Recent Content by schan

  1. Samsung 245bw

    I have this monitor and works great for trading. Text is sharp and Samsungs rarely have dead pixels. I paid $399 Canadian several months ago, so...
    Post by: schan, Apr 14, 2008 in forum: Hardware

  2. Tick Database Implementations

    Thanks kt and rosy for mentioning hdf5 and pytable because it is just awesome. On a laptop and slow hard drive, using python, I'm writing 1...
    Post by: schan, Jan 11, 2007 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  3. Trader P/L 2006

    Lame day. Struggled early and didn't take signals. $60 measly bucks on 1800 shares.
    Post by: schan, Nov 9, 2006 in forum: Journals

  4. Trader P/L 2006

    Lots of chop. Got brain freeze on one trade, otherwise okay. $278 net on 4500 shares, 23 trades.
    Post by: schan, Nov 8, 2006 in forum: Journals

  5. Trader P/L 2006

    Good setups in the morning. But hesitant to increase size. Little more profit on fewer shares. Finished for the day. $226 net on 2500...
    Post by: schan, Nov 7, 2006 in forum: Journals

  6. Trader P/L 2006

    System seems best in the morning. Looks like a choppy/flat/unpredictable afternoon ahead of the elections. Calling it a day. $196 net on 3000...
    Post by: schan, Nov 6, 2006 in forum: Journals

  7. Trader P/L 2006

    Pairs trending today. Tried something new - scalping for pennies on small lots. $170 net on 4000 shares, 17 trades.
    Post by: schan, Nov 3, 2006 in forum: Journals

  8. Trader P/L 2006

    Slow getting fills. Calling it a day. $207 net on 2700 shares.
    Post by: schan, Nov 2, 2006 in forum: Journals

  9. Trader P/L 2006

    My first PnL. $251 net on 1900 shares, 4 pairs and one SPY short.
    Post by: schan, Nov 1, 2006 in forum: Journals

  10. VIX down, markets up

    The VIX is computed from the SPX options, using option chain for the two nearest months, then computing the volatility adjusted to 30days....
    Post by: schan, Oct 13, 2006 in forum: Trading

  11. Does IB (TWS) support Dual Core?

    I think it does. The CPU load seems to distribute across the two cores. Dual core really makes a big difference. Java is a real pig and when...
    Post by: schan, Aug 23, 2006 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  12. Heiken Ashi Open formula

    haOpen is the open of the previous bar. If you are on the first bar of the data series, just use the open. Same goes for the haClose.
    Post by: schan, Jul 31, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  13. Vancouver BC traders unite!

    I'm in Vancouver as well. I pair trade equities mostly, straddles/strangles (when implied volatility is way out of whack) and swing trade...
    Post by: schan, Jan 7, 2006 in forum: Hook Up

  14. US Equity Markets will not go down

    The late day move was almost too predictable so it was a matter of loading up at the bottom of daily ATR and dumping into the close. There are...
    Post by: schan, Aug 12, 2005 in forum: Trading

  15. US Equity Markets will not go down

    Hi Macro, Interesting. I saw that slapdown yesterday...especially on ER around noon. I'd imagine it is easier to whack the small cap at 30%...
    Post by: schan, Aug 11, 2005 in forum: Trading