I don't read this board to learn about trading, I read it for the entertainment value. It really is better than any soap opera on tv.
Can anyone with an IB multi-currency account tell me what the typical bid ask spread for a currency exchange transaction is? Thanks.
I've never been a floor trader but have witnessed the transition of an exchange from open outcry to electronic, which is maybe a little relevant...
JM, Thanks very much for that, it is exactly what I am looking for.
I would like to use IB's new DDE support to set up an audible alarm trigger in Excel. Ideally, when a market hits a certain level a macro or...
I am active in the e-mini S&P (amongst others), and my portfolio Sharpe ratio over a statistically significant period of time is 3.96. My...
This new feature is great, but is it possible to have data from different accounts in the one spreadsheet? I put some globex prices in, but when...
The bunds are available on the TWS, but I have never traded them. I am sure you can get depth of market, but it doesn't seem to be updated in...
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Checked my euro futures a/c, and it says I must subscribe to globex! I have a US futures a/c and don't mind paying for globex access, but what is...
Didn't want to further clog up Hitman's journal so thought I would start a new thread. I used to work as a quant for one of the largest and...
Exchange is investigating it, quite possibly someone miskeyed in their sell stop for 10,000 lots instead of 100. I covered my short position...
GATrader, Suggest you go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/deltaneutral and have a look at some of this guy's posts. He is in a league of his...
Andras, I do a lot of trading in the S&P and more than 90% of my trades have a holding period of more than one day. Also, I never use stops....
Why does everyone appear so obsessed with intraday scalping of e-minis? It is probably the hardest way of all to trade. Of all the futures guys...
Scalping an electronic market compared to open outcry is totally different. Pit scalpers make money because they can read the order flow, get in...
Someone once lent my a video about options trading, it was either by Lee Gettess or Don Fishback. From the cover it sounded like it would unveil...
I used to work for a futures broker where many hilarious things happened. One day, a guy came in wanting to open two trading accounts. On...
It seems the business model of stock prop firms is based on generating revenue from commissions. You don't need to show so much ability or...
I am active in the Euro Stoxx, it is a very liquid market. Bid-ask spread is 1 point most of the time. You can find info about the underlying...
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