Out of curiousity, why do you want to do this? Taxation reasons or...?
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 8:34 PM, khalid wardak <[email protected]>wrote: > thanks for the assurance. I will have to read on the TWS and IBController > and see if I can make some headway.. I am relieved to know that all this is > do-able. as for using a hedging account, I like to be able to hold open long > and short positions in the same futures contracts (nearest month, most > liquid). since executing these contracts on the same account they cancel > each other, hence the need for an hedge-account... > > thanks, > Khalid > > > > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:17 PM, nonlinear5 <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > with regards to the continuity of trading with different sessions: on an >> > electronically traded product like the EC or Cd shouldn't trading resume >> > automatically after one session ends (day) and the other begin? >> >> Yes, this is how it works, and JBT will suport it. That is, you can >> start JBT, kick off a strategy, and leave it running for weeks and >> months. TWS is programmed to exit every day, but you can use tools >> such as IBController or TWSStart to run TWS continuously. >> >> > >> > finally what is the procedure to launch another instance of JBT. Is >> there >> > any possibility of placing an order from one account to another, i.e., >> all >> > stop buys go to the primary account, all stop sells to secondary? >> > >> >> It's possible with two TWS instances, and two JBT instances connecting >> to two differet API ports. However, this will complicate your life >> considerably. Why would you want to do something like this? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "JBookTrader" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<jbooktrader%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/jbooktrader?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "JBookTrader" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<jbooktrader%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/jbooktrader?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JBookTrader" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jbooktrader?hl=en.
