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> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stockjunkie@xxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 9:09 AM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] NOOB questions
>
> Greetings all.....
>
> I plan to load this newest release of ami up and kick the tires.
>
> So far I am a tradestation and IB user and I am interested
> primarily in the automated ib trading platform and also take
> a peak at your optimizer too.
>
>
> My initial questions are:
>
> Will this demo work using live data?
>
> If yes, does it allow me to monitor 2 live symbols at the same time?
>
> Can/how do I enter futures into ami/ib autotrader, such as ym and er2?
>
> IB provides a practice workstation thats identtical to the
> normal one and utilizes a different sign on, is it possible
> to distinguish where the order goes and differentiate between
> the two for placing orders?
>
> I would like to use the ib practice trade station to test
> this on while using the real one for trading with my present
> system on the same computer.
>
> Before I load ami I would also like to get my coding ducks in
> a row and have at least a clue how to code this autotrading
> thing so I dont waste the first 7 of the 30 days battling to
> get the code to work
> right.....
>
> I have downloaded everything and have read what I could find
> on how to code it and this is what I came up with:
>
>
> //////////////// signal code here ////////////////
>
> buy = exrem(buy,sell);
> sell = exrem(sell,buy);
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> for globex////////////////////
> if(buy==1){
> ibc.PlaceOrder("er2u6", "buy", 2 , "mkt", 27, 0, "DAY;GAT
> 20051214 18:00:00 GMT", True ); }
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> if(sell==1){
> ibc.PlaceOrder("er2u6", "sell", 2, "mkt", 27, 0, "DAY;GAT
> 20051214 18:00:00 GMT", True ); }
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>
>
> //////////////// signal code here ////////////////
>
> for ecbot////////////////////
> if(buy==1){
> ibc.PlaceOrder("ym-sep-06", "buy", 2 , "mkt", 27, 0, "DAY;GAT
> 20051214 18:00:00 GMT", True ); }
>
> if(sell==1){
> ibc.PlaceOrder("ym-sep-06", "sell", 2, "mkt", 27, 0, "DAY;GAT
> 20051214 18:00:00 GMT", True ); }
>
>
> Is this the way it should be coded to get it to work for
> basic buy and sell for futures?
>
> Is there anything else I need to know before I give this a whirl?
>
> regards,
> JJ
>
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