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As somebody else has already pointed out, the completeness of API is the main issue. 1. You cannot use the IB API for micro-managing your trades/positions. 2. NinjaTrader provides a decent UI, but Bracket-Trader provides a broader feature-set (however, Bracket-trader only works with IB's...

Sure...the Amibroker/IB interface provides basic order management, ie. new/change/cancel orders etc., but I want to do much more...manually as well as programmatically....here is a snippet from bracket-trader: Flexible entry options - complicated double breakout or double fade entries. pick...

Yes, bracket-trader is pretty good, but 1. it does not expose it's API, so, programmablity is not there. 2. it only works for IB any other options ?

Folks, I use Amibroker extensively with Amibroker-IB broker-interface....however, IB does not provide fine-grained order-management. For example, after placing an order, I want to keep monitoring market data, recalculate my tech indicators & modify/cancel the (already submitted) orders...

Folks, I started following this thread recently. I have been developing with Marketcetera s/w for almost a year now. My enhancements include: - build market-data adapters - build FIX connectors - introduce new asset classes - enhance GUI - write strategies in Java/Ruby - introduce GUI to...

I have to disagree with your views on this, because: 1. future-price is typically spot-price PLUS carrying-cost ie. interest-rate, so, ONLY in exceptional situations, the far-dated crude futures will be cheaper than the near-dated ones. 2. Most analysts are bullish about S&P in the next...

Folks, Typically commodity futures prices go up as you look further out to latter dates, so, for example, crude-oil dec price is higher than nov. However, in e-mini futures, it is the opposite. Can somebody tell me why is it so ? Thanks in advance. - Sanjay