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No, Firetip doesn't work with IB, but works also with Zumo and GenericTrade

I just tried Firetip (java application) while using IB Gateway,and went to Task Manager to see memory usage after a while they were running. Both usages were quite stable at arount 100MB. But while the Gateway is a TCP relay with no graphic interface, Firetip is a complete trading application...

Hi everybody, any news on Zumo? Did someone try it? Thank you

I perfectly agree with LeeD If you want to correctly time your speed - and possibly improve it - you must recognize all the factors that contribute to your total time, then measure each factor you can. Here is how I do it: - I measure the delay my telco introduces, with a ping to the provider...

On windows nt line you can activate garbage collection by restoring gateway window and then reducing it to icon in the taskbar. Or you can try freeware tools like cacheman or freeram xp pro.

Though it might seem obvious, I want to recall that stops PER SE don't change a thing with risk. If you believe that they will avoid bankruptcy because they save you from holding a position against the market, think of a trend following trader in a choppy market which continues to stop his...

I understand that the only way of accessing IB servers directly through Internet is using a VPN (150$ commissions /month minimum + 700$ one time setup fee). Has anybody done that? Has speed improved after excluding IB gateway?

Now that IB provides an API gateway for order submission, can anyone (including Interactive Brokers) tell the difference in speed/performance between sending an order with FIX and sending the same order with API gateway? Thank you

DAV, is 906 upgrade mandatory for TWS only or for Gateway too? I mean, will we be able to continue to use Gateway 904.6? Thank you

Not sure about that. Java, and Swing in particular, are excellent at wasting resources when doing the simplest things. Consider that IB Gateway, just to open some sockets and translate from FIX to API, takes at least one million bytes of memory

I was examining windows on my pc with Spy++ when I discovered that TWS keeps open many of its windows - making them invisible - when you close them. For example, if you ever open the Account window, it will be destroyed only when you close TWS. Think this eats resources...

Stock, are you sure Task Manager gives wrong values? I posted both resident amount AND virtual amount, they must be summed together (total about 100Mb). As far as I know, task manager barely shows the result of system calls about system stats. Any tool would use the same calls I think.

My IB gateway takes around 20Mb of central memory and 80Mb of virtual memory with 12 securities data flowing. I have Win2000 with java 1.5.0.22 and I use Xmx96 in the start line. Even if hardware is cheap, Swing is a source of subtle errors, like the API page which doesn't open because open...

I recently saw what I had seen before, but this time I had data to confirm it: sometimes my active orders at IDEALPRO don't get filled when they should. Two weeks ago I submitted a BUY order for USD/JPY at 88.945. I got "submitted" status and 7 seconds after, best ask went to 88.945 (I saw it...

Me too was wondering what Aberration was doing these days, I googled Internet but found nothing after 2002. In 2002 I know it performed badly and its author - Keith Fischen - modified it (this sounds dangerous to me). It worked fine from the early 80's to 2001, and was not bad in the 70's. It...

To clarify my last post: I look at signals (and to some extent, risk) to enter (better to say, add to) a position; to exit (=reduce) the position, instead, I mostly look at risk, nearly ignoring where the market is going. This because signals I look for appear when they want, possibly too late...

Me too find useful break-even stop or protecting X% of open profits, and me too tend to trade momentum, a technique not often backtested I think (at least for very short time frames). Yes GhostofCutten the stop should be placed where you are probably wrong, but I have two questions: - If you...

I firmly believe in the fact I cannot predict the market, rather react to it in the best way I can. So I don't believe in profit targets, I concentrate on good execution of trailing stops and market orders. When I studied trading systems, I found volatility based profit targets strategies...

"Having half an ounce of brain", "You're an idiot"... It's amusing seeing (probably young) people fighting their crusades, I left them a long ago for a resting life ;). Number22, the things you say look true in theory but not in reality. Microsoft MADE their standards by widespreading their...

I dropped some mails to Rithmic and Lightspeed about their API but received no response. Anyone knows how to contact them/why they do not reply?