Recent content by xidous

Steve, I can't count the number of times I have heard the train, felt the ground rumble, lifted my ear from the track, got ready to jump on the train, and been smacked by a train going the other direction. It's not as simple as you claim. If you had a no-fail way of knowing when a monster...

Just wanted to let everyone on ET know that the response so far to my offer has been tremendous! I am always open to helping additional traders, but at the current time I have several paying projects going on. If anyone wishes to have their ideas coded for free, I would still be glad to talk...

TS2000i is no longer sold in the US. TS 8.x does not allow 3rd party data streams. The orders CAN be submitted to IB via a 3rd party software "bridge", I wrote my own, as I found tradeBolts $1/side fee outrageous.

Kacija, I find the fills on the e-minis/bonds and ECN stocks great. I always code in 1 tick of slippage on each side for my e-mini index strategies, and tracking real-time trading for almost 2 years now, I have found that I actually get about 0.8 ticks for the ES, and less for other...

ktmex, You are totally correct in that TS is 100% unacceptable for trading rapid short term strategies. The data lag/chart freezing/etc is horrible. However, I only trade longer "position trade" oriented strategies, holding periods of hours to days. I also enter only on order that are...

Fellow ET'ers I am a 100% automated systems trader. I have my strategies running throughout the day, and all I have to do is babysit them. Naturally, I have a lot of free time sitting in front of my computer. I am a professional software engineer, (work odd hours) and am willing to code...

I have been looking for an answer to this question for some time and hopefully someone more knowledgable can clue me in. I know it is possible to elect MTM status "for securities only" (ie not commodities). Could this loophole work? I elect MTM in securities only I earn $100k in "earned...