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I would choose IB-ECN has a 1 pip spread for EUR/USD and asks only $20 commission per $1 mln (and use ButtonTrader as front-end). The IB-ECN has 4 major-banks (including the DeutscheBank and UBS) as MarketMakers, which keeps the spread small and competitive.

Yes it would be ideal to enter all 20 stocks in a bag, having each 5% (or another percentage). But that's not yet implemented. You can have 20 tabs with the stocks you selected, and then quickly tab to launch your trades. Of course you can use the Market-order to Open. I don't know if it...

You might take a look at ButtonTrader. You simply enter a 5% of NetLiq in the quantity box (above the PriceLadder) and it will calculate the correct number of Lots the moment you click buy (or sell)..You can also use other percentages: on NetLiquidationValue, Funds, Risk, MarginNeeds or...

The Simulation-Execution-Engine used in ButtonTrader took more than 3 full months to develop and test and exists of thousands rows of code....Users do not understand how complex it is to create something as realistic as possible to executed Limit-Orders and MarketOrders in a real-time market...

I'm currently writing a document on this very subject (called "Forex-trading with IB and ButtonTrader"), I hope to have it ready somewhere in Jan-2006 (will release at that time here: http://www.buttontrader.com/content.asp?lang=en&page=8 ).

To be clear: IB is not a FX-dealer..IB does NOT trade against you..you trade on a ECN agains other IB-traders and 4 major banks who are the MarketMakers....IB offers you a multi-budget-account..and you can move budgets all over the place.. from USD to JPY to HKD to EUR...no problem at all...You...

Currently EUR.CHF is 3 pips and the Bid 4 Million the Ask 18 Million. When you take the Bid or Ask it will immediately execute. But with Stops and fast moving markets you should know how to use the Stop or StopLimit orders from IB....First you have to understand that the triggering is on the...

Of course you don't use IDEAL but IDEALPRO, which has quite good spreads (1 pip for EUR.USD, USD.JPY 2 pips, GBP.JPY 5pips, USD.GBP 3pips the moment I write this).

You can absolutely do this with IB, because you don't trade two-sides contracts, but you move real foreign-currencies from one to another budget...And Yes you will only pay one-time commission.

Still the case ??? (or did it stop in October). (to my knowledge CITI-FX is used as Clearing, but not as MarketMaker).

Hmmm...this one is listed, but I never saw CITIFX in the quotes.... Maybe it's the next one which will be added to the MarketMaker-pool for IB-FX.?

Well. Said ! Note: The MarketMakers at IB-FX-ECN are. UBS, BeanrSterns, JPmorganChase, and the best of all: The DeutscheBank.

@ Mumbai: You might take a look at ButtonTrader (connected to TWS). that will give you all the things you need for FX-trading at IB. It has very special features (synthetic FX-positions) to overcome the TWS problem: it will give realtime P&L and full position management. Hope it helps Hoi

You can connect ButtonTrader to your IB-simu-account, then you can use the new advanced Forex-features (just released). This gives you FX-position-management and real-time P&L for IDEALPRO (things not available in TWS itself).

The DAX-index is on DTB, But all the ESTxxxx-indices are separated.

For DAX you need DTB datafeed, so Eurex-Level1 or 2 (if you want MarketDepth of 5 bids/asks then 2).

Hi Lobster, I like your posts and read them with interest. Did you know the ButtonTrader has a HotKey-feature already? (maybe you overlooked it)... It actually has 2 hotKey-systems. one is released to the public, and focuses on the Selection and Launch of Strategies (works much faster...

Oops, that's quite an expensive contract...No wonder why the Options are so popular... I understand that Option margins, are more complex. Thanks for your quick answer.

Hi Def, What are the Margin needs for K200-futures? They are not yet on the WebSite (and I want to configure ButtonTrader for Korea as soon as possible) Can you tell something about the Option-Margins as well? Thanks Hoi

Aaa.... you are right ... 100 points for you ! :)