I am a CPO, friends & family only. Futures only. Quote/Charting & Occasional execution platform: TradeStation (subscription version + Brokerage...
Very interesting thread. Did you guys posting here think about posting some other stats that show the P&L figures more in context. Like if you...
Whatever platform you choose, it must have on demand data. Historical to backtest, and live to trade off of. For a one man shop, which most retail...
Try 2 contracts of ES vs. 3 contracts of NQ. Long one and short the other - IB's margin is $2827 for all 5 contracts. $24 in commission to get in...
Rulebook: http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=29490f38b0a5e4c469ccfbce328714d7&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title17/17cfr4_main_02.tpl...
Many thanks for posting this - much appreciated!
How do you do this? My excess cash in IB is not earning a single cent in interest for many moons now
IB's feed aggregates AND drops ticks. This is very well known - just search the forums or google it. This is the price you pay for a feed which is...
I have modified the Excel spreadsheet IB provides with their API download to allow futures pair trading (ES/NQ, EMD/TF). It gets quotes(bid, ask,...
DDE works great in Vista. I am using vista 64 bit with Office 2007, and no problems whatsoever
Excel with IB DDE? :confused:
no, it is not a matter of blind trust - just being practical. If $ loses value, it will lose value no matter if it is in "financially solid" bank,...
Sure smartass. Invest in hollow mattresses
Sure. In other news, the sky is coming down...
If you have less than 250K in the account(s), exactly how do you care how crappy their financial position is?
Best is to use a product that you do NOT run from within the operating system you are trying to backup. In that case, you do not care what o/s you...
http://www.tradingrecipes.com/files/cntcontr.pdf
MGJ, Thanks for your reply and the link. There are various reasons why I haven't approached a "professional" 1) This is a business. I am...
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http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=GOOG Repeat for the tickers you are interested in, paste in spreadsheet - and the rest should be easy. And...
Separate names with a comma.