Thanks a lot for your reply. 1. If you are day trading and want to trade any high priced stocks, you can go all in with 1M$ 2-7. I can't argue...
Even for high priced stocks. Let's say you have 1million dollar account and you want to trade AAPL (127$), that would be 7875 shares. 7875 * 0.005...
I don't trade that big size but I am talking from a perspective point of view as to why pro traders use IB and not cheaper commissions structure...
Hey, If you are using a 3rd party platform such as DasTrader through IB API, will IB still execute your trades using Smart Routing? Thanks
Hey, IB commission is 0.005$/share or minimum 1$ with max 1% of the trade value. If you are trading 10,0000 shares with IB that would be 50$...
Any issues when too many charts are open at the same time or loading charts? Which data source? IQ Feed?
I see thank you. Will check them out
Hey guys, For those using IB as their broker, what platform do you use where you can integrate IB with that platform? Thanks
This is how I did it with Motivewave https://www.motivewave.com/brokers/interactive_brokers_setup_guide.htm
for ninjatrader no I wasn't using IB data but for motivewave I was connected to it through IB API
Try motivewave and ninjatrade, I got the same problem. Ninja trade I had only one chart opened. Took a few seconds to load. Motivewave I had...
I will check back tomorrow and get back to you. Yes sometimes TWS opens the chart no problem but other times it says "Attempting to retrieve data"...
Yes you are right
Oh I see yea that takes a lot of time
You can save your layout and all will be saved
I do want a new machine haha ;) I have a 128SSD but the PC is from my brother and its old and he used it for gaming so might as well get a new one...
Yes that is exactly what I get as well. It is really weird as sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't or sometimes it works but then a few...
you mean the speed of my WiFi/ Ethernet?
So TWS runs faster on Wifi than on Ethernet?
Yea I guess TWS is too heavy on the PC and need more PC power than other softwares to run the same things
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