This is a great group! I looked over the sample VB programs, opened
an account at IB and now my head is swimming with ideas. :)
I'm thinking of writing a utility that will monitor my open positions
during the day, then implement a trailing stop by updating a stop
order based on each stock's 14 day ATR X 3. I like this trailing
stop alot, and have been using it on a portfolio at Marketocracy.com
for 5 months now. It's up 8%... not too bad by only going long in a
bear market.
I program with VB6 and WebZinc (webzinc.net), a program that easily
grabs data off the web. It has a ton of uses and I highly recommend
it.
I know IB acccepts odd-lot stock orders for NYSE and Nasdaq stocks,
what about AMEX stocks? I wrote them a week ago and still no answer.
Thanx,
Brian
