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Depends what it opens at. You will get a minimum $12. If you're watching the stock an option would be to change your limit order to a limit-on-open order. That way you're guaranteed to get the opening auction price.

WindoTrader does this.

I have software that can do this. DM me and we can figure something out.

VAMI is an equity curve based on monthly returns. If you plot using monthly bars on a log scale and then draw a line of best fit you effectively have an indicator. Deviation from the line will give you an idea how "linear" the equity curve is.

It's important to use accurate historical data which you can get from Norgate for a reasonable price. I know several people that use AmiBroker + Norgate and like it. There are AmiBroker groups out there as well that can help you get going (one example is AmiBroker-Canada.org).

Total garbage. It's even impossible to find press releases on changes to THEIR indices.

AlphaVantage has free intraday data for up to 500 requests per day. You won't get much history though due to the volume of data. You can get an API key on their website then download into CSV, etc.

Check out AleraTrading.com. I'm not affiliated with the company, just use the software.

My thoughts exactly.....time to move on.

I can create a custom downloader for you. It won't be free but you'll get exactly what you're looking for. Message me directly if you're interested.

Norbert's Gambit works fine but there's no need to do it on IB since they offer direct FX conversion with very little slippage.

You will need to sell USD.CAD. Make sure you do an FxConv on TWS otherwise you will have an FX position in your account.

Outwest, my trading volume hasn't been excessive maybe 200 trades per year. I haven't filed a T123 as this election is only for Canadian securities and more than half of my trades are in US stocks and my more active strategies are in US stocks. The CRA rules for declaring someone a day trader...

Not even close to 2008 or 1987. The whole period from 1997 until 2003 had heightened volatility comparable to what we're seeing these last couple of weeks.

A portion of my portfolio is in Canada, stocks from the TSX and Venture. I avoid the really small companies due to the illiquidity. I've had some good trades on the Venture over the last year and a half (RHT, KNT, GGI, NVO). I've found that my strategy translates well between Canada and US...

You can get the bid/ask details using the Thinkorswim scanner. You can also create a custom column in the results that would give you (bid-ask). Sort by this column and voila.

I've been trading my own strategies (backtested to 1995) with good results. I don't think a backtest to 2010 is long enough (it doesn't include extreme market periods like 2000 and 2008).

No. I've corresponded with Brent about his composite volatility indicator and watched some of his YouTube videos. I like his approach re risk management but never pulled the trigger with a subscription.

You may want to check out www.volatilitytradingstrategies.com

Has anyone back tested using VIX as an indicator for going long or short the market? From what I've read it's a very poor indicator of tops and bottoms.