As I understand it you get paid $1.95 per 100K for adding liquidity if the order is subsequently filled (so you don't pay 2.95 and get 1.95 back,...
http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/metals/precious/gold_contract_specifications.html
I suspect you will find many of those forex traders using interactive brokers IDEALPRO are day traders. Their overnight financing costs are...
Do you mean buying the bonds on margin or as a cash transaction ? If the former then surely just buying the bond future would be cheaper and if...
Finspreads, minimum size 50p/pip, I don't know if this means multiples of 50p (so nothing between 50p and £1, probably does). Odlmarkets allow...
You could also use a spread betting company for the hedge and use one of the quarterly currency contracts to avoid the daily rollover charges. The...
Yes, if you send £10,000 to the broker and it's converted to $ then just go long £ vs $ for a size of £10,000 (which is $1 per pip) on the spot...
If you try to use spot forex to hedge it will cost you the daily swaps amounts to hold that position. There is a significant mark-up on these...
Yes, I just re-read your post and realized that is what you meant.
If it's of any help I have in the past benchmarked very simple algorithms in both C++ and C# and found the C# versions to have a speed penalty of...
Re: that C# IB-API library. I tried downloading his library and running the test application that comes with it. If the IB/TWS connection...
I notice this guy has done a native C# implementation of the IB API : http://www.dinosaurtech.com/utilities/ I have never tried using it...
Yes, I would agree with the above. The main problem I see with flat files is if you are simultaneously collecting new data (adding data to the...
Is the .tck file it is reading from a flat file or a database file ? I presume most users would want their data collected into some kind of...
There are various tools that reduce the workload involved in making Python wrappers for C++ code - the one I prefer is SIP...
Make yourself a spreadsheet to calculate the offsetting position size to realize your P/L in USD instead of JPY (when trading USD/JPY). E.g....
I don't see anything worthwhile there. Standard retail spreads - and a 2% pa financing charge for overnight positions (i.e. expensive rollovers).
Says located in Switzerland but domain name registered in Amman, Jordan ?
It probably has a niche value (for people who don't have the volume to go the primer broker route). Nice that they don't have minimum volume...
Their FAQs say: "The platform-scheduled to be launched in early 2007-will service the FX trading needs of institutions"
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