I am looking for 15 minutes historical data from 1998 to 2008, for YM, ES, SP500, Dow Jones, EURO FX, USD/GBP... can anyone please tell where I...
I have been wondering... how I should optimize a trading system. I created two trading systems on the euro fx. One works in overnight, and...
"It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight!" Jesse Livermore For people...
Does anyone know exactly when the IB 50% margin cut-off time begins? I found some links, but it's still not clear to me if it is the same as...
I have had an accident on my excel sheet today. My automated system failed to close a position, and as a consequence my loss far exceeded the...
Let's say that I have a capital of 3000 $ and that my system's maximum drawdown is 750 $, with 1 contract traded. Let's say we can expect a...
You know how some IB automated traders use Excel DDE to get data and even implement systems, through IB's TWS API? Well, all of a sudden today...
All of a sudden I discovered this beautiful feature: accrued interest. Whenever I looked at my monthly IB statements I always saw "accrued...
I want to think out loud about my strategy and if anyone has any ideas about it please let me know. Also I want to clarify it to myself. This...
Has anyone ever done any research on this - at what time does the daily high/low happen? I have some YM data, but it doesn't seem too reliable...
I have tried both API versions, API 9.10 or API beta 9.20, and when I enter an order in TWSdde.xls, then press the button "place order", it...
I don't believe in pivots. I want to know who agrees with me in using the following formula (or something similar) to find supports and...
In the picture I attached you will see two types of trading days. On the first example day the price goes straight up, and on the second example...
I had no doubts that a trailing stop would be better than a take profit, but I am having a very difficult time finding the right amount to allow...
I have a tax question for all those on this forum who are non-U.S. citizens and non-residents. I have an account with IB, and I am a citizen...
Can anyone help me to get rid of second or third grey background in excel charts, as seen in my attached picture? I am not talking about the...
Orders from my excel workbook to TWS, via API DDE Excel, have been working fine all day long, and in the previous weeks, but today I came across...
A couple of questions to those on this forum who are using a TWS DDE Excel automated trading system: 1) Do these recent (december) API/Excel...
I am having troubles customizing the files of IB Controller (http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/TWSAPI/files/Auto%20Login%20Codes/) for the new...
I have a few questions concerning trade executions going from Excel to IB's TWS platform (via DDE). As far as I know IB doesn't permit Excel to...
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