Re: [amibroker] Questions for people using automatic transactions with IB

[Herman <psytek@xxxxxxxx>]

See the link below for more information.

I do not think that automated trading is for the beginner, however I don't know your AFL status. It definitely requires more advanced programming to get and keep things working.

Order filling depends on the broker and availability of shares. For example if you trade short it may happen fairly often that shorts are not available. When things work well it works amazingly fast and is a joy to observe. Even placing orders manually, through AmiBroker, from the keyboard, orders are often filled before your can lift your finger from the keyboard, or before your next quote (snapshot) arrives.

I would guess that very few AB traders are running fully unattended systems, however I know there are some that do. To run fully unattended you must anticipate all problems and have appropriate software, or orders, in place. 

If you trade portfolios using AB/IBc to place the orders, without auto transmit, will prevent a lot of human errors, and reduces the stress of trading. Using automation you can place many 50 orders in a second, doing that manually would be tedious, error prone, and slow.

best regards,

herman

For tips on developing Real-Time Auto-Trading systems visit:

http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/

Sunday, June 22, 2008, 10:07:31 AM, you wrote:

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Hi, I am curious about the automatic transactions to IB.  Does it work well?  Do you have to sit and watch all day long to be sure everything works well or can you leave with confidence that everything will go fine?  Does it cost more than usual?  How much time does it take to get the transaction filled?   Isn't it risky to do? Just very curious... Thanks, Louis

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