Thank you for this information too. I was concerned about that IB API (C++) when I downloaded the "stable" version and was getting compile errors...
Thanks @HobbyTrading I'm looking through that API now. Curious, are you using any wrappers or third-party code or are you using IB's API directly...
I think that's a popular way to go about it ... or at least plan to go about it ..
"Misfortune loves a shining mark. Gold in a man's purse must be guarded with firmness, else it be lost. Thus it is wise that we must first secure...
18 y/o, losing money trading is a good lesson to learn young. Hopefully you got some speeding tickets and had a girl treat you bad too ...
If it's 80% wrong on a binary choice.
Cash is king. - Everbody
If active trading accounts were a food product, the government wouldn't allow it to be sold at grocery stores for all its negative effects on people.
@Saltynuts not giving advice about what to buy, of course, but also note that bonds you buy at IB (corporate bonds for example) don't have to be...
OP being in IT if you are a coder I think it can help, an automated trade is a dispassionate trade, see "The Disciplined Trader" for why that is...
IB also lets you buy bonds including treasuries, corporate, muni, and CD's, etc.
I have only been here a few hours and I feel dirty.
It's the subjective part I don't like. Ask it another way ... what's the difference between your automated trading platform placing buy orders...
What's the difference between placing an order to buy, then cancelling it to place a sell order to get a better price, and placing an order to...
Probably too late to help, but if you have FSM questions you can PM me ...
I wasn't equating markets and basketball, I was equating learning new skills in basketball with learning new skills in the market by trying new...
Obviously practicing is useful, depending on what you are practicing. It's like basketball, you can practice certain approaches, fade aways, jump...
I don't see how you do that without learning to code. Wanting to be an artist without knowing how to paint. Wanting to be a motorcycle racer...
It's nice to see someone actually trading instead of being in an endless state of development and testing. Kudos.
Yeah they even pay interest on your forex. 1.2% on USD isn't bad, you'd have to have a 4 year CD to double that.
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