Some countries don't have capital gain tax or any fee levied on trading. No, not all customers are living in the US (and would like to avoid...
Probably it is due to data corruption or bad ticks. It sometimes happen. I once saw funny numbers on my quotes like: Bid size---bid price...
Sorry, I don't trade penny stocks so I don't know. There're generally 3 types of plans. The first one is fixed commission. Commission is...
How come it takes so long? My local broker once admitted the mistakes and refunded money within a few days. Big difference!
IB TWS is free (with conditions*): http://www.interactivebrokers.com * You need to satisfy their account and trade requirements:...
Market data (fees): http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/marketData.php?ib_entity=llc
No. Electronic and floor are different. I think you are going to subscribe the electronic one since you trade electronic instruments. The...
Do you observe any slow-down when control many computers or access to a computer which is far from you?
Thanks for mentioning the search. I just intend to bring a current discussion. Anyway, I have my own answers at heart. :p
How can I collect intraday data from IB and export it as a file which can be read by other charting programs and do the playback? Any advice?
Only if you don't mind treating 0.2-0.3 second of bar as tick chart.
In your viewpoint, which one do you prefer, spot forex or futures forex? And why? What brokerage firm do you recommend when trading spot forex...
Yes, the cost does add up. There's no point trading forex in IB. The deal is not attractive. There's another hidden cost on min commission....
Hi kiwi_trader, It is because small costs does add up. You don't wish to pay, say, US$10000 interest per year due to its policy on interest...
This one looks great, so I can control 10 computers from the same computer. How is the performance? Buggy or not?
Thanks for the advice. How about the workaround of having more than 10? How to do that? Does it work perfectly or buggily or with some...
Hmmm... This is how they provide TWS for free, in addition to weird min interest charge. Although the website indicates the min is $2.50 or USD...
As far as I know, it is wrong. There is 1 day lag on the interest received in accounting statement. So you can only see the interest on Thursday,...
I think what I need is the Lite version, or standard version? :confused: What do you mean by less reliable for "Zeroline Trader, Bracker...
I am wondering if I could do this by myself, probably via API Excel. What I want is just a few simple combinations of orders or strategies. For...
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