I have a short term trading system that i am researching which produces signals that have a high probability of success on predicting the next 2...
Is it me, or am i noticing MANY more triple digit contract trades today? Trades of 100+ contracts are not unheard of in the ES, but i seem to...
If i send an order w/ a bracket order attached (a limit and a stop), what happens if i change the price on the stop order? Does this cancel the...
I saw the IB Bulletin that there was a spike in the ES market and they were cancelling trades b/w a certain time period. I <fortunately> didn't...
If so, what are the new symbols for the ES and NQ? Thanks.
I have a decent understanding of computers, but not TWS, and i can't get this to work. I trade the E-mini contract. I place a (market) order...
On my screen the March 03 ES contract has been jumping between 910 and 913 (with no trades at 911 or 912) since the open. I"m assuming this is...
Just updated my TWS so that i can take advantage of OCA orders. Just a few questions: Limit Price vs Aux Price - is AUX where i want the order...
It appears that the dept of market is changing MUCH more rapidly today than usual. Is there a glitch somewhere, a new way of IB sending the...
Can somebody please clearly explain when it's time to switch trading months on the ES and NQ? I know it's a few days before option expiration,...
I walked away from my computer this morning during the first 1/2 hour so trading or so and when i came back it appeared that the NQ had hit a low...
I'm new to IB, what should be done at the end of every day/month in order to keep track of your trades so that tax reporting is easier at the end...
I can't for the life of me figure out how to use a DDE link (or any ohter method) to view quotes from IB in an excel spreadsheet. All i want to...
Has anybody ever had trouble wiring money to IB? My current brokerage firm can't get verification of IB's account number, i called CitiBank...
Going to IB's webpage after converting to a universal account, and i first got a strange, unprofessional looking page with no graphics, just text...
Although futures can be shorted on a downtick, do the orders have to be marked as "Sell Short"? If so, is there any special treatment of this...
If you want to buy contracts which requires a $10,000 initial margin, does this mean you need $10,000 CASH in the account, or do you still get 2:1...
At what point can/do the Eminis (ES+NQ) go lock limit? Can this only happen during "after hours", or can it occur during the normal 9:30-4:00...
What is the typical (if there is a typical) spread on the Nasd mini and the SP mini? I just spoke to a broker who told me the ND mini tyically...
Does anybody know of a service that provides real time futures (specifically the E-mini contracts) that allow export to Excel using a DDE. This...
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