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I'm working on a front-end for IB and I'd like to be able to update orders, even those that are created by different clients. When the order is created by the same client that's doing the update, the code is simple: order.m_transmit = true ibclient.placeOrder(order.m_orderId, contract...

Is there a way to submit GoodUntilDate or GoodAfterDate orders using Sterling? I see STIOrder has StartTime and EndTime but docs don't say what they do, nor what format they're in. Anyone tried these and got them working?

Thank to all the suggestions. Yes, with Visual Studio 2005 Professional and the older MFC I was finally able to compile and run without obviously crapping out. Will have to wait till Monday to test it properly but this is the closest I've been able to come. And as much as I'm impressed by...

Ironically, I suspect that the problem may be that my libs are too current. Everyone I've talked to who has got the C++ API working is using Visual Studio 2003 or 2005 when I'm using 2008. I've been trying to find some older copies of VS to see if that will help. What a pain.

I'm having a terrible time trying to get even the simplest automated programs working using Genesis Laser's API. I've got the .NET API to connect and get data for a couple symbols but orders are silently ignored. I turned to the C++ API and I am getting assertion failed errors in wincore.cpp...

Check out Groovy and its SwingBuilder. You can cut the code of your GUIs down by 75% or more and supply the proper function pointers (better: closures!) and other dynamic deliciousness. Scala is also much better at GUIs that Java and also interoperates well.

Why does Sterling suck? I've been bashing my head against Genesis's Laser for months now and I can scarcely recall such negligent or outright hostile customer service. I'd bet that all brokers and trading software sucks :)

If you don't want to get a second user, you can add a second IP address in the API settings for TWS and connect just as you would do if you logged in locally.

Re bot - it's very easy to write a bot that sends orders to IB or other systems. Don't waste your money on the crappy stocktickr service, it's charging a buttload of money for nothing. Re OM & T-I systems - the OM fills are impossible to achieve in real trading at the best of times and may...

A) it's possible B) any broker, but those with a good API are easiest (IB, TS, etc.) C) Skilled programmer could do it in a day or two. Since you have to ask, a month or two.

Is there a problem doing this with two OCA groups, one for each stop/target combo? You might even get away with one OCA group. What have you tried & what problems did you encounter?

Dude, chill. As someone already pointed out, most of the volume on the exchanges is already coming from computers. There are plenty of quant funds and several like Lime who are trading massive automated programs. They've got their own programs to worry about without wondering what some...

FWIW, I tried a bunch of different things today, here's what I found: - placing a 100ms Sleep() after all calls to placeOrderEx(), I see that all orders are properly joined to the OCA group but still many orders would remain in the "awaiting transmitting" state. So some improvement. -...

Adding the 300ms delay sounds like it could be a winner. As some background I had my bot working with the IB datafeed without any problem and when I moved to IQFeed this bug showed its head. I have suspected it could be that the data feed isn't providing that "choke" so I'm able to push...

I've been having a recurring problem with IB where one of the orders in a OCA group randomly (?) fails to transmit. Sometimes this means that one of my stops or targets doesn't get sent which is irritating, often this means that the entire group doesn't get sent which is worse. I've sent...

This is standard in dozens of platforms. Check out NinjaTrader or RightEdge to get started. They come with samples and tutorials to show you how to get data and run everything. Hours of operation don't matter for backtesting since you'll be working of stored historical data. Each of...

I've called, e-mailed and opened dozens of chats with IB about that issue. They finally admitted that the problem is with their software which apparently hasn't been updated in two years. They tell me the only thing to do is to submit a request in their feature poll. (I think there are a...

Your target audience is dumb and lazy, got it. Make that profoundly mentally impaired or so poor they can't afford their own computers. You mean just like I can do with every stand-alone tools? But I'm sure the cloud will make your 2 seconds appear so much faster. Ahh, here it comes. You...

What kind of users would be interested in a hosted trading system while also wanting a visual programming environment?

Perhaps the question should be "Have you yet written out you system in English to a level of detail that it could be followed by a total idiot <i>with absolutely no pattern recognition or intuition</i> for a week and not get screwed up"? For instance, let's say you say "wait for a pullback to...