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gadeezle. would have been a great trade so far were i able to get a good price on the cando.

anyone trade cando through IDEAL PRO or? skalpz, u there?

The BID/ASK spread at 6:30 on the CAD/USD is outrageously bad right now on IDEAL PRO...1.2341/1.2776. AUD, I Called IB and they said the market is open, but the ticker on TWS says it's closed (it has a "C" next to the last price). Trades for the Cando actually go through, but I get the awful...

Every day from time to time, my quotes freeze up in the excel DDE data feeds. NE1 Know what the problem might be? Sometimes, when I hit the refresh button the quotes go to 0, or worse, i receive quoting the wrong security/instrument. I wouldn't mind that much, but kills my conditional orders...

you need to use a stop.

linertine, how would you specify for a particular cell? thanks

thanks much. i realized the bit about the worsheet, rather than in a vba module. the dde is so much tighter!! if anyone wants code for the IB excel dde that triggers a macro when a cell value changes through a formula, just substitute the bingo message box below with your value... Private Sub...

everbank.com...you can get cd's...collect interest

i'm trying to write some simple code that runs a macro on an event change. i'm starting with something simple, but i can get anything that starts with a private sub to work, such as... Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) If ActiveCell.Text = "N" Then MsgBox "You...

offer is over. IB was helpful. thanks.

shoot, i'll send maya too

c is for cookie. mmm mmmm mmm

if you can help me with this one. i'm using IB's DDE fro excel. i need to be able to transmit a conditional order that triggers another set of "if-filled" conditionals. hit me up on this board or pm with the right answer, and if it works, i'll send you some cookies from mrsfields.com or your fav...

thanks steve, but i need to automate. what i reall want to do is have a conditional order that triggers another set of "if-filled" conditionals. thanks

Hi, I just cracked open IB's DDE. Anyone plug conditional orders into it? I would love to figure out how to make a trade on security if another hits a specific price. thanks

bump a dump bump

my IB api had problems with getting the hi/lo data for the INDU

thank apex, but my trads were over 25K and were not accepted by IDEAL PRO; they went directly through IDEAL and USBX(sp?),with terrible spreads.

i've searched all over for good data cheap. if you're a programmer i suspect you can scrape a lot of that data from some sites that provide end of day data in HTML format. if not, go to norman's historical data (i think it's normanshistorical.com, but you can google). they sell vast datasets...

I wrote a program for forex trading and only noticed recently that the spreads on the different exchanges vary substantially. What is the minimum size for IDEAL PRO and their great spreads? IDEAL PRO has the best Ask/Bid spreads by far, but unless you're trading the minimum size, you can...