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macal425 so the key until IB sorts out their problem is to use the data/chart price as the limit order? and just treat the data on IB as occasional luxury that saves some key strokes to create the limit order?

pxg i think the key here is that if a market order is converted into a limit order by IB, it must be done with IBs own feed - so it should be correct - and the time to fill may well just be down to getting filled in a queue of orders in a moving market - so although it may be frustrating or...

PXG i think this was the point made to me in the past - but surely if a market order is made - even if IB convert it into a limit order - do IB not make the limit order wide enough to ensure a fill - especially if they know there system is not accurate - if they dont do this - the trader and...

ok, sorry, i thought you wanted to make money in the markets - but i guess you have some other agenda - which is trying to solve a problem that does not exist

why dont you start off - by assuming that maybe the industry is right - and as you are new - you are wrong since you are paying $55 round turn per trade and a futures emini is $5 per round turn - why do u assume futures are more dangerous - options are only for the most sophisticated traders...

why dont you trade eminis on an electronic trading platform

all trading is done to the trader - there are probably people out there who trade sand and make a lot of money - but they know what they are doing and are traders but i would not like to give my money to someone who makes their money from charging me per trade in return for telling me the...

the reason IB dont do have a pit order entry system is because that is a total different type of business and utilises a different business model by the way - take a good hard look at your money - you may be seeing it for the last time

If you broker was losing money on each of your trades - he would have to be one dum schmuck to keep doing trades for you The reason that brokers will say they are losing money is that in their calcualtion for break even charges to customers - they will factor in all the costs of their...

AAAintheBeltway Just to say - at last someone on here who trades the way i do - i am not alone! I have never back tested anything - as i feel that in the markets, a rule is only a rule, until it is a rule but anwway, two questions to those with experience in back testing - a) how do you...

Catoosa As an intraday futures trader - i certainly understand your point about looking two monitors over - i am sure it is more phsycological than real - but if if affects you as it has me in the past - that is a real as it needs to get but i still dont get why you dont just take a market...

IB should let you trade 24 hours a day, but with different margining But, you need to be real careful with liquidity, and watch the main and emini, and every other US and ex-US market open around the world since all with have an effect - it is real complex and real profitiable if u get it...

Candlesticks - a delay in data will also affect a candlestick and since the actions on trading due to a candlestick effect are self reinforcing, the biggest move would occur exactly at the point that would erode the value of the candle As most indicators are lagging - since you only see what...

Quiet1 Otto is new and they are i believe still trying to get the business model right - but at least a couple of weeks ago - it was still not implemented for retail use But, orders were definetly going via CQG, and although this delay technically would time wise not be much, it would be...

Catoosa Thank you - do u trade the SPY - and if so does that have this lagging problem that other stocks occasionally have - can you tell if it is certain exchanges that have the problem (since i assume the pricing on your system is from the main exchange - with futures there is only one...

the routing of the order is affected and so is the take up of otto as cqg want a cut of the trade and the trade goes through them the order is delayed

Catoosa Is this data problem i keep hearing about on here, on the stocks or the futures platform or both - i am just thinking of signing up to IB and it is worrying - i have queried this point before as of course the data on the futures is just from globex and i would take market...

gold should be a very interesting trade in the next few years - since in has no recent historic high, but a solid base, providing a great risk reward - and more importantly a hedge against inflation my focus is intraday in indexes and index arbitrage - and long term holdings just seem a good...

nice matrix - good one!

2. New prices for Futures in Europe and Options on Futures in the US (same $2.40 as Futures). What does "New prices for Futures in Europe" mean? - Commisions?