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    offer lower than the bid..

    UK... LSE as above
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    offer lower than the bid..

    Market shut at 4:30? The order just didn't execute (Buy @ limit 171.50)
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    offer lower than the bid..

    yeah - i tried trading at this ask price and it didnt execute IB will be able to answer you think? one other issue that im having is for large caps (e.g. RBS) the LSE data subscription isnt enough? also need Turquoise subscription for realtime prices?# dont see why that shuld be
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    offer lower than the bid..

    market depth window is completely blank (literally nothing there)... here is the time & sales data though, might help
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    offer lower than the bid..

    hi all fairly new to IB's trader workstation platform any idea why on this fairly illiquid UK stock the Ask price is quoted lower than the bid? see attachment last traded price is also 174.. (so would assume real ask/offer should be 175 ish)?? also checked the level 2 screen and...
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    Screening for Events

    The cutting edge of data mining? Do you actually have any background in analysis, trading, computing whatsoever A properly configured RSS feed would basically do the job
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    Screening for Events

    i'm actually stunned by the responses on this thread. no hunger, no intellectual curiousity. just pompous timewasters
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    Screening for Events

    IPOs, dividends really not relevant in the context of this strategy.
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    Screening for Events

    newwurldmm that corp action screen is really quite poor, (CACX), really only returns M&A transactions... MARB is more effective for that. I'm more interested in a clever way of using free data (Google trends, twitter, news) as I'm not a code-head... reward is £50-£300 depending on how...
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    Screening for Events

    no?
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    Screening for Events

    Hi all Hoping the creative amongst you can help me set up a screen - potential for reward if any solutions are particularly ingenious. We are event traders. Ideally we are presented with binary outcomes (either stock goes to x or y). Historically, the market has been quite poor at...
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    Risk Arbitrage

    thanks - i'll take a look at the bloomy function you mentioned. I'm well aware i'll need a human to manually filter candidates, I was merely hoping to slim down the universe of stocks or news flow with a clever filter. For example, I started by looking at largest implied volatility changes...
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    Reason why one can't buy and hold volatility?

    that is what th OP wanted clarification on, why does the position "decay"
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