Never use the auto trail feature or IB plain stop orders in general. There are well documented problems with them. You are not the first to have...
I told you all this issue keeps coming up :-) In short, do NOT use IB "stops" either as auto trail or anything else. Such orders rest on IB...
Def, I appreciate the informative reply and suggested workaround for getting (simulated) stops held on Globex. I realise that "technically" stops...
Suppose there are 9 contracts bid at 830.25. Suppose there are 9 individual sell stop orders sent by other people resting on globex at 830.25...
I've no idea what they knew but I think the required reply is: "If IB didn't fill their stop orders which the system accepted as working, then...
Maybe we should all just roll over and never criticise our brokers or their software. That will lead to improvements I'm sure. I have...
This is degenerating! You have to enter two different prices for a stop limit don't you? It's obviously slower to modify a stop-limit order than...
So we're agreed then. With IB you can either use a plain stop order and change it quickly, or use a stop-limit limit order and go through the...
With all due respect Quah, I doubt you are a real short-term ES trader if you claim to change a stop-limit order in less than a second. If you...
Quah Re-read my initial posts. Yes I know what the asterix is for in J-Trader. Not all versions of J-Trader can send to Globex but some...
Quah, Oh dear oh dear. Obviously I am talking about stops that other brokers AUTOMATICALLY send to Globex as stop + 5 or 10pts limit. We all...
The bottom line IMHO is that until IB lets you send stops (which can be quickly modified) direct to Globex ...they will stink for futures traders....
One guy replied "use stop-limits instead because IB does send them direct to Globex" to which I wrote: Except you have the hassle/delay of...
Seeing if I can collect any flames from all you ill-informed IB lovers out there! Re-posted from another forum where people had complained about...
This is true, positive slippage can also occur when there is a delay in execution. But as a professional trader, one has to ask the question: who...
Last time I looked into IB regarding stop orders, they only held such orders locally on their own servers i.e. your order is NOT sent directly to...
Well, I was hoping for an answer first! An asterix means that the order is held locally on your PC and not held on the exchange servers. The...
Mark, Can you do me a favour and log into J-Trader and with symbol ES or NQ, go to the futures order pull-down menu. Next to the "Stop-Limit"...
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