Comments on: Changing Brokers is a Pain, Right? Right?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:19:43 +0000

@Bill – it certainly went smoother than I’d ever imagine it would’ve been.

@Tyro – eek. Sounds like you might be stuck for a while.

@Jeff – thanks for the link. It looks like things get better from here. Thanks!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:06:13 +0000

Dave, congrats & welcome!

I just got a link from a friend of mine at CT which includes some upcoming enhancements (watch out IB!!)

https://www.cybertrader.com/Clients/Enhancements.aspx

#4 on the list is going to be very sweet and no doubt CT will have far greater capacity to manage not only open positions but also manage pending orders than anything IB has to offer.

BTW, Tyro….did you try CT’s API?

By: Tyro

Tyro — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:39:54 +0000

I just left Cyber for IB and it took me weeks to deal with fund transfer, authorization and all that mucky-muck. My big problem now is that I have I’ve spent a month writing code that uses IB’s API so I’m pretty much stuck with them. Curiously, one of the first things I did was to write a “clear position alert” to replace a stoploss – that’s one of the greatest things that Cybertrader had and I just can’t believe that IB hasn’t added.

Luck!

By: Bill a.k.a. NO DooDahs

Bill a.k.a. NO DooDahs — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:34:14 +0000

Congrats! I’ll keep CT in mind if/when I ever get “really active” enough to justify a change in brokers! Glad it went well for you …