Recent Content by mss

  1. Deducting Computer Cost

    They never asked for more detail. What I had was a high volume of trades with detail from IB, trade-specific software on the machine and another...
    Post by: mss, Dec 1, 2010 in forum: Professional Trading

  2. Deducting Computer Cost

    I did it. My return was examined for that year. My return was ultimately accepted as filed. I am not sure what the focus of the audit was but,...
    Post by: mss, Dec 1, 2010 in forum: Professional Trading

  3. the bush tax cuts. how well did they actually work?

    This slide summarizes my view of the value of Bush Tax Cuts.
    Post by: mss, Sep 26, 2010 in forum: Economics

  4. Software that executes through IB

    I use Amibroker to figure out the orders I want to submit. I transfer the output to Excel. I get the bid/ask and the open in excel through XLQ...
    Post by: mss, Sep 6, 2010 in forum: Trading Software

  5. Should you close your IB accounts now?

    I was aware of this 10 minute period from some posting somewhere in the past. In fact, I think I might have proposed a ten minute delay at some...
    Post by: mss, May 9, 2010 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  6. Government now has their hands in your FOREIGN bank accounts.

    A copy of the law is available here. It is confusing and I think it can impose an additional tax on a non-complying foreign bank or other...
    Post by: mss, Apr 4, 2010 in forum: Economics

  7. Opening Orders at IB

    I regularly submit some opening orders at IB. I have no complaints. A fair number of orders, though, that were not executed look like they...
    Thread by: mss, Mar 31, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Order Execution

  8. Opening Orders - 2009

    For some reason, the links are saved the same way they appear in the message. That is, the links have "..." in them. I think they will work if...
    Post by: mss, Nov 30, 2009 in forum: Journals

  9. nyse / nasdaq equity list

    A good source is: http://screener.finance.yahoo.com/newscreener.html You can select on whatever criteria you want and then download all the...
    Post by: mss, Oct 15, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  10. IB TWS locks up every morning on the open

    I have had the problem periodically. I have turned off the "Create Audit Trail" feature and, i believe, I have had many fewer problems recently.
    Post by: mss, Jun 9, 2009 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  11. Where do I get fast internet?

    I have a 5 mbps service from RCN. It has been fine for my needs. My condo association just negotiated free service at 1.5 mbps. I am trying...
    Post by: mss, May 17, 2009 in forum: Hardware

  12. Software for IB Users

    I use XLQ to get data from IB to EXCEL. It uses RTD rather than DDE. I understand RTD is faster than DDE. While it gets data from IB, it also...
    Post by: mss, May 9, 2009 in forum: Trading Software

  13. 30 million in stocks sold in 2008; TurboTax doesn't work

    I put in fake numbers for gross sales proceeds and fake bases computed so that the net gain is correct. Then I print out the forms and cross out...
    Post by: mss, Feb 9, 2009 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  14. 00-04, 4 years of OUTRAGEOUS spending and Bush

    An operating surplus means tax revenues (exclusive of borrowing) exceeded expenditures. That was apparently the case in 1999 and 200. An...
    Post by: mss, Oct 10, 2008 in forum: Economics