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I started a new thread for this, but I think this is a better place to post. This is a copy of an e-mail I sent to IB. I downloaded the new TWS this morning - very anxious to use the P/L column. I really need a current statement of P/L for each position I'm in. Unfortunately, the P/L for...

Here is a copy of an e-mail I sent to IB. If you agree, please let them know at help@interactivebrokers.com. I downloaded the new TWS this morning - very anxious to use the P/L column. I really need a current statement of P/L for each position I'm in. Unfortunately, the P/L for each...

Technically, I think it's Saturday after the 3rd Friday (or at least it used to be). But for us common folk, that means we're done at the end of the day on the 3rd Friday.

I know their has been some interesing discussions in the past about pairs trading. A lot of this has been aimed at swing trading where the pairs end tracking each other on a day by day basis. I am looking for some pairs that track each other closely on a minute-by-minute basis (even if they...

Roger2, Thanks for the detailed reply. After the discussion on the last thread, I started using QQQ because it seemed to lead comp at the times I compared it. I haven't had a way to watch the futures, so I'll have to try next trend. I'm hoping the new IB TWS might allow charting of...

I agree.

Roger2, Thanks for the detailed example. I don't have a futures chart, but QQQ seemed to move about the same as your description of the futures. In fact, it seemed to lead at one point. Have you compared the QQQ to the futures to see if one typically leads the other? Perhaps using both of...

I'm just posting a reply to get this back on the front page. I know some of you are using futures as a leading indicator, and I was hoping that someone might shed a little more light on the subject. Thanks.

Some of my trades were a little slow, but not as bad as the other day. My bigger problem was Quicken Quotes Live, they were running 4 minutes behind, but IB's quotes seemed right on. QQL blamed it on the volume. I don't know, but I couldn't trade off of the charts for a while.

Did today seem more "real" to anyone else? I have been a little edgy all week because the market (I trade Nasdaq) didn't seem to be its normal self. Granted, this has been anything but a normal week, but today the MM's seemed to be getting back to some of their old tricks. It looked like...

I have been having the same problem today. It seemed like it might have been the worst around 11:20.

I'm not sure how I feel about shorting in this situation (I think the "big boys" might gap the open so far down that shorting might be tough anyway). But, would going long and then selling into every rally be any better? A sudden drop might be easier to recover from than a long down-trend in...

Dustin, Glad to see you are still profitable. I appreciate your posts. Are you still focusing on one stock? Would you still suggest the same criteria and or stocks as you did earlier in the year?

I appreciate the information on this thread. I haven't had the opportunity to spend much time watching the futures, but it sounds like I should. I have been under the impression that it is difficult to know if stocks are leading futures, or futures leading stocks. Are the futures really as...

Is this tool available to equities traders? What is required to access it?

Roger2, I believe you can open more than one workspace at a time by launching the program again. It seems to work for me anyway.

This is the response I got to my e-mail. "Thank you for contacting Quicken Quotes live support. Thanks for your request. We have had other requests for futures and we have looked into getting them. Unfortunately, their implementation is not planned for the near future. Thanks...

IB seems to be direct access, but I do wonder why it takes a a couple of seconds for an order to become active (turn green) or cancel (turn red)sometimes.

TC 2000 is a cool program, and end of day stuff isn't too bad. But I had a LOT of trouble with streaming real time and finally had to give up. I'm using Quicken now and like it quite well so far.

I am having trouble with TWS taking about 15 seconds to switch pages when I have ZA turned on. When it is off the page changes are instant. When I turn it back on, the first two or three changes are instant, then back to 15 seconds. I'm not sure what to do. Any suggestions?