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Script is working as expected on my real and paper trading account for past 3 days. Tested ok :-)

I think if you use IB's smart; you can enter penny pricing for almost everything.

Demo trading for months!!!! Now please spend 5-6 days in reading a decent options book. Options for rookie is one of the nice book. I liked the examples given in the book. Very simple to understand. FYI. Selling options contract does require big margin/cash and usually done by professionals...

For paper trading account MouseClick, left, 475, 40 MouseClick, left, 475, 60 should change to MouseClick, left, 475, 60 MouseClick, left, 475, 80 This is because of the top red band (saying Simulated Trading). And you'll need http://www.autohotkey.com/ run-time...

Attached AHK script should do the trick :-) It sets log-off time to 4 AM at 1 AM and back to 2 AM at 3 AM ;-) Not sure why IB is insisting on it if this is so simple to bypass. #Persistent ; wait until next hour Sleep (60 * (60 - A_Min) - (60 - A_Sec)) * 1000 ; install hourly...

I totally agree with you. On second thought, opting-out does sound like a horrible idea. Is there a way to bypass the forced daily shutdown? Guess I don't need to opt-out if my TWS can stay alive throughout the week and I only need to punch security card before GLOBEX opens on Sunday.

I get your point :-) But I can even lose my ATM card but I'll still keep it in my wallet. There should be a balance between usability and security. Security card makes automation somewhat harder. People who trade manually can enjoy this extra safety benefit. I JUST HAD A CHAT WITH IB AND I...

+1; Why can't I trade without this stupid card and only use it when doing ACH? Exactly! Or may be it's not only about security. May be it is done intentionally in favor of their "CTCI (FIX)".

I love AmiBroker; a very well thought program. ODBC based source is what I use to access latest without hitting Yahoo. AB is never storing any EoD data locally and my daily cron script keeps my DB (Linux+MySQL) updated and dividend/split adjusted.

Why can't IB offer a middle ground i.e. to allow TWS login without card but mandate the card based authentication for fund transfers. Also I think, the distorted TEXT is done intentionally to create problem for people who try to do trading automation. This is probably done in favor of their...

iPhone with CNBC RT & VNC is very helpful to me.

Options premium on 3X etfs were killed today because of the drop in volatility. Did you look at VIX today?

I get it. Thanks.

Great thread :-) I've started playing with Ami and I'm loving it. Noob question related to AmiBroker. How can I keep my AmiBroker database updated? I'm only concerned about EoD data so my datasource is yahoo finance. Say I created a database of S&P500 stocks and downloaded EoD from yahoo...

Yes, it does call home but it is not mandatory for functioning the software.

Price improvement my foot. I rarely get better than bid when selling and better than ask when buying with IB. If I don't do market then most likely there will be a modify fee or I'll leave it open and let it expire. Now a days I only trade contracts that trade with 1-3 cents spread - like SPY...

This is nightmare. After two modify I finally gave-up and hit MKT. The fee will be .10 if your order is routed to BOX. Someone was suggesting that it goes to BOX if you peg to stock with delta 1. I did not try it yet.

Am I mistaking in saying that STOP order stays with broker until it is triggered, and becomes MARKET order when trigerred. If that is true, why the hell IB charges fee. We can have TWS alarm based stop order but that won't work if disconnected. So all IB users, how do you manage your open...

I'm confused here. What is the feature? You can always trade whatever quantity you want. There are some destinations (like ISE) that won't accept odd lot. But other than that everything will fly. My favorite destination ISLAND takes everything. When I traded BIDU few weeks back, I traded...