10:32:38 AAPL 177.37
throw it all in the trashcan and use the simplest trend following system you can find and you'll succeed, good luck.
ubuntu is the better distro IMO IBM just keeps on buying outdated / corporate stuff
are you putting the ‘Bearer’ word in front of the code? try decoded and encoded version
sysdevel99: very interesting thanks... ever benchmarked market or marketable limit orders? I always go all in or out by bidding/asking +- $10 on...
using IB for quotes, the old TD api for execution and parts of the new TD api both do the job... TD used to be quiet unstable at times but that...
you are basically acting as an insurance provider by selling volatility - be prepared for steep losses every now and then - profitable long term
use a proxy?
short VXX with a 2.7% stop loss if previous day VXX closed lower than 2 days ago and if today's VXX is lower than yesterday => 60% annualized...
I'd be interested in exchanging trading ideas in LA area.
IB - they even spread out your idle cash over multiple CD accounts to stay within the $200k FDIC limit... 1.6% or so
I agree with that study... stop eating after 5 or 6... makes a huge difference
random entries / exits (or monkeys playing on a keyboard) in fact beats 90% of traders coupled with good risk management => profitable
actually this “hand-testing” sounds like a recipe for curve fitting either a system checks out over many trades and different market conditions...
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