For a day trader, I think it makes sense to always trade the front month on a new trade or roll-over. What if the trader wants to trade the stock...
I would like to do longer term trading on the NQ using end-of-day data. The problem is that each NQ contract is 3 months (or 90 days). How can a...
This year has been a very good year for equity investors. I wonder what went wrong with the strategy or market for these trend-followers....
High volatility means prices go zig-zag. Wouldn't trend followers get whipsawed during zig-zags? Why do they do well during high volatility?...
I have a theory that it is easier to make consistent profits with forex than stocks. This is my reasoning. When the stock market enters into a...
I am a happy customer of Interactive Brokers. I have even started using margin in my portfolio with IBKR recently. IBKR has an auto-liquidation...
Interactive Brokers provides a useful function for risk management. It can generate a VaR report under Account Management using historical method...
Hi elite traders, I am new to using margin for trading stocks. I use Interactive Brokers. IBKR will give a warning when the margin cushion is 5%...
IBKR is a wonderful broker for the more savvy retail investors. I am wondering for the bigger retail investors, do they get extra benefits from...
Suppose an investor's stock account with IBKR has many stocks bought on margin. The account is profitable. Is it possible that IBKR can launch a...
I have been downloading EOD U.S stocks data from Yahoo using the MLDownloader. Since yesterday, I have problems downloading from Yahoo server....
What are the pros and cons of Margin Portfolio vs Reg T for IBKR customers who wish to apply leverage conservatively? When does it make sense to...
I would like to count the number of times a stock price dropped 5% in the next 3 months using Amibroker AFL code. I guess this will require using...
I am not able to log into TWS now. Yet, I was able to log in to Account Management on the Internet. Anyone face the same problem?
Good features refer to those that enhance your productivity as a trader and investor. My favourite feature are the reports generated by IBKR. They...
I have been using Amibroker AFL for several years but I have never used the latest matrix features. What are some applications that can make use...
I would like to use python to retrieve from fundamental data from Interactive Brokers API. The documentation for IbPy is little. Can someone...
Interactive Brokers provides stocks fundamentals in XML format....
Both stocks and bonds have a historical negative correlation. Why did both crash so hard on 9Sep2016?
Richard Dennis made lots of money with trend following in the 1970s. He did not do well later when trend following seem to lost its effectiveness...
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