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To close this thread: I was able to reset my open FX positions using an IB TWS installation on another computer and following Steve's description. The IB TWS on my main trading computer still won't let me do it. It seems, I should consider a reinstallation after having just upgraded TWS for 2...

Hi Kiwi, nice to see you are still around. You hanging out somewhere during the day? Really strange I can't do these adjustments in my IB TWS installation. Well, after I close my current position, I will start IB on another computer and see if it's an installation problem. cu, Chris

Steve, I did that exactly and that's when the Order type invalid window pop's up. Could this have anything todo with the fact, that I use the standalone TWS 866.5 build, while the Webbased is already at 867? Yours, Chris

Thank's Steve, I had not read your post correctly, sorry. Unfortunatly it's not working either. I get a window saying Order type is invalid once I try to adjust the position And if I create a portfolio page from these FX positions they look quite real to me, even if I still have no...

Steve, actually the only thing which bothers me is, that I start every day with around -380 USD unrealized P&L regardless whether I select to show FX positions in the portfolio or not. It's like fighting an uphill battle every day. chris

Steve, so I have to pay interest on this Unrealized P&L. That's very interesting! Please take a look at the attached Portfolio, where I elected to include FX positions. The second row shows a JPY/HKD balance of -11682 and an unrealized P&L of -35.02HKD The third row shows a HKD/JPY...

Steve, you are right that I trade HSI futures and generated HKD profits as I do trading futures denominated in other currencies. But as of this morning (and as of nearly every morning during the year) all my positions are closed and I still see Unrealized P&L in different currencies. When...

As you can see on the attached copy of my Portfolio (Pic: Globetrader 112) I seem to have quite a number of open FX positions creating a substantial amount of negative Open PL (as of today -404.383 USD). I know for sure I never opened such positions. I also know I never had any transactions in...

Actually I don't expect this problem to persist the whole day. Most likely IB will fix it until the open of the regular US session, so I will just shift my capital back to the US account. Shuffling money around betwen different IB accounts is a thing of 2 minutes, so no real problem, in case...

If you have the option to use an IB Hongkong account, switch to it. IB US is still down this morning 2.15am EST, but IB HK is running fine including market data for all exchanges Just transferred my trading capital to the HK account which can be done in 2minutes and finally am able to start...

As one of the Frontend developers affected, I might add a bit to the discussion. Recent tests with real trades on ER2 showed, that FuturesTrader still receives a "Submitted" Status message from the IB API, when submitting a "StopLimit" order through the API on ER2 or any other Globex traded...

Tampa, as an experienced statement hider, I can tell you, the only way to get rid of them for sure, is getting them only by e-Mail to an account your wife has no idea it exists in the first instance. And this e-Mail thingy has a nice sideeffect as well, .... if it get's too embarressing...

:D Did it really take 64 pages until someone found the reason for at least some of the posts. Btw. Matilda is absolutly correct, that Woodies charges for the seminars. It's not hidden, it's not for him personel, it's just cost. Do you know, what seminar rooms with wireless LAN access cost...

Because, believe it or not, sometimes I can not take a Stop, when required. And this is often a disaster. Regards, Chris

Robert, correct I'm about B/E you could say, and I decided to write a tradejournal on e-minitraders.com, so I and maybe some others might learn something. I have learned in Woodies room, which I found, when he was still on Paltalk already attracting 400 people daily and limited only by...

I have added a trading language extension in Ensign ESPL, which transmits orders generated in Ensign by Alerts or by your own ESPL procedures to FuturesTrader, my own IB frontend and Simulator, for execution. (www.futures-trader.net/Ensign.htm) Define your strategy in Ensign, define the entry...

Hi, you should do it the following way: Send the order to the ESPL.dll this ESPL.dll then uses the windows messaging system to transfer the order to a program of your choice, which has access to the free IB API. I have such a link working from Ensign to FuturesTrader, my IB Frontend...

Hi, Just download a Full version of FuturesTrader www.futures-trader.net The simulator is free and you can use it as long as you like. You will need to install the IB TWS Interoperability components (IB API 7.3) (link on the download website) to run it, even if you have no IB account...

A redesign, when you can switch off all the bells and whistles and have only what you need on the screen? I think in the last months I added not one feature, which has to be used or can not be switched off (there are some exceptions, but I would neverever give away the time advantage the Fast...

Hi, Futures-Trader (www.futures-trader.net) can do what you want. Contact me at croc1964@futures-trader.net to discuss. Regards, Chris