Recent content by bill144

I remember having this problem as well and I asked the tech support group at IB about it. According to them, it's because the program runs on Java as it tries to accommodate portable users (iPhone and the like). So even if you buy an Alienware PC, you will still have performance issues when...

Still, does it require that I have to make a Long Distance call to Hong Kong just to close my transaction. As I stated above, I was trading the EUR/USD Forex going short and I wanted to close my position, but I noticed the commands are not working. So I called Customer Service for assistance but...

Last night, to be exact. Was trading on the EUR/US Forex going short and wanted to go out, but I noticed my trade buttons don't work. When I called Customer Service, they were closed so I waited until the morning and my buttons work again and I earned $700 (lucky for me, had it been going...

A quick question: when you are trading in IB and you are in a position and all of a sudden you lost connection to IB. Do you have to call the Hong Kong branch just to close your transaction? Because that's what Customer Service told me when I asked them about that. If it's true, I can't find the...

What do you guys think of this indicator? Tried it out on MT4 and seemed to deliver some promise as it works well with the Stochastic Oscillator and the CCI. I wanted to find an indicator that works well with the Ichimoku, as the latter happens to be one I really like, but it only works if I...

NEVER go to GCI when you're trading commodity futures. The spreads there will kill you.

I've been trying to study some of the commonly used indicators (or at least the ones used by Interactive Brokers) over the web, but much of the explanation ends up being all Greek to me. I just want a concise explanation of a certain indicator: how to read it; where to go into a position; and...

When placing an order in MT4, is it really standard in their system/broker that the order will always come in several places ABOVE or BELOW the current price? Was trying to trade NG at 4.665 using Instant Execution and then the order was filled at 4.7 - immediately giving me a $300+ loss with...

I'm still in the learning process of trading, but I do have the option from IB to do after-hours trading if I want to so I decide to take a crack at it. Unfortunately, because night-trading isn't as active as day-trade, I do find it difficult to find a good spot to get into a position. However...

I'm not sure how to set the time frames from Metatrader, but I think I got it. From what I can see at least from the setup you described sans the timeframe, that this works when expecting a major swing, but ineffective for short ones.

This is a strategy my mentor taught me and I want to hear your thoughts about it. Basically, the strategy is finding a starting point in the bar/line/candlestick first, then forming a trendline from the starting point, to the high (Point 1), then another trendline for the low (Point 2). As the...

sorry to bump this thread, but I am looking for a broker that provides futures contracts for Metatrader. Apparently, Activetrades no longer provides MT 4 unless you're using a Smarthphone or PDA.

I'm only using the Free version and I'm not much familiar with Metatrader's commands. Once a contract has expired, how do you get a rollover for the next expiry date?

We decided to try using Ensign Software for charts as my mentor is familiar with it (the really OLD version, at least). Now it's just a matter of figuring out if IB and/or Ensign can provide Interday Trends such as Advance/Decline Graphs, Trins, etc.

According to him, rather than trade one contract like CL and make a profit there, for example, which could take hours because of "fishing", it's better to trade on multiple contracts to increase odds of a profit, especially ones that are relative to another. Let's say I take up CL and made the...