Day trading about 3 1/2 months, up about 6k. Lots of learning. On a sidenote, those not marked to market and dealing with wash rules, read...
Jerry, I found out it is a problem on IB's side. A server I'm on that's not updated yet. Volume did not show up in TWS either. Thx.
I have 3.0.1, no volume with the feed. I sent an email to QT to try and figure it out.
I've noticed that IB's feed does not include volume in QuoteTracker. Any idea why this is? Scottrade has volume per trade included in the feed.
Does anyone have experience with execution times of Market vs. Limit orders?
I would add that if trading small price shares and large share quantities, IB might not be the cheapest. I'm maintaining a separate brokerage...
Just curious if some of you traders have a daily profit target that once hit, allows you to close shop for the day and pursue other interests....
From the website below: . . . USD 0.003/Share Additional fee for API equity directed orders. USD 0.12/Cancelled Order For API equity...
My experience with previous brokers is that limit orders get much faster execution than market orders. I don't know if this is the case with IB...
That sounds like the ticket. Thx, I'll have a look at that.
Is there any way to set an offset on the limit price based off the current ask/bid price? In other words, if the stock is trading 25x25.10, can I...
I do the majority of my trades intraday, after support/resistance and stochs have been set up. I try to get in on intraday trend reversal, make a...
I was just pondering some potential hedging strategies, and wondered if one can hold the same security long and short in the same account at the...
FWIW, QuoteTracker gives them a thumbs up for the data feed. I use this tool for charting, currently with Scottrade. Scottrade has seriously...
Thanks for the info. How is their Level 2 feed?
I looked through the IB TWS materials, and can't seem to find a real time chart feature. Did I miss something, or is the package lacking this?...
From what I gather here, LIMITS are safe and can aid speed in a liquid stock. Thin stocks and you just might get stuck with a limit buy or sell...
I've been and investor for quite a while, a trader for a short time. I have found that MARKET executions with my current broker (Scottrade) take...
Does anyone know if any other DAB's have capability such as Cybertrader, where an order is placed only when set conditions are met? It seems nice...
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