You can also use the website for Wealthlab (www.wealth-lab.com) which has the ability to do daily EOD scans of your portfolio (which you can...
You can make up as many profiles as you want....but I've been told the limit is 10K of data (I assume as XML since that's how it's stored). If...
An LLC is a limited liability corporation. You can use it to pool money for trading, just be sure you set it up correctly (hire an accountant...
I would add that even with a plain vanilla broker adapter and real-time data adapter WL is not completely stable for autotrading -- I often have...
As I said, if you want that ability you need to pool the money into an LLC. <i>This is sucks</i> Show me a broker that can do this. If...
In the end each position needs to end up in a single account. So you can't buy 1 futures contract and split the gains/losses over multiple...
If you want a long term position without much risk why not buy a LEAP option? Most options traders lose money, but if you're certain you'd tie up...
Another option, albeit not the best -- if you realize you have a huge ratio, send a few market orders through (one to open, then one to close)....
1. Get it working with FA accounts (so allocations can be tested properly) -- it's available for FA accounts but the papertrading account is not...
There are a few books on this topic. I haven't read them, but you can view parts of them via the search inside the book feature at Amazon....
I lost quite a bit as a discretionary trader....not all that much but more than I should have (most of what I made I gave back). I started...
I've used WL developer for years and I think it's great, but it's not perfect. I also use Tradestation which has it's strengths (fast...
I don't know the answer....but why not try it in the papertrading account?
TWS will fire an event with the server time upon connection. You need to store the offset from your own PC's time (or set your PC to match it) --...
Sorry I hadn't subscribed to this thread...doh! So I missed your questions.... Also try joining the twsapi yahoo group. There's quite a bit of...
Look at the trusted connections option under the settings. It lets you specify trusted IP addresses/hostnames that will not give you the prompt....
I just want to clarify this statement above. The actual trades are done by logging in under the FA account, but the funds used for trading reside...
Just have him open a sub-account (either punch in his info or just email him the forms to print and fill out) and fund it via an account transfer....
This appears to be an issue on their servers, I'm guessing someone wiped them out by accident with some kind of server reset. I checked and...
Has anyone had this happen to them? This morning I opened TWS the same as always, an automated order at 11:00 AM failed for trading permissions...
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