check the exchange — Margins are listed on the exchange - look on cmegroup for grains. Some brokers will reduce that 50% for day trading. Broco has a list which may be different. Margins tend to increase with volatility. Last summer crude oil ...

Commodities account size to start

BroCo — maybe BroCo - brocompany was whc waterhouse - i think they have it

nikkei 225 futures

parm count limit — You can get around the parm count limit by placing all the data in a string before the write, then just write 1 string. However, there might be a limit on the length of the string - I don't know.

Data export to CSV

tws api group — url Craig is right in a way, but it depends on how complex you want your system to be. I copied a simple VB6 order entry program from the files section some time ago, modified it to submit just 1 futures contract with bracket ...

where could I find some API examples in IB?

See the Light? Thank Edison! — "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." - Thomas Edison.

Advice Only. 1 Liners Concise.

I use IBs TWS API for free. Trouble is, their demo sucks. You must have a funded acct to get the good simulator data.

Looking for broker with free java api

Well I might be an hour off due to daylight savings time, but that is early morning Chicago and New York. 7:20 CT the currency pit opens, along with other commodities (I think bonds and gold). Usually 7:30 CT (8:30 ET) there is news. Coffee down, ...

What happens between 16:25 and 16:35 CET?

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Trading computer set up (hardware)

any new stuff?

Show your workstation!

Craig has it right. Bill Gates will teach you for free. Look up MSDN and find the free express packages. ps: I still use DOS .bat and vbs scripts. There is a place for everything.

Self study coding from the ground up...

or use the windows api fileio functions

for the programming genius' here:

These are indicators so go in the ind folder. Open a 1-minute chart (ok, it could be anything i just like 1-min) and place the A tick collector on it. Let it run 5 - 10 minutes to collect data - maybe more time if during slow period. Set the default ...

10 sec. charts

url see post 20 these work, but clunky - EAs do not run from them, best to use Ninja Trader ps: There is a tick collector that runs ahead of these - I'll have to find the link. Same link, post 19. Open as Offline charts.

10 sec. charts

Best you can do is first tick of new bar. Some EAs I've seen use Vol[0]=1, but if that tick event was missed it will not work either. What does work is Bars != prevBars.

How to close trade on close of the bar?

Forget "Foretell" You don't know until it happens, then go with it. Lower timeframes help you see it better. 25-30% might be too much: url ps: Ok, just a word on "foretell"ing: If the move is old and momentum is tiring, you might expect a pause, ...

Failure to Click

Looks to me like they are all non-expiring. The account might expire, but you can create a new one in a few minutes and you are running again.

Brokers Offering Unlimited Demo on Metatrader?

Anyone who has a direct connection to your computer thru the internet can copy everything on your hard drive not in a protected partition or folder. ps: It might be worth remembering this when you load up that next free ea4 with no source code.

Is it worth Learning, Finding & Testing a Strategy?

Look at the DeMark trendline indicator to use as a guide.

Buffer indicator

Anyone? I'm poping this to the top since there are so many questions now about ecn brokers and 4-5 digits. I'm not recommending pfg, just considering using them, but seems I am the only one. Thanks, Ken.

MT4 with ECN brokers' list