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    New IB Features

    Your DSL line is not shared, but if you are connected to a remote terminal, your connection back to the CO will be shared will all the other users on the remote. The backhaul of a remote can be 4 T1s, shared among >50 users.
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    New IB Features

    I guess you will be closing your account then as I believe def run IB's asian operations. I might add that his postings have been appreciated over the years.
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    Trading Technologies awarded patent for DOM

    New twist? US Justice Department is said to be investigating TT for possible monopoly abuse. http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=14005
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    IB TWS Time & Sales

    I think I read somewhere that access to time&sales info would be added to TWS. Can you confirm Ibsoft?
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    Daytrading IPE Futures COIL and GAS

    IPE currently down?
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    is buying GBP/USD at this level a good trade?

    Not to fan the flames, but the point is that you never mentioned you were stopped out, so an outside observer reading your original message would assume from their armchair that you were long all the way down.
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    IB IdealPro Commissions

    That would defeat the whole point of the IB model.
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    IB Hong Kong server

    No point in switching in HK server as IB is moving now closer to 24h uptime. The nightly us server resets only last about 10 minutes now.
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    IB tradestation backfill

    I just read the API release notes. Does it mean that up to 6 months of backfill is available, if you request it 1 week at a time? -------------------------------------------- API Release Notes for build 8.51: Since its introduction in API version 8.4 and TWS version 843.0 (client version...
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    EmiNY energy switch to Clearport

    It depends, but eyeballing it, I'd say the US vs. London split is about 70-30, which most of the US action between 9AM-2PM EST.
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    refinery capacity and oil price

    Ok, so the analysts are saying a large part of the rise in oil is due to lack of refinery capacity. But shouldn't a lack of refining capacity reduce the demand for oil, and hence the price of oil? I don't get it...
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    IB new forex spreads

    I tried webtrader with the internet explorer that comes with windows mobile 2003, but I had problems with the site displaying properly. Never thought to give opera mobile a try -- I'll give it a shot. Do you simply fake it out as I.E.6? [Edit: Looks like opera mobile for PPC is not available...
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    IB new forex spreads

    Steve_IB: I sometimes use the IB mobile trader. It's solid, but is starting to show its age. It hasn't been updated in over a year. Any chance of an update to take advantage of the more powerful PDAs and greater bandwidths to add some more features? (charts, configurable quote sheet...
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    IB - How many liquidity providers do they have now?

    Do you know why some currency pairs use the comma as a thousand seperator and some others don't?
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    IB - How many liquidity providers do they have now?

    Yes, definitely some unusual bid/ask action happening. Huge size bid and asks on eur/jpy.
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    Forex Data

    www.csidata.com
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    Retail FX stats

    There are a couple of retail broker sites that I am aware of that provide fx stats on their customers. Any other sites out there? FXCM SSI http://www.dailyfx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1266&Itemid=39 OANDA http://fxtrade.oanda.com/resources/trastats/ordersummary.shtml...
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    eSIGNAL RELEASES QUOTREK 1.2 For Intel Wireless PDAs

    No, don't have it yet, but leaning towards the audiovox 6600.
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    IB Charting.

    1) While they technically contain the same information, from a visual standpoint I find candlestick charts to be more appealing and easier to extract pattern information from. Fairly common trader personal preference, I think. As someone else stated, I think the timestamp for a bar should be...
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    IB Charting.

    After trying the latest beta charts, here is some initial feedback on basic improvements to the charts: 1) Add support for candlestick charts 2) Add ability to zoom in / out. This will be especially useful when the 1-minute 1 week backfill is provided 3) Add ability to customize chart...
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