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If you're using IB you could write a pretty simple API application that waits for your good after time, then checks the price and submits either a limit order (if the last price is above the current price) or a market order (if the last price is below the limit price). You could also try a...

I don't have a solution (I'll think about it some more though) but also watch out with stops -- if the good after time is a time when it's already trading and the stop price has already been hit then the order will fail (it will sit pending and never trigger). You could try a conditional...

Green & Co seem to be the best known (see the link to their website above). Google and you'll find a few more.

Have you guys downgraded to TWS 864? That seems to have solved my problems for now.....

Won't they have the same problem with you always using your phone to trade? I run IB's TWS on my home PC and connect to it using remote desktop over my verizon vz6700 phone. The same phone is also available from sprint among other carriers, but I think any windows pda can serve as a client...

ktm, That's useful info -- do you have a link -- I'd like to send it to IB since if that's the case their website needs an update.... SSB

From IB's website: http://www.interactivebrokers.co.uk/contract_info/index.php?action=Details&site=IB&conid=41882135 It appears they all settle in cash. I didn't find anything useful on the CME website. SSB

Tradestation was fine today during the IB outage. One thing to remember is that hardware failures do occur. You can have multiple redundancies but sometimes they fail too -- it's very difficult to test that type of thing without taking an outage, and of course that's what you're trying to prevent.

Just a follow-up: Someone from IB contacted me yesterday a few minutes after my post and researched it. Basically since I was using a good after time the same as the open for the contracts, by the time my order activated the contract was already trading and my stop price was above the...

ER2 has barely moved for months.....historically the last few months are unusual......you can't base your trading on a month can you? Pull up the history.....

I'm going to open a ticket about it and downgrade to 864 (if I understand the popup I got 864 is still OK) until they get this fixed.

Jayford, I don't run anything but trading apps on my trading PC either....so that's not it (I download my porn on the other PC :p) It seems to be isolated to a few people....but I'm damn glad I have tradestation for a backup....but now I'm going to need to automate a...

I use TWS when connecting via remote desktop to my home PC on occasion and the screen re-paints itself twice on every screen change. I assume this is a java thing -- does anyone know if there is a java setting I can change or pass to the TWS launcher that will prevent this? It's really...

ACH is the same thing as "direct deposit" used for many paychecks. See: http://www.nacha.org/About/what_is_ach_.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Clearing_House I don't think IB is sitting on your money -- ACH is a slow thing in general (I could be wrong -- but I've seen...

To make matters worse my IB feed died today. TWS was showing the correct account value but stale prices. After awhile it kicked in the new values. Down from around 11:37 AM EST to 12:46 PM EST. Pain in the @ss!!!! Did this happen to anyone else?

I had two ECBOT sell stop (market) orders set up as: good after time: 12/18/2006 10:30 AM EST good until date: 12/18/2006 2:15 PM At 10:35 I noticed they hadn't filled yet the price was below both the stops. They were set to trigger on the "Last" method. I had to manually fill them...

bill, You might ask if they could re-classify you. Not likely, but you never know. I'm in the same position and all of IT was re-classified a few years ago after I hassled them about restrictions (I just asked a TON of questions and made them work for their money researching ETFs, futures...

I'm sure he'll make a nice b*tch for his cellmate....:eek: :eek:

I've been using pinnacle data for a little less than a year but their service has been slipping (and I didn't think it could get worse). Tonight there's still no update file, it's usually done by 6:45 EST. Now it's 7:45 and still no file and I'm wondering if the schmuck whose job it was to...

Good point....almost like my own personal carry trade.....:D