14 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Having trouble with Futures Contracts in IB TWS API
Having trouble with Futures Contracts in IB TWS API
Hello,
I am in the process of developing my automated trading platform (unix c++) that will interface with the IB TWS API (I’m very early in the process). Right now I am working with a demo account to work out all of the bugs in my software out. I have been able to succefully get quotes and place trades for stocks and options, but am having trouble with futures and currencies.
I get the following error when I perform m_pClient->reqContractDetails(2000,MyContract)
“Error id=2000,…
14 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Treasury declines to label China a currency manipulator
The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Treasury declines to label China a currency manipulator
The U.S.
14 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Trump’s Base Turns On "Flipper-In-Chief"
Trump’s Base Turns On "Flipper-In-Chief"
Blink, and you missed Trump’s blistering, seamless transformation into what appears to be a mainstream politician earlier this week. In the span of just a few hours, President Trump flipped to new positions on several core policy issues, backing off on no less than five repeated campaign promises.
14 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Managed funds are the force of nature
Managed funds are the force of nature
A weather issue in the grains could cause them to cover their short bet in corn and wheat. They have helped the cattle complex rally $12.00 in the past seven sessions.
14 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Dominique Patton and Sue-Lin Wong, Reuters
Dominique Patton and Sue-Lin Wong, Reuters
14 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Almost all peple saying the best of profit from shorting is just 100%
Almost all peple saying the best of profit from shorting is just 100%
I don’t really agree about this
Here is an example
A stock with $100 price and we short it with $100
let says it drops to $50 on first day
case A doesn’t take profit
case B takes profit which means earning $50, then short again with the profit, which means shorting all with $150
On the second day, the stock drops to $0 (we don’t care about the bankrupt case, just showing math here)
case A earning 100% of the initial investment $100, final money $200
case B $150 with 100% earning which is…
14 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China says North Korea tension has to be stopped from reaching ‘irreversible’ stage
China says North Korea tension has to be stopped from reaching ‘irreversible’ stage
China said on Friday tension over North Korea had to be stopped from reaching an “irreversible and unmanageable stage” as a U.S. aircraft carrier group steamed toward the region amid fears the North may conduct a sixth nuclear weapons test.