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I understand that going tick-by-tick may not be possible right now given bandwidth constraints and agree that the speed of IB snapshot quotes is very good. We can but wish. But it's food for thought. What if TradeStation goes with the model of charging for a tick-by-tick feed and slaps one of...

You can also check out this link if you want a waffly long-winded explanation of mine! http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/InstallXPHome/installxphome1.htm Remember, if you boot from a CD drive then you never need worry about that talk about floppy boot discs, DOS format commands, and...

Def, I think that's the key issue here ..."automated". Look at the subject header again. Many of these IB front-end programs have clever features like automatically trailing stops behind the last price, or only executing a stop-loss order if Bid Size is the half the value of Ask size. Things...

OK. My attempt at a "dummies version" of a simple fresh install without any messing around with partitions: - Back up (copy onto CD, floppy disk or extra hard drive) whatever files and folders contain your important information. At a minimum this will include the entire mydocuments folder. Be...

How did you set up the three drives i.e. what is master and what is slave on each IDE channel? Also, what is your OS? Thanks.

Gateway my ass. I'm in Europe and connect via IB's Swiss server. Went down at exactly the same time: 13:25 EST.

How did you do that? You phoned and asked to be put on a different server????

This is what's so frustrating - some users are OK and some not. Which means I KNOW that IB will just say it's an individual user problem. Funny thing is that the people who are not OK, all seem to have individual internet problems at precisely the same time. Pure coincidence of course. I've got...

Excuse the pun! But IB was down for over 5 minutes this (early) morning: 03:22am - 03:28am EST. Did anyone else have a problem at the exact same time, or was it just me?

Got a link referencing the API?

Order entry and trade management are much easier and more intuitive, but such products also have features that don't exist in TWS. Take simulated stops for example. Say you're long the ES with a stop-loss at 1025.00. In TWS, as soon as 1025.00 is hit you are gone. But with a front-end you could...

Hi nonnonsense Yeah, the API issue sure is overlooked. I reckon that 'third party add-on' software programs are going to explode in popularity over the next twelve months. IB is well positioned by putting out a free API that attracts a lot of developer interest and community support...

I think you misunderstand who charges for what. IB themselves have nothing to do with third party order entry/trade management programs. IB do not get involved in charging fees to users of such products! The developers of the front-end programs are the people who charge a fee, usually...

My feeling is that you've gotta be patient and be willing to hold through a lot of noise to make it in the ES (which doesn't suit me, but probably suits others). Trying to scalp a few ticks is a mugs game for sure.

I'm waffling on here(!) but I think the "sin bin" idea is a good one. The problem with many (I would even say MOST) threads is not they they get attacked by a guy breaking the rules about bad language ...it's that they get attacked by off-topic posters that turn the thread into a free-for-all by...

Yeah, the whole idea of a "ban" is so uneccesary, pointless and against the spirit of a good BB. And the way it is applied here is very inconsistent. While it may be OK to pull certain posts (within reason) a total ban should be a last resort and put to a vote. Hand the power back to the...

If it is ... Anyway, who says there are wackos on this site?! Didn't they ban Jack Hershey? He was my all time favourite and I genuinely miss him. What about a bring back Jack poll? We're all wackos in one way or another and I think banning anyone is crazy. My feeling is that the BBBO method...

Something to chew around so to speak ....

These two DID hit their target. The thing to remember is that this isn't a mechanical method. It takes adaptation and good interpretation to pick the right spikes to key off. What is worth noting is that in the DAX ...by risking 3pts (75 Euro) you can very often make 5 points (125 Euro) within...

Attached an example of this Bollinger line direction as being a filter for which spikes to pay most attention to. It's a one minute chart so target for me would likely be 5 points with BE after 2.5 points. Both trades fell short of target and broke even, but thought the charts would be...