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Algorithmic trading is best investment, if carried out correctly. Try <a href="http://www.datatime.eu/public/gbot/" target='blank'> this </a> one (read about strategic approach too).

Losing $$$ also sounds pretty expensive. Especially with futures :D

That too. Hedging is a relatively complex activity involving several components and which must be supervised algorithmically. It can include proper use of protective option configurations, multiple strategy layers with different and complementary scalping games, appropriate use of...

Hi Visaria That would take much more time and energy than I have at hand. Also, it would probably call for a flame war, as people with no enough brain or not enough experience would not even be able to make sense of it. What I can suggest, in general, is practice and practice, but, not in...

It's certainly a necessary evil for those who don't know a better way to hedge. Nobody says one has to trade "without stops", in the sense of "without protection". What is meant is that <b>there are much better and intelligent ways to hedge within a folio</b>. Using "kiss" approaches like...

A stop, more appropriately called "take loss", does not "manage risk". Just a means to stack up losses. And effective for that.

Hi travis, No sign of the problem here up to this time. It seems the issue has been successfully solved by IB. (If it should reappear, I would let you know.)

You are right, most ppl do gamble, but gambling in the mkts inevitably, sooner or later, leads to losses, as nitro correctly points out. Once upon a time, I showed a non-gambling approach on an ET journal: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3517512 Reality is that good...

I did look. This topic does not "expire" (fortunately).

There is also this group on Linkedin about IB API which is quite large and good: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Interactive-Brokers-Traders-Fund-Managers-4932221

Try <a href="http://www.datatime.eu/public/gbot/GBotScreenshots.htm" target="blank"> here</a>

Of course there is. Just call the req reqContractDetailsEx, without specifying strike. You will receive ALL the contract details for all strikes (the entire chain). If not specify an expiry date, will also receive all the chains for all expiries.

Yep, the microstructure would be different, as it is evident anytime you place an order (especially if large). However, for most "meaningful" strategies, which take their due time to work and allow for other participant's action to take effect, and have smarter hedging schemes, SIM would...

yep, the latter.

My grand scheme is explained here on <a href="http://www.datatime.eu/public/gbot/strategies.htm">this page</a>, and i also have a few test journals here on ET, that you can browse. Example: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3517512 However, being "grand", actually it...

You got it. MMs are making their profits, given the the incoming order flow. They would screw most they can, statistically speaking. And if the "real" liquidity is scarce (apart the fake transactions to create the feeling of liquidity), there is really no game. The entry / take profit /...

Now that it is over, it is obvious :D

IB compares very well. If you move, consider the solution presented here: http://tradersplace.net/forum/thread/63/g-bot-algorithmic-trading/

I will wait you in the mkt. Prepare your peanuts $ ;-))) if you have any left from your failed option trading >- peanuts trader running a slot machine which makes no money but feeds the addiction LOL!

They certainly do. And lose big time! Those who says otherwise belong to one of these catgs: - gullible newbie reading too many brokers' and teachers' website - have never traded in their life and are "backtesting tigers" - failed traders, hoping to recover what they lost by attempting...