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Not sure about that but if you have an IB account, you can open a paper account for free and open both simultaneously. The paper account gives you the full functionality and is better than the demo account.

You can easily find the "correct" information from the web. Go to the IRS website and find publication 54. In general, there is an "exclusion" for foreign earned income of $85,700 (2007) but as always, there are other things to consider. Here, I will even help you out a little bit...

FYI, Ensign will allow you to change the formula from exponential to simple (among 8 other formulas) so it would be feasible to use MACD to get what you want.

Daal: You may not be seeing the right hand section from his screenshot as it only shows up ("expands") if you choose one of the related options such as a trailing stop.

He got the window from trying to configure hotkeys for the booktrader. I saw a reply from Def (from IB) recently (either in ET or the IB forum) that said the 2nd and 3rd targets were there for future use (not yet implemented). For now, you would have to use a 3rd party frontend like...

Such wit! Your idiocy must be progressing.

Wow! You are still an idiot!

I don't believe that you can chart in TWS but I know that the Ensign software has a workaround and will let you chart. You may want to search their website and it might give you some information.

Experienced the same but I have logged out and back in. Unfortunately, the windows reverted back to my first monitor and had to move everything back to its original position again. Also noticed issues with the "pushpin" not working on some of the separate windows and had to go back in the...

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There should already be a hotkey setup for bracket orders. On my machine it is "right click" on the bid/ask. Look under configuration for the booktrader and see if you have a hotkey already set up which will allow you to click within the DOM.

Just about any 3rd party IB compatible charting software would give you the ability to plot 4 hour charts. Some possible candidates would be: QuoteTracker QuoteTrader Ensign Sierra Ninja Trader AmiBroker This is just a short list but probably some of the more well-known...

Not true, they do have a demo but just keep in mind it is just that. The data is not accurate but most of the tools and functions can be viewed. Once you open an account, you can also open a parallel "paper trading" account (free) that uses live data for simulation/testing.

You can also go to iVolatility.com and they maintain a list (see the link under "Rankers & Scanners") of the top 200 by volume or open interest. You may have to join but you can join the basic services for free. http://www.ivolatility.com/

I logged in about an hour ago and have started up a couple of times (went ahead and downloaded the newest standalone version) and have had no problems. I believe I am connected to the US server. I am in Tokyo.

Usually, I will not place stop orders on any options trades primarily due to the swings you mentioned and liquidity. When I do actually place stop orders I will use conditional orders with the conditions based on the underlying. Since I am trading on the movement of the underlying (and IV), it...

Glad to hear that it worked out for you!

I don't believe there is a DDE option but you may want to try out this website. They claim to have a product that is basically a plug-in to Excel that will do the same. Unfortunately, I have never used it so I can't vouch for its ability but it appears to be free...

Hi, I'm old!

You might look at this page; the first download may help you out. I downloaded it a long time ago but never really had a need to download info into Excel from TWS. http://www.cyberxpert.com/downloads.html