When you convert currency you have to pay a transaction fee. This fee is often in the currency you are starting from, in your case CHF. So if you...
Yes, you need to convert currency in case you actually want to sell USD to get cash CHF (or vice versa).
If your account value is less than 100k USD they'll give you a lower interest percentage. Let's give an example, assuming a flat 1% interest rate...
I believe the answer is "yes", if that EUR cash balance is larger than 10k (the current interest rate for the first 10k is 0%). Why do you doubt...
I think that you would need to write code that monitors the price of the stock and then determine what the nearest option is. Then monitor the...
I used to trade a system based on the sector ETFs of the US industry sectors. It was based on finding the top x best performing sector ETFs and...
This is much less likely to happen with futures such as /NQ and /MNQ as there is no long halt in trading hours. Just make sure that there is...
I took a brief look at the code you posted at StackOverflow. There are two things I don't like: (*) NEVER use a "sleep" command. The entire system...
I don't think this will happen "next month". The coalition government fell about two weeks ago and new elections will be held in a couple of...
My computer's OS has a feature called Night Light, in which it gradually changes the colors to a warmer, yellowish, tone at night. But I regularly...
In case you didn't know this already: Twitter has recently changed its settings. Nowadays only people who have a Twitter account can see tweets by...
Each exchange has its own set of order types available. These are not always the same as the order types which IB makes available to you. IB has a...
To confirm I took a look in a previously downloaded Gateway logfile: It is indeed connecting to hdc1.ibllc.com
Okay, I'll play along. Although my account is with IB US I guess that I get connected to their Asia server (hdc1.ibllc.com, 103.38.91.3). Received...
What is updatePortfolioEx? I have not heard of this API call and can't find it in the overview here:...
No. See here: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/pricing/stock-yield-enhancement-program.php
If you can't find it in TWS then I can only suggest to send a ticket to IB, asking them if they can find it in their records.
I have inserted numbers to identify your questions. (1) You get logged off on Friday evening after midnight (US time zone). From then on you can...
It does not affect me, but if you are registered as "MIFID professional" do you have to pay higher market data fees at IBKR? In other words: does...
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