Recent Content by faction

  1. Feed delay

    Easyrider, the disclaimer on time.gov is automatically set based upon the lag it detects in your connection. I can't believe that your...
    Post by: faction, Feb 19, 2002 in forum: Trading Software

  2. Feed delay

    easyrider, there is no way to know for 100% sure that the time you are seeing is absolute, however, this service is managed by the U.S. federal...
    Post by: faction, Feb 13, 2002 in forum: Trading Software

  3. Trading Simulators- Worth it?

    After personally seeing the difference between simulators and real life trading, I personally think the only way you can simulate trading real...
    Post by: faction, Feb 11, 2002 in forum: Trading Software

  4. Feed delay

    Pinging your data provider will only tell you a small portion of the story, as far as I can tell. Perhaps the connection between you and your...
    Post by: faction, Feb 11, 2002 in forum: Trading Software

  5. Real-time Scanner

    Htrader, Any discussion concerning real-time scanners that doesn't mention Neovest's First Alert would be lacking, IMHO. Arguably the most...
    Post by: faction, Jan 28, 2002 in forum: Trading

  6. Today's intraday data.

    JJ - Quotelink supplies the following: Date, Time, Open, High, Low, Close, Volume reguardless of the time increment you select. Cheers....
    Post by: faction, Jan 17, 2002 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  7. Specialist rapes his own mother

    bmwstox, I am terribly uneducated concerning the specialists opening their books to the world. Where can I learn more? :confused: Cheers....
    Post by: faction, Jan 16, 2002 in forum: Trading

  8. Datek's Servers

    the_dude, I opened an account with Datek a couple of months ago, like you, to use as a backup broker. However, I constantly had problems...
    Post by: faction, Jan 16, 2002 in forum: Retail Brokers

  9. Limit or Market orders

    For my style of trading, I can almost always buy below the ask. I use limit orders, set a few cents below the ask. If the specialist is being a...
    Post by: faction, Jan 16, 2002 in forum: Trading

  10. Today's intraday data.

    jj, Quotelinks is just a one time fee of $39.95. As for your other question, I have no idea. But, I do have something better. Their email:...
    Post by: faction, Jan 16, 2002 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  11. Today's intraday data.

    trdrmac, can Silicon Investor's charts export to ascii? What I am really looking for was is an ability to cheaply backtest some theories. I...
    Post by: faction, Jan 16, 2002 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  12. Today's intraday data.

    Well, that is what I was looking for in the first place. Oh well. What's fourty dollars down the drain? Thanks for the post, Funster.... even...
    Post by: faction, Jan 15, 2002 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  13. Filters

    First Alert is $245 for the software, plus another $145 for the stream. If you use their brokerage account, you can get this all for free after...
    Post by: faction, Jan 14, 2002 in forum: Trading

  14. Today's intraday data.

    jj_jere@hotmail, quotelinks.com will download 500 time blocks. So, if you select 5 minutes, it will download 500 five minute ticks. If you...
    Post by: faction, Jan 14, 2002 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  15. A Quick Question

    Pardon my ignorance, but I was to the understanding that the $25k rule eliminated any and all trades after the initial three, not just those on...
    Post by: faction, Jan 11, 2002 in forum: Trading