IB considers the new contract as something else than the previous contract. So the initial margin is used.
You would want to place a bracket order before opening the position. The bracket then includes both the opening order, plus the (multiple) closing...
This "blame the foreign tourists" argument is so often used in Japan, but is such terrible BS. Japan receives around 30 ~ 45 million tourists per...
What do you mean by "day 8*"?
You mean Net Liquidation Value of your account? Only the current value of your account can be obtained via the API, not historical values. What...
There is an "edit" button after you have posted a message. However, this button is only available during a limited period of time (1hour?). After...
I believe that IB sends you a message in the online message center about upcoming dividend payments. The amount, ex-div date and the payment date...
I seem to recall that Rob did have blog posts that cover the topic of "rule of diminishing returns", meaning that the increment in benefit becomes...
I think that that March 2016 blog post you linked to already has the answer to your question. It has a chart in the section titled "Putting it...
Thanks for the laugh!
It won't solve your issue, but this is nothing new. IBKR is doing this for multiple years already. If they consider a trader doing things they...
Recommendation: go to his latest message in this thread. Then click on his handlename (in blue letter font). A pop-up window appears which...
Same here. I don't trade VIX but do trade V2TX. I started off with equal allocation as the other instruments, but have reduced its weight over...
Ah, so I'm not the only one who is battling this nagging question. Good to know.
Nice. This confirms that your software and order placement seems to be okay. Could you use your system with both MES and MNQ at the same time?...
Both the MES and MNQ March 2025 contracts have a lot of trading. Even in the "slow hours" are several thousand contracts being traded every hour....
Which MNQ contract do you use for testing? What is its expiry date?
I see. I was assuming that you were placing these test-orders manually, not full automatic and unsupervised. I fear that you would need to take...
So you are going to switch from trading a futures contract to an ETF? That might work out very different as those are two very different animals....
I hardly ever use TWS, but recall that you could get the trading days and trading hours for each instrument you're interested in. You would put...
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