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I hope so. Off to a good start today. However, the last journal had a good start as well.

The first day live is now in the books. Today: +$130.40 per contract

It has been 6 months since I turned my bot off and now here I am again. I learned a lot from my last attempt, and this time I expect the outcome to be much better. If I only learned one thing from last time, it would have to be to "never modify the strategy while live". If I make a...

One other question, you compiling as debug, or release?

Are you on vista?

This secure device is starting to sound worse and worse... where is the opt-out.. still no official word concerning the opt-out?? What other brokers provide API trading? Genesis?

Not nearly as difficult as you may assume. If you can get the trojan on their computer, they are hosed whether they have a hardware firewall or not. A firewall, hardware or software is only going to be able to block traffic to or from a certain port... and or to or from a certain ip...

As long as the opt-out option is there its fine. In a previous thread an IB employee said their will be an op-out option. This email is only for advisor accounts at this point but based on the previous thread its going to be for all accounts very shortly..... Without an opt-out option it will...

itmediaco, You make a very good point. Thanks for the info.

RoughTrader, That is so true. You can have the best system in the world, but it will experience draw downs. If you don't have the confidence to stick with it during those times then it will be of no use to you. It is just so difficult when in the back of your mind you keep thinking... is...

RoughTrader, No, I am not trading live again yet. Although, I am gearing up for another go at it in about a month. Just about got the funds saved up needed to let it run without being scared every 5 minutes that i'll have to shut it off. Shutting it off when I did was the biggest...

A lot can be gained by "reinventing the wheel". Sometimes functionality you want is just not there in a canned solution. I do it because I trust my code more than the code in a canned solution, and because if something goes wrong or I need to adapt I have full control. In any event, trade...

If you have some programming experience you can use Interactive Broker's API to automate your trading strategies. A couple of good places to get started with IB's api is: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/php/webhelp/webhelp.htm#Interoperability/DDE_Configure_TWS.htm and...

I do not know of any good documentation for the API that hasn't already been provided. However, if you are looking for tutorials to show you how to connect to the TWS in c++,java,visual basic, or c# then I recommend this website. http://www.stockbotprogramming.com The tutorials are rather...

You have a few options. One learn to program.... its not as hard as some would have you to believe. BUT does take dedication and time. Your second option is to use a canned software solution such as TradeStation.... If automated trading is something you want to do, there are many options...

I think today is a day that the "buy the dips" wont work.... it can only work for so long before so many people start doing it that it becomes the best way to screw the most amount of people....

Raystonn, Congrats, your results holding up on other unrelated instruments is a really good sign. Good luck

5 years and only 142 trades just screams curve fitted. Not nearly enough data to put any faith in. What happens when you run this same system on another future? Er2, NQ, ES, YM.... Is your system still profitable? If so you have a fighting chance. If on all of those other futures its not even...

IB Salvatore, Great news. Thanks for the update.

IB Salvatore, Thanks. Please keep us informed on what decisions are made regarding API users. There are plenty of ways you can make it more secure for API customers than it currently is without basically making it impossible to have a fully unattended trading machine. I could even live with...