I haven't needed or used market scanner functionality, so can't help you there. There is a demo video about it (video 12) at...
You cannot trade in the master account at all. It is only for paying market data fees if applicable. You get a separate 'individual account' for...
ophth1, both tools provide sample code and good support forums you could learn from. For Amibroker, check...
The ZB contract specification says the underlying deliverable is: "U.S. Treasury bonds that, if callable, are not callable for at least 15 years...
With what little I know about ZB, I calculate the theoretical maximum price as 190 (price at 6% coupon, 0% yield, 15 years to maturity). At a...
That explains it. I did a spot check on the 20 bonds eligible for ZB delivery. The cash price and the delivery invoice price on the 02/15/26...
I am learning about interest rate futures. The way I read things, receiving delivery on a futures contract would be a much cheaper way of...
I trade both. In my case: - stocks pair trading: Smaller positions, higher trading frequency (holding periods of about 1 week), smaller profit...
You can start with reading the below thread: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=134253
Wayne, great initiative. On the programmer vs retail question: I suggest the open-source initiative to be for programmers by programmers. A...
I trade substantially with IB, and as a client I find their obsessive compulsive behaviour around compliance and risk control comforting. I want...
I've been using IB for a few years. The universal account rocks - I put a high value in trading forex, futures, equities, and options in one place...
I don't see money to be made in pure (risk-free) arbitrage in common shares. There are some opportunities in long-term convergence trades...
Almost there. C dropped from about $30 at the time of the original post, to just under $12 at today's pre-open. Another $7 and we are there :-)...
First I suggest you check out the chart in the below article. I think the data in the chart goes through the end of April 2008:...
From Bloomberg: source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aPE.Apdv7m2E&refer=home article title "SEC to Limit Short Sales...
I have been using the rackforce.com $59/month Windows 2003 VPS and very happy with it. System is very responsive (they are using Microsoft Virtual...
BTW, I check the below site every few days to make sure I am not forgetting any expirations or market altering announcements:...
The Interactive Brokers web site says: If a customer has not closed out a position in a physical delivery futures contract by the Close-Out...
The hosted server is your full and private install of Windows 2003 server (think of it as a more robust version of XP for our purposes). You...
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