Recent content by ar_stern

That is my point audit trail gives you everything needed but it does not go far back long enough to be helpful when something goes wrong

Actually, I was talking about complete transaction log with time-stamp, so if some positions show up in your account when you were not connected, and you have no idea where they came from there will be references

overall IBs reporting can improve. They don't have a live transaction history on TWS, just a list of open trades, so if you have question about a trade you would need to wait unit the next statement comes out which can be 1-2 days before you know what they think you have done

what is the order used to execute limit orders on IB forex (FIFO?)

Which one is the best broker for trading EuroFX based on cost/service

Steve, I a was talking about execute order after specific time order which is a very nice functionality IB platform has but then if use that to try and execute a market/stp/limit order at certain time and add stop loss/limit to protect that you would need to put a known price on the...

How about automatic stop and limit set around an open position created when a market order is executed (like oanda)

In the forex world many brokers just publish their live quotes on their web page. You may want to consider that approach it should not take much effort Here are two examples: http://fxtrade.oanda.com/ http://www.gftforex.com

I wouldn't call it a killer. If you do more than $250000 lots at one time you would pay .4 pip in commission RT. If the spread is 2 pip that would be effective 2.4 pip spread. That would not be the tights around, but if spread falls to 1 or 0. that makes effective spread 1.4 or .4 and that is...

Strange that they can do 2 pip on USDJPY, but they can't do 1 pip on EURUSD yet

looks like you have an incorrect link on this page to forex commisions http://www.interactivebrokers.com/php/help/faqs/fx.php Real commision is .2 pip per side if trade size if more than $250000 at one time. Correct?

Here are my questions: -You said forex commission is .00002 of trade size that would mean .2 pip extra per side in addition to the spread. If that is correct it does not seem to match what you have on this web page...

What is considered reasonable size?