how did you access this data with a free registration ? Well I was able to simply logon with the same username and password as that for...
quote.com provides about 3 years of historical intra-day data. However, they only guarantee about 1 years worth. By the way, this if for wide...
IB has changed the server name from the account number to the username. For the demos it's "edemo" for equities and "cdemo" for commodities....
js1257: please explain the methodology that Larry gave in the Futures magazine issue. I suggest you refer to the article to get a good...
In the Smart Trading 2001 issue of Futures magazine Larry Williams gave a trading methodology that I believe he said he uses for the S&P, Nasdaq...
Can you say something about what are your rules in your simulation? Richard
Forgot to mention, if you're not math adverse you might want to also consult the book by John Ehlers, "Rocket Science for Traders". In...
I think ArchAngel has given you some good advice. For questions such as yours it's good to consult trade publications like "Technical Analysis...
rtharp, I'm not QUE but his link is OK, just get rid of the comma at the end of ".com,". By the way,rtharp, now that I have your attention, I...
Let me answer my own question: The symbol is $ADVN. http://finance.lycos.com/home/misc/symbol_search.asp?options=i Now for the bad news:...
lassiter, I was just thinking of doing the same as you. Quote.com has about three years of historical intraday data. I wonder what is the...
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The above post should be posted in the thread "IB DDE Excel: is it now possible to automate trailing orders" but for some reason having tried over...
vikana, Thanks for letting me know about the Microsoft site. VC++ 6 itself has little documentation about DDE, however it does provide a...
Neither TradeStation nor IB (nor any other futures broker I'm familiar with) pay interest on funds in a Futures account. However, I believe,...
OK since no one is answering my question above, let me ask another question: can some one suggest a good reference to learn about DDE? My aim is...
bennyo, "Yes, it possible. Even from within other programs/languages. Just request a tws|ord!idXXX?place?BUY_1_XXXXX_FUT_XXXXX_GLOBEX_MKT_ DDE...
lxo7, It appears that the macros have not been assigned to the toolbar buttons. Follow the procedure given in the IB documentation. Basically...
There is a very interesting article in the current issue of CRB Trader (which is probably also freely accessible on the web) dealing with writing...
Alex, You didn't copy the code fully. It should be: { Data1 = Either the SP Ccash S&P 500 index tracking stock or the S&P 500 commodity...
Separate names with a comma.