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This problem affects all of us. When on a losing streak, do revenge trades to make a comeback. When on a winning streak, relax on risk management rules.

I think I probably know what happened. You did not enable "allow order to run outside regular trading hours". This happened to me for futures exchange traded on U.S exchanges in Asian hours.

I found it here. Search for "API". https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=1590&p=stocks1

For stocks, commission for IB API orders are higher at USD0.075 per share. How about for international stocks such as those in Hong Kong and Japan? What about commission for API orders for futures? I cannot get information regarding commission on API orders for futures. Anyone tried...

I am interested to know if human active managers outperform machine-driven algorithmic factor strategies in Oct 2018.

Human weaknesses when it comes to money matters.

Interactive Brokers has been a good platform for futures so far, particularly when it comes to pricing. However, it is a complex platform given the flexibility it offers to clients, so a good practice would be to try out on a paper trading account, make some losses in fake money, get...

I will answer my own question. I have confirmed with Interactive Brokers support staff that GTC limit orders can be filled outside of RTH.

This makes sense. I just verified through paper trading in the paper account. I presume the option "allow order to be filled outside of RTH" applies only for stop-loss orders because trading tends to be more illiquid outside RTH.

I am using Interactive Brokers TWS platform. I have 1 ES futures contract. I want to place a profit-target GTC sell limit on this ES contract. However, the option "allow order to be filled outside of regular trading hours" is disabled for limit orders. Does this mean ES futures contract limit...

Distinguishing between a distribution top or an accumulation after a mark-up is just as difficult. If a trader can distinguish what is top and bottom, he will surely have no problem distinguishing between accumulation and distribution.

When a security is range-bound, either accumulation or distribution is happening. Knowing which is which helps one place the right trade. What are some price action and technical characteristics for distinguishing between the two? To me, accumulation and distribution look the same because the...

Where can I get the benchmark interest rate of individual currencies? From there, one can calculate the interest rate differentials of various forex pairs to be traded. Thanks.

If the process is like watching paint dry, I don't think they are suited for day trading. Maybe more suited for holding for weeks to months. What do you think?

I am a complete newbie to fixed income futures. Using IBKR platform, I just bought 2 ZN contracts (10-year US treasury note) at ask quote of 118'310. However, on TWS, the average price reflected is 118.971875. Why does this discrepancy exist? I have never encountered such a situation when...

I am not an American. At first, I was surprised that Americans are offended by a matter-of-fact statement about face colour. After I dug out some American history about minstrel shows, I understood the uproar. I will be offended if I am black American. Read about minstrel shows and you will...

Hi everyone, I got confirmation from IBKR that stop and market orders do not trigger outside regular hours. If want to use protective add orders, use stop LIMIT orders. PLEASE TAKE NOTE! Protect your money.

I dug out an old thread. It seems like this issue has been around since more than 10 years ago. https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/interactive-brokers-stop-orders-allow-triggering-outside-of-regular-trading-hours.51817/

My guess is that for the IBKR platform, it is U.S hours.

I have a stop order for AUD Forex futures in Globex exchange which was not triggered. I'm using IBKR TWS. I did not enable "trades allowed outside of regular hours" in the order. Could this be the reason? Is it advisable to always enable this option for forex futures since forex trades round the...