I think the issue is that even if you have direct exchange access, that does no good unless orders actually get to the exchange. If orders are...
The log now shows that the missing trade was restored, but my portfolio position in TWS still shows short. I suspect that I need to restart TWS...
Nah. Just a simple accounting issue that needed human intervention to resolve. My little account shows a modest profit, but not at IB's...
I am on chat with a rep now. He is checking with the back office. It looks like the trade was restored at the exchange, but my account was not...
The fill was at the inside bid/ask at the time. Only the 100 shares on EDGEA where canceled. The other 100 shares on ARCA where not.
I had my first ever trade problem yesterday. At the end of the day, I shut down TWS and noticed a short position that was not there before. I...
Exchange fees for pros are much higher. You are non pro
I have said it before and I will say it again. The court system exists to make a very good living for attorneys. What they taught you in...
I use Ami broker for intraday bar testing. Testing 1 system variation over 1 year of 5 minute bars for 800 symbols (about 15 million bars) takes...
I think that if you are willing to pay the spread, even if it is just a penny, the order is not likely to ever hit a public exchange unless you...
Almost all of the orders I make that are marketable are reported as filled via "smart". I assume, but perhaps I should not, that these orders are...
Anyone know of a good place to put money overnight to earn a little yield? My trading has very low exposure, especially overnight. It seems...
IB makes a lot of money on order flow by internalizing marketable orders. They cant do that if the orders are routed, so they charge more for...
Yeah, but how would we use these from the API? Doesn'T the API lock out all order types that are only supported on one exchange?
Hmmm. The role of the trading system is to react to market events, (trades, quotes, time) and respond with orders. Virtual methods can...
Not a big deal. If done right, there is very little if/then/else logic and very little code. Here is how the one I hacked together works:...
There are other brokers that support this.
I believe that most of these sub penny fills are just your broker internalizing the order. I see this on IB almost every time I use a market or...
I can add that the IB relative orders do not result in good fills on NSDQ stocks. They get bid up and result in poor fills compared to a...
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