Well 3 days into this nightmare http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/...ght=rightcoast
I have decided to publicly post my findings in reference to IB's TWS and
NT platform. Specifically NYMEX contracts CL,HO and RB. No matter what we try to do, NT will continue to display these contracts incorrectly.
if you buy CL 07-09 ON TWS, it will display a long position on NT in CL 06-09. Simply because July contracts expire on June 30th. IB made this change most likely for compliance reasons, afterall they are a broker and therefore must answer to a higher authority.
Some users have mentioned that TWS build 890 does not have this problem but IB only supports the latest 2-3 versions of there workstations. "Support" is a very grey area, so I posed a question...
If I download an older version say 890, which IB does not allow you to download (unsupported). And I drop $$ autotrading, the first question they will ask you is "what version of TWS are you running sir?" and you
will quickly see that you are out of luck.
Nt recommends and directs you to use TWS 892.7, which I have been using to describe this whole mess. For 3 days now I have been logging on and off, reloading instruments etc etc. Bottom line is NT should stand up and admit or @ least warn there customers that this platform will not accurately monitor the contacts in question. Aferall NT is a "vendor" and no "Broker" is going to change anything to accomodate them.
I know your working hard to get NT7 out but I think by now NT realizes that this issue is real and that you should be straight with your customers and stop sending them on a wild goose chase.
I have decided to publicly post my findings in reference to IB's TWS and
NT platform. Specifically NYMEX contracts CL,HO and RB. No matter what we try to do, NT will continue to display these contracts incorrectly.
if you buy CL 07-09 ON TWS, it will display a long position on NT in CL 06-09. Simply because July contracts expire on June 30th. IB made this change most likely for compliance reasons, afterall they are a broker and therefore must answer to a higher authority.
Some users have mentioned that TWS build 890 does not have this problem but IB only supports the latest 2-3 versions of there workstations. "Support" is a very grey area, so I posed a question...
If I download an older version say 890, which IB does not allow you to download (unsupported). And I drop $$ autotrading, the first question they will ask you is "what version of TWS are you running sir?" and you
will quickly see that you are out of luck.
Nt recommends and directs you to use TWS 892.7, which I have been using to describe this whole mess. For 3 days now I have been logging on and off, reloading instruments etc etc. Bottom line is NT should stand up and admit or @ least warn there customers that this platform will not accurately monitor the contacts in question. Aferall NT is a "vendor" and no "Broker" is going to change anything to accomodate them.
I know your working hard to get NT7 out but I think by now NT realizes that this issue is real and that you should be straight with your customers and stop sending them on a wild goose chase.
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