Hello GAT, just an update with regards to my quest as you spared part of your precious time to try and help. Did check out your gist, but found it...
Okay will have a look. Many thanks!
No problem sir, completely understand :)
Hi GAT, I have made so many amendments here and there and the whole .py file currently looks untidy and difficult to follow. Please bear with me....
First bit of code: from ib.ext.Contract import Contract from ib.ext.Order import Order from ib.opt import Connection, message from tkinter import...
Was trying EUR.USD
Hi GAT, thanks for you reply, much appreciated. I copied your code and then amended the request market data function as such: def...
Symbol is whatever symbol you selected from a list. In the original code, which was for stocks, this would have been for any stock in the list:...
Hello. I am trying to write a small program to place bracket orders on IB TWS through their Python API. I am not that versed in Python (or other...
IB released their latest API (API 973.03) yesterday which incorporates a RTD Server to use with excel. I have watched a recorded webinar titled...
That's what I kind of suspect - cash secured puts to buy the gold (ETF or something) at a lower price and then covered calls to generate monthly...
Do you care to elaborate sir? Never traded gold so don't know much about the mechanics, but I am thinking along the line that he's doing...
Came across the above 'strategy' by a Minesh Bhindi offered as a course costing about $15k!!! You read that right $15k (either you pay outright,...
I will be most interested please. Just can't seem to be able to figure out how to PM you. Would it be the option that states 'start private read'?
Thanks for the response. I have investigated BasketTrader, and indeed I have used it to transmit all the orders at once (paper trading of course),...
Thanks for your reply. Though doesn't show the cumulative PnL of the whole basket, but I suppose I can work that out manually. I suppose there is...
Hello all. Is there a way to monitor the PnL total of a basket trade (in this instance a basket of spot forex pairs) on TWS and close the basket...
@HappyTrader Sir, you have explained it marvellously and it now all make sense to me. That was all I was after all along - for my mistaken...
Hello HappyTrader, thanks for your response. 2.73 is the cost for BTO the 35 strike, so should that not be added to my 1.51 realized loss on...
Ironchef, JackRab, donap and HappyTrader, thank you all for trying to understand my question and trying to assist. I am grateful. @HappyTrader,...
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