Recent content by shovel53

I am currently subscribed to the ACE and Globex. Does anyone trade anything other than ES or Mini $5 Dow? I am curious mainly about spreads, but I don't need both subscriptions. Does anyone have any favorites?

I have downloaded the TWS, and I am trying to program hot keys. I notice that the dropdown menu for the order options has changed. before, they would allow you to designate (BUY MARKET) where as now I only see (BUY), How do you program a key for a market order. It also says that you can...

This is a heck of a question to have to post on a forum board but Tech. support cannot answer this question. I have my hot keys programed to simply BUY MARKET. This I assume is a market order, I will get filled at the next available ask price. usually my fill is instantaneous. When I exit...

Thanks for all the great response to my post. Good advice! Maybe I can get my help here. I used to feel great about IB. Lately I have been experiencing a big slowdown on fills. I can go up 3 trades , and then as I am getting ready to quit for the day I can almost feel it! no problem getting...

Hi Again I finally got a reply to my complaint about rediculous fills today. I complained about fills taking minutes. when I explained the problem, and asked them if there could be a problem with the trading platform etc. they asked to see an execution record. When I gave them one they...

Lets face it folks, Interactive brokers are going down the tube. Theyr'e getting too big and can't handle the volumn. I can't continue pulling the trigger at -$30 and getting filled at -$125. (mini Dow). I would appreciate as much input as possible here. I hate paying over $3 aside for...

Hey Frank I know how you feel! I papertraded for a year using tradestation. which I think has to be the best software out there. I sit at the computer most of the day.I have tried every strategy that you could possibly think of. I t wasn't until I subscribed to www. intraday trades that I...

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In the latest edition of Stocks and commodities magazine, they have an article on Gary Smith. In the article, Gary Smith gives the code for his stock scan using tc2000. Being new to the trade I was wondering if Tradestation 2000i was setup to do scans of this type, and was wondering if...