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Yes, thanks for the tip.

Yes, of course. Good point. As soon as I saw that it didn't work, I tried the exact opposite, but it doesn't work either. It's often like this, because of commissions and spread costs. Besides that, I've tried all the other things I have mentioned earlier: entering a few hours earlier than...

Ok, I am all done with testing Runningbear's idea. Sorry but it doesn't work. On the other hand, while testing that concept, I came up with a totally different idea for a system and that one worked. I'll have to test it on other futures to see if it works, too. If it does, then I'll have created...

Oh, yeah? Maybe not. It is a good idea to test, whether he was kidding or not. And it would be good to test the opposite, and it would be good to test if, since this might be a tendency, some markets go down in the last few hours of trading on Fridays.

It would not be a complete strategy if I don't have a univocal method for entries, which I suppose you are unable to provide (you said entries are "discretionary"). One could always do a random entry and tell you what the best exit method is, but that would be beyond my original objective...

Runningbear's strategy is exactly what I needed. Most of my strategies are just like that, with time entries and exits (and other filters). I will test it and get back here to tell you how well it went. Of course for more details such as reports and automation, we need to use private messages. I...

If there's any "newbies", or anyone who has a strategy or a vague idea for a strategy and doesn't know how to backtest it and automate it, I've gotten quite good/fast at this, so I would be interested in helping out, and at the same time I will benefit from the new trading ideas, regardless of...

Thanks to all.

Like my friend, you're saying that the "virtual fx position" is just appearance and virtual. I see your point. When I told him to look at this thread and to how others were saying there was something wrong with his FX position, he replied he won't worry about it, because it's virtual and...

If you really think about it, looking at excel even, and how bad it got with office 2007, the only software, or one of the few, that really has not changed and has kept ideal as it was from the start is the forum software of elitetrader: simple, effective, clear, orderly.

This is part of a trilogy, for build 911.3 at least. Where did they put the menu to add a tab? By "tab" I mean a page where you add the symbols/tickers to display the quotes. A lot of the previous menus seem to be gone. It is not under "file" nor does it show if you click the "+" symbol...

Thanks. This is close to rocket science to me. He's very good at math and all that, so it proves I am not stupid, at least not for the fact that I can't figure this thing out. Many intelligent people have been debating this subject for years. Your post is pretty clear. I will show it to him...

Yes, you're right, it is USD, because it lists the total in USD. I will try to get him to use your method, because it can't hurt, whereas, if he leaves it like this, he can only risk unexpected results.

The version got updated today, and thus the picture reflects the latest version, build 911.3. That's not my account - it's my friend's account, as I said. I don't know if the base currency is USD or GBP. However, I did tell him: hey, this is not something normal. You must at least tell me...

Hello moarla, thanks for participating. Since you're the expert at this, can you please tell me what the attached picture looks like? My friend says everything is right, because "Market Value - Real FX Balance" says he has 5000 GBP. I say that he should worry instead because, by the FX...

Here's another dreamer like me, who didn't get an answer: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2461447 Ok, I kept browsing and... great! Moarla solved it here: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=176937

I've called IB before on this but was never able to figure it out. How on earth do you fix all the forex problems? If you trade the GBL (EUREX) and then try to convert everything in dollars, in the FX Portfolio section of the "Account" tab, it opens a "Virtual FX Position" (see attachment)...

Yes, that is it, thank you. I had just come back to post this image, and to say how I had just found out that it is indeed possible to "forget this decision". Thanks. It was anything but intuitive that the option would be found in the "messages" section (rather than in a "ticker" or "page"...

This is the closest I've gotten to solving the problem so far: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/tws/usersguidebook/getstarted/add_market_data.htm "Note: If you add a market data line for a derivative instrument, TWS will ask if you want the underlying symbol added to the...

Yes, I hope you are right. However, here things are not as simple, and bureaucracy is worse than in most English-speaking countries. That's why people don't abide by the law much more often.