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    Execution System OOD Recommendations

    truer words were never spoken.
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    IB API HOWTOs and Guidelines - For Beginners

    not sure why anybody would protest your contribution, rosy. the framework is helpful. can people please post what version of tws / gateway they're using, their version of ibpy, and the repositories they used to get them. i can't seem to get an older version of ibpy to work.
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    Is NBBO guaranteed with Interactive Brokers' SMART routing?

    don't make me laugh. https://www.interactivebrokers.com/Universal/servlet/Registration.formSampleView?ad=order_routing_disclosure.html ib receives payment for order flow. any idea why someone would be willing to pay for orders ... any idea at all?
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    Is NBBO guaranteed with Interactive Brokers' SMART routing?

    what he means is that smart routing will look to fill your order if it's marketable at the best price (their claim, not mine). if it doesn't execute, they'll park it somewhere, hand it to their market making arm, and mug you when shares trade through you on any other exchange. payment for...
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    IB API HOWTOs and Guidelines - For Beginners

    it's coded, been running for years. it's relatively high frequency (thousands of modifies daily). i would like to improve it -- port it to a framework that's faster, more stable, more productive.
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    IB API HOWTOs and Guidelines - For Beginners

    i believe a lot are stuck here. things work, but aren't optimal; rebuilding is a monster project with what appears to be limited payoff. i wasted a lot of time working with linux, sql, and the trading shim -- what seemed like a simple command line interface for ib's api -- was nearly...
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    IB API HOWTOs and Guidelines - For Beginners

    you should include modify (a resubmit) and cancel examples for completeness.
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    IB API HOWTOs and Guidelines - For Beginners

    your gui is strategy dependent. do you have a working orders display window? in the window, can you manually manipulate your orders? do you have run and stop buttons? do you have specific order cancel and modify buttons? building a generic gui to simply run an algo is easy enough. i...
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    Securrex best execution failures/ fraud recovery

    any word on this pocket? i see this crap daily in my executions -- most posted execution times are a total fraud. they rip clients on fake exchanges then hit the market makers on other markets -- stealing the trade and stealing from clients. i see this day in and day out.
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    IB API HOWTOs and Guidelines - For Beginners

    a question for api users, especially those using the gateway instead of tws. what kind of front end do you use for your applications? excel is so easy -- gives you a lot for free. is there anything already built, anything out of the box, any simple development ideas, AND would anybody be...
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    DDE and Excel VBA

    rather than looking for a location of change, why not find the link via symbol / side / etc? the setlinkondata can be fine tuned with a lot of precision.
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    Looking to transfer my Excel spreadsheet algo into a popular language

    i trade live via excel daily -- have for many years -- and i don't see the delay you're talking about. you're a lot more likely to be slowed by ib risk checks, your hardware, and your network connection than excel.
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    Looking to transfer my Excel spreadsheet algo into a popular language

    excel IS liberating. i'll never understand the need to change something that works for the sake of "speed". are you going to beat getco to the fill? you're better off upgrading ram and network connection than rewriting something that already works. useful high level languages to learn...
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    netflix?
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    How do you feel about this?

    sub-penny trading is the biggest problem in the market. assholes lean on guys taking risk to "price improve" and steal the trade. how does speed throttling prevent this?
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