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Interactive Brokers / Timberhill
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8262Ken, IB lets you paper trade and this explains what you can do individuals.interGottfried-1/16/2009
8261<<<<<This is too confusing for me. I'm gonna mess with this oGary E-1/16/2009
8260That's the confusing part. I think Hal's solution may be best, by settiKen Adams-1/16/2009
8259I know. Your debate is with Ken. ;-) I was just replying to his question about wilywilly-1/16/2009
8258If you have an attached order, it will be transmitted as soon as your original owilywilly-1/16/2009
8257Thats messey With BT I enter with ONE click.. a STOP and a Target are AUTOMATIGary E-1/16/2009
8256I have my TWS set right now with a market bracket order, doing it the way you meKen Adams-1/16/2009
8255By definition a "bracket order" is a simultaneous limit/stop. I donwilywilly-1/16/2009
8254When you attach the bracket order to a BUY order, it creates a SELL LIMIT and a wilywilly-1/16/2009
8253Got that far. How do I get rid of the "stop". I want both the buy anKen Adams-1/16/2009
8252Can you explain in DETAIL how this is done? Example,,, I want to go LONG with Gary E-1/16/2009
8251Ken, Bracket orders in IB work just fine on futures. Hit "bid" or &quwilywilly-1/16/2009
8250sol right... you'l get the idea. just takes a while :)Gary E-1/16/2009
8249Gotcha... I was looking in the wrong place. Will look into this later today. DKen Adams-1/16/2009
8248Ken.... Listen... You WANT BRACKET TRADER... You get it HERE>>> braGary E-1/16/2009
8247This is interesting. I went to IB "Help" and ran through the Trade TyKen Adams-1/16/2009
8246YESGary E-1/16/2009
8245I understand what you're telling me. It's been a long time since I lookKen Adams-1/16/2009
8244Sheese your dense or I'm just not getting thru to you... You turn it ON... Gary E-1/16/2009
8243<I>You can set it up to...</i> I can do this now! It's what I Ken Adams-1/16/2009
8242Let me tell you again.... You can set it up to... With ONE button... ....SEND Gary E-1/16/2009
8241Maybe... but I don't want to have to fiddle with the order line at all. I dKen Adams-1/16/2009
8240Ken, Wouldn't Book Trader give you close to this functionality? I think itforceOfHabit-1/16/2009
8239Hi Hal, You're telling me your bracket order idea is what I'm looking fKen Adams-1/16/2009
8238Ken You already know what I'm gona say... everything you want...it's riGary E-1/16/2009
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