Recent Content by mikesmithv

  1. Asking for new security device at IB?

    I cannot transfer funds logged into the second account - I just checked. I misspoke when I said "with the same privileges". I never tried to...
    Post by: mikesmithv, Apr 25, 2014 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  2. Asking for new security device at IB?

    You can do it on-line. Log into Account Management and under "Manage Account" choose "Access Rights ==> Users". On that page that comes up there...
    Post by: mikesmithv, Apr 23, 2014 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  3. Asking for new security device at IB?

    IB allows you to create a "second user" for the same account with all the privileges of the primary user. I did this and they issued me a card...
    Post by: mikesmithv, Apr 22, 2014 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  4. results: backtesting vs market replay vs live

    There is no way of knowing the answer to that without getting into the nuts and bolts of what is happening. Maybe the right-most bar once traded...
    Post by: mikesmithv, Feb 28, 2014 in forum: Strategy Building

  5. IB TWS bug - Java 17 Update 21 and 25

    I always use the latest Java version and I've noticed this too but I thought it was because I was using Linux (Ubuntu 13.04) and it was some Linux...
    Post by: mikesmithv, Jun 24, 2013 in forum: Trading Software

  6. results: backtesting vs market replay vs live

    And there's the trick, going for the scraps the big boys don't want to bother with. My most successful strategy is still the least scalable (and...
    Post by: mikesmithv, Jun 21, 2013 in forum: Strategy Building

  7. Hitler uses Git

    Geek humor is usually pretty dry but that was hilarious. And I'm even a big fan of git!
    Post by: mikesmithv, Mar 30, 2012 in forum: App Development

  8. Pure Oil Play

    Dec 2008 $36.60 Dec 2009 $76.53 Dec 2010 $96.36 Dec 2011 $98.99 Dec 2012 close today was $109.30. Do you feel lucky?
    Post by: mikesmithv, Feb 24, 2012 in forum: ETFs

  9. Profitable online trading platform

    We outsiders see "This website is coming soon, please check back later." I suspect if you follow that link with cookies disabled that's what you...
    Post by: mikesmithv, Jan 21, 2012 in forum: Automated Trading

  10. Profitable online trading platform

    Ever tried to Google Birchwood Analytics?
    Post by: mikesmithv, Jan 20, 2012 in forum: Automated Trading

  11. Internet Connection Failure

    Having your system running on a remote computer where you have to connect to see what is going on has it's disadvantages too. One time I my...
    Post by: mikesmithv, Nov 14, 2011 in forum: Automated Trading

  12. Internet Connection Failure

    Interesting stuff. They also have a "3G Failover" link that describes a system just for this kind of thing. I tried using my cell phone for my...
    Post by: mikesmithv, Nov 10, 2011 in forum: Automated Trading

  13. Internet Connection Failure

    Just make your computer "beep" repeatedly and if your speakers are not loud enough buy louder ones. What software environment are you using?...
    Post by: mikesmithv, Nov 9, 2011 in forum: Automated Trading

  14. Java IDE: Eclipse vs. Netbeans

    More on my transition from NetBeans. The Eclipse editor highlighted this obvious error and reported "Null pointer access: The variable td can...
    Post by: mikesmithv, Nov 4, 2011 in forum: Automated Trading

  15. Java IDE: Eclipse vs. Netbeans

    Thanks for posting that. I downloaded Eclipse and Window Builder Pro and it is very good. I switched years ago to Netbeans from Eclipse...
    Post by: mikesmithv, Oct 31, 2011 in forum: Automated Trading