[/b] This must be fate that brought me to this thread. I recently developed a system that over the past 3 days trading had a net loss of 23.5...
And I thought a buck was only good for long distance calling. Hardly covers the trader's overhead however.
[/b] I sure hope you were fooled and weren't trying to take part in the fooling. Either way it is a lesson to all of us to be wary. CAVEAT...
From my experience IB is up and running for Futures between the following hours (Eastern time): Mon-Fri 12:30 A.M. - 11:50 P.M. Saturday...
I've looked at developing some scalping systems and my small experience mirrors yours. Although I was looking for something like 1-2 pts in ES...
Off the IB homepage click on the "Contact IB" button at the top or go to: (mind the wrap)...
Just got off the IB chat. They said it would be fixed in 5-10 mins and lo and behold it is now working 5 mins later. WTG IB!!!!
That makes no sense at all. Why not ask a professional trader if he can make money trading the markets instead of asking someone who has no...
For the futures server, my experience is that the live TWS server is unavalable after the Friday night update (about 11:45) until Sunday at about...
I am hoping that by the time this message gets posted that I will be able to log in. Typically I am able to log in on Sunday night by around 4:30...
Placing simulated trades to get a feel for what you might actually do in RT trading is a good idea. If you are getting your head handed to you in...
Of course a good programmer can usually find a workaround for such situations.
Well I see your point about wanting precise bid/ask stops to work correctly. IB's algorithm kind of throws precision out the window. Actually...
Money management isn't the only thing that can provide an edge. Some methods provide an improved edge, while some do nothing for the trader in the...
One futures market can typically move much faster than a bunch of stocks, just based on logistics. The futures are more volatile (leverage) than...
Looks like it is under Trading information (white button on left), Order information. My understanding of s2 was incorrect it seems: So...
I looked up the legend as you state Wonderduck: Order Legend G = native GTC, g = simulated GTC, L = limit order, M = native market order, m =...
I think the bread and butter of a lot of locals is making money by taking the opposite side of orders that come into the pit or "paper". Locals...
I thought the algorithm IB uses was changed so that buy stops are triggered by the ask and sell stops are triggered by the bid. At least that's...
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