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    Tradestation - downloading data?

    Here's my code to download to different files based on telozo: vars: fileName(""); fileName = "C:\TradestationExport\" + GetSymbolName + ".csv"; if BarNumber = 1 then FileDelete(fileName); FileAppend(fileName, numtostr(date,0) + "," + numtostr(time,0) + "," + numtostr(open,2) + "," +...
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    Limit Orders in ECN vs Bucket Shop

    Thanks for the info. So Direct Market Access is what I need to get my limit orders filled fairly. IB states: "Our clients benefit from IB's worldwide direct market access to ... forex." So I feel better about them.
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    Limit Orders in ECN vs Bucket Shop

    This is a noob question. In an ECN (ie, IB), if you are the first one in line with a limit order, and someone else goes market, you get filled on your limit and make the spread right? And in a commission-free shop, you will not get filled on your limit, and your limit order position is...
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    Interactive Broker (IB) Paper Trading Limit Fills on Forex

    ok I figured it out. The price of the bar is the (ask-bid)/2. The bid has to trade up for me to get filled.
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    Question about limit order fill in live vs demo trade

    Try using NT for live SIM. The order are placed in the books as if it's live.
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    Interactive Broker (IB) Paper Trading Limit Fills on Forex

    Hi, I'm wondering if anyone have any experience with not getting their limit filled even though the chart showed the price trading through the limit on the Idealpro Forex exchange on IB. Will my limit order get ignored live as well? The only consistency I see is that if the bid moves all the...
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    Why IB API echoes same order status multiple times?

    try using execDetails() which gets called once per fill.
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