Search results

Yes, it's both. You pay the commissions (which is 0.2 pips per side until you reach volume thresholds) and then the spread is the prices quoted which effectively is the cost of a roundtrip with market orders.

Just to be clear, when I referred to pulling of quotes it is of course the bank quotes that are pulled by the bank on the inside and not IB's doing. But this area has significantly worsened over the last 12-18 months, it was very rare before and now happens pretty often. It's as if IB has given...

IB has just increased their minimum lot sizes. I think for GBP it is 20.000, but that is a guess. Since it's a weekend I'll provide a guesstimate on GBP/AUD and then someone more knowledgable can elaborate further. I'd say around 6-8 pips wide. IB unfortunately has seen more and more...

Traded with Realtick. Those were the days when you could make 3/16 in twenty seconds.

Oh sure.... Build the website, that's all it takes right? What about the FOUR HUNDRED MILLION users? Creating the serverside technology for handling that traffic? The thousands upon thousands of applications created within the FB framework that have millions of users? Create the FB API...

Just a week ago, Sacha Baron Cohen — the alter ego of Borat and Brüno — was announced as an Oscar presenter by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Now, suddenly, Baron Cohen has vanished from that list. Why is he gone from the show? Because one of the broadcast's producers was...

Guys, the date is more than seven years ago. So, what happened?

BD1, a question if I may: Are your percentages return per trade or return on capital used? People are often unclear about this, and the difference is significant.

Without vouching for the lack of trojans or viruses, I have used AutoHotKey myself for some automation. I love automating, but I don't have a use for it in my trading. But, when you want to click here and there, switch between programs and save and load etc - this is all stuff that can easily...

There are many programs that let you create various macro-script for Windows, and build logic in them. Google in that direction might be helpful for you.

The US doesn't have to buy its own debt - as long as the various central banks buy each other's debt the band keeps playing...

Obama vs Palin, I'd vote for Obama.

To paraphrase the great philosopher Forrest Gump: Outliers happen.

Hate being right...

Yahoo cannot show ratio spreads or calculate the difference of say 1 GOOG - 1.25 BIDU. For futures you can use futuresource.com -> custom charts or the free access to barchart.com's charts if you visit manfutures.com and select trader support, charts, spread charts. If you're looking for...

Unfortunately, IB does not give up FX trades so you can consolidate them with a prime broker. (They do on other products). You could checkout Newedge's FX offering - they had like 50 banks when I checked them out, slightly wider spreads (not much) and could accomodate more size. Someone...

And what about the beta - without bothering to look and not being an options trader, I would expect the difference in beta between AAPL and QQQQ to explain the difference in IV.

Not to discourage you, but seeing this I feel confident the markets are ready to fall a bit after 9-10 months of rallying. The market always wants to squash this kind of attitude.

You're a regular Jack Reed :)

R has a package for Interactive Brokers, I believe it is called IBROKER (not sure). I'm also not certain of the state of the package.