On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:34 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... > > Holding 2 long contracts in one account and 1 short contract in the other account is exactly equivalent to holding 1 long contract in a single account. The same applies to any N and M number of long and short positions. So, I still don't understand what you are attempting to accomplish. -- 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.
