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Thank you for this information too. I was concerned about that IB API (C++) when I downloaded the "stable" version and was getting compile errors all over the place, but then I noticed that it was a year older than the newest version, and their newest version compiled with some trivial...

Thanks @HobbyTrading I'm looking through that API now. Curious, are you using any wrappers or third-party code or are you using IB's API directly ? I understand the underlying actual communications with their gateway software is just text, have you seen any kind of documentation for the fields...

I think that's a popular way to go about it ... or at least plan to go about it ..

"Misfortune loves a shining mark. Gold in a man's purse must be guarded with firmness, else it be lost. Thus it is wise that we must first secure small amounts and learn to protect them before the Gods entrust us with larger." So spoke Arkad, The Richest Man in Babylon

18 y/o, losing money trading is a good lesson to learn young. Hopefully you got some speeding tickets and had a girl treat you bad too ...

If it's 80% wrong on a binary choice.

Cash is king. - Everbody

If active trading accounts were a food product, the government wouldn't allow it to be sold at grocery stores for all its negative effects on people.

@Saltynuts not giving advice about what to buy, of course, but also note that bonds you buy at IB (corporate bonds for example) don't have to be bought for the full duration. If you look at IB's bond explorer (browser ? scanner ? what the hell do they call it ?) you can find countless...

OP being in IT if you are a coder I think it can help, an automated trade is a dispassionate trade, see "The Disciplined Trader" for why that is important. Ignore all the "wolf vs sheep", "domesticated vs risk taker" and all that nonsense. In business the people who make the money are usually...

IB also lets you buy bonds including treasuries, corporate, muni, and CD's, etc.

I have only been here a few hours and I feel dirty.

It's the subjective part I don't like. Ask it another way ... what's the difference between your automated trading platform placing buy orders then cancelling them and placing sell orders because it was trying to manipulate the price, and your automated trading platform placing buy orders then...

What's the difference between placing an order to buy, then cancelling it to place a sell order to get a better price, and placing an order to buy, then cancelling it to place a sell order because you changed your mind about which way the market was moving ? Objectively, I mean.

Probably too late to help, but if you have FSM questions you can PM me ...

I wasn't equating markets and basketball, I was equating learning new skills in basketball with learning new skills in the market by trying new things instead of just reinforcing skills that aren't working for you. It's almost like you tried to find something to argue about. I think learning...

Obviously practicing is useful, depending on what you are practicing. It's like basketball, you can practice certain approaches, fade aways, jump shots, dunking, the list goes on and on. But how many traders are actually practicing something new ? Are they learning to trade a flat market...

I don't see how you do that without learning to code. Wanting to be an artist without knowing how to paint. Wanting to be a motorcycle racer without knowing how to ride. Wanting to be a lifeguard without knowing how to swim. I mean, some basic skills you have to learn if you want to do some...

It's nice to see someone actually trading instead of being in an endless state of development and testing. Kudos.

Yeah they even pay interest on your forex. 1.2% on USD isn't bad, you'd have to have a 4 year CD to double that.