Hi, can you please explain what does Step Size mean? https://ibkrcampus.com/ibkr-api-page/twsapi-doc/#step-sizes It seems to refer to the maximum...
Can you elaborate on those straddle before/after and % of index/price?
I understand it is async, so I wrap the request in a Callable and executor.submit(req) and wait for its result, just like using promise or async...
Reading the docs on getting historical data, requesting by...
So I guess I can just set `source/JavaClient` as directory root and import `com/ib/client/...` in the sample codes as before. Haven't tried yet as...
I tried playing with IBKR APIs on my macbook. Downloaded the twsapi_macunix, moved the ibjts folder to ~, playing the sample Java codes and...
OCC automatically assigns any in-the-money options. Easy to understand if the stock traded close to 4PM, so moneyness is clear. But what if for a...
What do you use
GME has $4bn cash, 426mn shares, $9/share, now trading at $28, so ex-cash $19 per share. That can earn $200mn ($0.5/share) in treasury bonds. Who...
I fail consistently to make sense of who are trading the shares on the buy side in such gigantic volumes, given anyone including dumb money knows...
I was scared to short, now I am not
The stock is not as shorted as before and it is already more expensive for a deteriorated business. I strongly doubt he can have anything solid to...
In your trading app, how do you communicate with your DB? Do you use raw JDBC statements or ORM such as JOOQ?
By any chance, can you connect LibreOffice Calc with IBKR? I guess it only supports Excel?
Any retail brokers offer better APIs than IBKR then?
I need to deploy some MXN for fixed income. This CETETRC ETF doesn't trade......
Look at the bid-ask, FX futures are illiquid and to do two legs can cost a lot of interests. Maybe okay, if the "trade" is for 1 year, but who...
I submit limit orders on both sides frequently for some just-for-fun scalping..never had issues
The so-called double short ETFs trade is quite risky then, just like any short vol trades. It will blow up badly if the underlying trends...
Can you give an example or two what problems you ran into with IBKR?
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