Recent Content by drbtk

  1. How to build an automated system

    I was considering flowbased programming such as NoFlo to try to connect the pieces of an ATS. I realize this language is not very mature but...
    Post by: drbtk, Aug 31, 2013 in forum: App Development

  2. PhD in the area of trading strategies

    This might be a good place for the OP to look: http://www.wilmott.com/categories.cfm?catid=16
    Post by: drbtk, Nov 2, 2012 in forum: Automated Trading

  3. What was your first computer

    Digicomp 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digi-Comp_I
    Post by: drbtk, May 18, 2011 in forum: Hardware

  4. Why IB put a limit on my IRA rollover deposit?

    It may be a limit on ACH transfers. You could see if a wire transfer might work.
    Post by: drbtk, Feb 23, 2010 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  5. Tax filing with IB

    This site has some inexpensive excel macros that do the job. You have to handle wash sales manually. http://www.investotek.com/
    Post by: drbtk, Feb 17, 2010 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  6. Earning interest on cash at IB

    Edit-- I went back to my actual numbers (which I had previously just estimated). Here they are: Bought 1000 shares KFT @ 26.062, sold 10 Sep09...
    Post by: drbtk, Jul 26, 2009 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  7. Earning interest on cash at IB

    As a clarification, in my previous post stating a 4% return on the EFP, that was annualized. The actual yield for a three month period is about...
    Post by: drbtk, Jul 26, 2009 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  8. Earning interest on cash at IB

    Since it hasn't been mentioned in this thread, one can do a stock/SSF pair trade to capture a premium. Lot's of information at OneChicago and IB...
    Post by: drbtk, Jul 25, 2009 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  9. Dividend Stocks

    You might also want to look at MLP's, Royalty Trusts, REITS, and preferred stocks for higher yields (with corresponding risk of course).
    Post by: drbtk, Jul 23, 2009 in forum: Stocks

  10. FAS = 1 for 5 / FAZ = 1 for 10

    Both FAZ and FAS have single stock futures (Interactive Brokers), but the spreads can be wide.
    Post by: drbtk, Jul 1, 2009 in forum: ETFs

  11. Get ready for your electric/gas bill to double

    This article has a possible explaination: http://www.scribd.com/doc/16752803/The-Great-American-Bubble-Machine
    Post by: drbtk, Jun 28, 2009 in forum: Politics

  12. ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    Bloomberg has Krugman's "end of recession prediction" as the reason for the pop.
    Post by: drbtk, Jun 8, 2009 in forum: Journals

  13. Stock Transaction Tax-Prep Software

    This site, http://www.investotek.com, has a set of Excel macros that can consolidate day trades, match buy and sell (no wash sell calculations...
    Post by: drbtk, Mar 13, 2009 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  14. Help with IB 1099 to Schedule D

    Here is how I used tradepair this year with IB data: 1. Use tradepair ver 0.3 beta. 2. From IB website, open each month as HTML 3....
    Post by: drbtk, Feb 28, 2004 in forum: Professional Trading

  15. Is it worth it to pony up $200 more for a Pentinum4 laptop instead of an AMD?

    I have four AMD laptops (one Sony and three HP). The Sony is my personal computer and the HP's are used in a lab running peptide synthesizer's...
    Post by: drbtk, May 30, 2003 in forum: Hardware