You can also press Ctrl-F5 on a chart, which will refresh the data in the cache. This way you don't have to delete the files manually and...
I trade both now, but started with ES, which I'd recommend for getting your feet wet. As observed, NQ tends to be more sporadic and volatile than...
This is all part of the risk of electronic trading. And the exchanges and brokers all make it very clear that they aren't responsible for losses,...
... and broke. That's the key word :D
I've been trading on Globex for 1 year, and have had this happen twice. My biggest loss was $500 on 1 contract when I couldn't exit the position....
35 points on ES is $1750. You probably shouldn't risk more than 5% of your account on a single trade, so if your account is $35000, that would be...
It would take a large amount of capital (if you are undercapitalized, you won't make it). To make that many points per week, your probably looking...
Nothing can be done about it. It doesn't happen very often, though. Globex is a very stable system -- at least, it has been :-)
www.tickdata.com I purchased their S&P e-mini historical data -- it's very clean and reasonably priced.
I'm not getting data either, for whatever it's worth.
Thanks Brutus and wild. Greatly appreciated.
I want to back test a system I'm using, to see how it responds in different markets (trending vs. sideways). I'm using RealTick and they only keep...
Is there a source that sells or provides historic data on the S&P e-mini (or full S&P is fine too) for 5 minute intra-day bars? I'm looking for...
There isn't a method for getting the position. What you will need to do is have your program keep track of the positions it opens, and then use...
I ran my VB program (using the ActiveX control) with the Commodities Demo all day yesterday to test if the connections remained stable. Everything...
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For routing, I always use BEST. It usually gives you about as good a fill as you can get.
I see what you mean. However I'd be more comfortable if the OCA were handled in the back-end IB system rather than rely on my DDE program being up...
Def, Thanks for your time in getting answers to these questions. One follow-up: can you find out if OCA orders will be supported? This will be...
Yes, the data in the spreadsheet stays right in sync with your TWS application.
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