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I am trading a rule based system where I want to execute at a specific time if the price is equal or better than a certain level. The way I do it on GLOBEX is to set a limit order which is Good After Time and expires 20 seconds later. The problem with ECBOT is that if I have a Buy Limit...

Thanks dcraig and newbie. I am going to give it my best shot - newbie I will take 1 year as a challenge. It is going to be difficult having a full-time job.

I am not sure if this is the correct place. I want to learn programming in Java (very eager) in order to develop my own automated trading system using IB's API. I am a fast learner with basic knowledge of the logic in programming. I have just ordered Simply Java: An introduction to Java...

Am I correct in saying that Tradestation has matched IB with their future commision rates?

That is the point - to learn to program a robust trading system, just the programming, not to discover a profitable trading strategy.

Thanks Tums - can you program in theses elderly languages??

Same with me. I have some Pascal knowledge (from school) and limited VBA knowledge and I had a brief introduction to OOP with the language Smalltalk at University. Know I am eager to learn one of the more powerful object-oriented languages for two reasons: - develop a trading system to...