Recent content by dr3wfish

i'm using pairtrade finder however this is only a temporary measure while i finish off building my own software. pairtrade finder pros: - provides a good starting point for backtesting pairs - once you have a basket of pairs, the console provides a nice simple overview of how each pair is...

thanks skc and skyquake, excellent answers. i'll get on it today :)

following on from this i also spoke to the "aust" helpdesk for assistance with initial funding of the account. i had been trawling threads for info on how to do an EFT directly into their citibank account but couldn't find a definitive answer. anyhow, the helpdesk said I would incur a 1%...

Is anybody else having serious problems with the data not being current? None of my ASX stocks will update past 5/08 which is driving me insane. I also get consistent unhandled exceptions complaining about 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object'. I suppose i should raise...

am i reading this right - IG commissions 0.1% with $8 minimum for DMA? not bad for the small time trader. thanks again for your assistance.

thanks skc, thats what i was after. I had heard there isn't much liquidity with asx cfds. two more for you: - if you use ib for the long leg, what do you use for the short leg? - does ib only offer 50% on overnight positions? (i have looked on the ib site for margin rates on aus stocks...

hi guys, like many here, enjoying following this thread. anyone using ib for their pairtrading? I'm using mqprime's cfds currently but am keen to move across for a number of reasons, not the least being significantly lower commisisions. if you are using ib, do you use stocks or cfds (i...