Have just got my account open and am having problems entering symbols. I have subscribed to LSE and LIFFE, to get mainly ftse futs and ftse cash. Ive managed to get the futures(symbol Z ) but cant get ftse cash. Also im unable to get any LSE shares or LIFFE stock futures. Can anyone help please
Bored,
Looks like me and you have something in common. I am looking to trade FTSE futures soon as well although I am in a steady F&O back-office job at the moment and haven't quite got the balls to do it just yet. Anyway it might be worth trying the UKX for the cash as some vendors do use this coding. Anyway in the meantime keep me posted as to how you get on. No doubt your an experienced professional I guess, and as your name suggests, you are indeed bored and are just looking for a bit of fun day trading!!!!
FTSEBOY
Looks like me and you have something in common. I am looking to trade FTSE futures soon as well although I am in a steady F&O back-office job at the moment and haven't quite got the balls to do it just yet. Anyway it might be worth trying the UKX for the cash as some vendors do use this coding. Anyway in the meantime keep me posted as to how you get on. No doubt your an experienced professional I guess, and as your name suggests, you are indeed bored and are just looking for a bit of fun day trading!!!!
FTSEBOY
Ftseboy
Ive tried ukx and lx ao, cant think of any others.
Ive traded ftse futs for about 5 years, and am changing broker to get a better deal. Since IB feed allows a charting package to be tagged on im trying out sierra. Having used my other set up for all that time its a real struggle getting to know new packages,platforms etc. I was using mann brokers, market eye feed and supercharts. I'll get ther in the end , but at the moment im wasting time trying to sort these problems out when I should be trading.
Ive tried ukx and lx ao, cant think of any others.
Ive traded ftse futs for about 5 years, and am changing broker to get a better deal. Since IB feed allows a charting package to be tagged on im trying out sierra. Having used my other set up for all that time its a real struggle getting to know new packages,platforms etc. I was using mann brokers, market eye feed and supercharts. I'll get ther in the end , but at the moment im wasting time trying to sort these problems out when I should be trading.
(Bored, ftseboy, looks like we've all got something in common. I'm also brand new at IB and hoping my initial deposit is going to clear any day. Getting ready to trade the Z)
Could you just confirm that FTSE cash is just for plotting - there is no way to actually trade the FTSE cash - the closest bet is the next FTSE future.
Thanks,
John.
Could you just confirm that FTSE cash is just for plotting - there is no way to actually trade the FTSE cash - the closest bet is the next FTSE future.
Thanks,
John.
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My understanding is that the data supplied by IB is solely for the stocks and futures you can actually trade - they are a brokerage rather than a data feed supplier. Therefore, as you cannot enter a position in the FTSE250 index, you cannot receive data for this from IB.
hi skimbleshanks
I realize you cannot trade the above products however they do provide an LSE feed, I presume for reference. I would just like to know how much of the cash market it covers.
thanks fo any help.
p.s. does the ftse 250 have A FUTURE CONTRACT attached to it.
I realize you cannot trade the above products however they do provide an LSE feed, I presume for reference. I would just like to know how much of the cash market it covers.
thanks fo any help.
p.s. does the ftse 250 have A FUTURE CONTRACT attached to it.
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FTSE 250 FUTURE
One/two,
LIFFE do currently offer a contract based upon an underlying of the next 250 companies called the FTSE 250. It has the same characteristics as the FTSE 100 index future i.e tick size £10-00 per whole point and the same trading times and final EDSP (Exchange Delivery Settlement Price). Not sure how liquid it is but when I used to work at Morgan Stanley they only held a few positions. Knew my back-office experience would come in handy in the end on this BB!!!!
FTSEBOY
PS By the way whilst on the website you will see a couple of FTSE indices that were launched on 29th April. Might be worth having a look at them as well.
www.liffe.com
Go to LIFFE products
Equities & Equity Indices
FTSE futures & options
FTSE 250 index future
Goodl luck
One/two,
LIFFE do currently offer a contract based upon an underlying of the next 250 companies called the FTSE 250. It has the same characteristics as the FTSE 100 index future i.e tick size £10-00 per whole point and the same trading times and final EDSP (Exchange Delivery Settlement Price). Not sure how liquid it is but when I used to work at Morgan Stanley they only held a few positions. Knew my back-office experience would come in handy in the end on this BB!!!!
FTSEBOY
PS By the way whilst on the website you will see a couple of FTSE indices that were launched on 29th April. Might be worth having a look at them as well.
www.liffe.com
Go to LIFFE products
Equities & Equity Indices
FTSE futures & options
FTSE 250 index future
Goodl luck
Mr. Charts
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one/two,
As ftseboy implies, the 250 future has very low liquidity as it's very thinly traded. Instruments like that make very poor trading vehicles and are best avoided.
HTH
As ftseboy implies, the 250 future has very low liquidity as it's very thinly traded. Instruments like that make very poor trading vehicles and are best avoided.
HTH
