@robl Are these multiple accounts in your name, or someone else? I think IB would have a hissy fit if they knew someone had given you their...
@KGTrader4 This is the best advice in the thread. Do this. KH
Look at your Annual Activity Statement KH
The half dozen or so blog posts you wrote on small account optimisation were a good read, the ideas behind them understandable (for me), however...
Sorry for the second post, I should have added that I saw your Risk Report over the weekend, and I've already set about doing something similar....
Annualised risk target: 25%, but IDM of 1 until last weekend, now 1.1. I'm only trading the micros, plus some minis. 12 in total. The system ran...
Now I know why I've always had a very low margin percentage, currently about 8% of account balance. Gross futures value is about 150% of account....
The New York Stock Exchange Bullish Percent. Link here. KH
General market down by 32.5%
The problem could be partially solved, not by disallowing the posts, but by not including any "Community Lounge" threads under the "New Posts"...
Population: Factor 12.8x United States: 331,449,281 Australia: 25,874,400 Covid deaths: Factor 530.1x United States: 700,285 Australia: 1,321...
Think of it this way: If you held Microsoft stock, and sold it to buy some Amazon stock, would your tax office treat that as a reinvestment, or...
What's the opposite to catch a falling knife?
Click on DATA, then Reconnect All Farms. Fixes most data problems. KH
Yes, agree. I'm gradually changing over to conId, too.
There probably aren't too many either collecting data or trading the new contracts, but if you are, the localSymbol format seems to have changed....
You are trying to log in to IB and read data from two different computers. Not allowed. In Account Management, share your live data with the...
yes, I'm in Sydney. Primary server connection was ok. US Data servers were down for over an hour. The connections should be ok now. KH
... and the results are in. $4m fine ... probably a drop in the proverbial bucket. Link to FT story...
Have a look at this page. A PDF document. It talks about CBOT being forced to change the bond coupon rate from 8% to 6% for contracts expiring...
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