Recent Content by SMI

  1. Looking for a good off-the-shelf screener I can supplement with lots of code

    You can have most of what you want with Tradestation. The only major piece they are missing from your list is the language issue. Otherwise,...
    Post by: SMI, Jun 20, 2012 in forum: App Development

  2. Charting Software Independent of Platform/Data

    If you are looking for software that will use your feed in realtime then you'll have to contact the software provider to build an adapter for you....
    Post by: SMI, Jun 20, 2012 in forum: Trading Software

  3. Compliance for a CTA by the NFA

    Take a look at this link - it's the NFA self examination questionnaire. It contains a lot of material to get you started. As a cta you have to...
    Post by: SMI, Jun 19, 2012 in forum: Trading

  4. Mark Cuban breaks one of tradings golden rules

    I thought it was telling that he went on national TV and said "I was wrong and got out" or something to that effect. How many traders will admit...
    Post by: SMI, Jun 18, 2012 in forum: Wall St. News

  5. The Futures Chart Formation Thread

    And another one: Gold [img]
    Post by: SMI, Jun 18, 2012 in forum: Technical Analysis

  6. The Futures Chart Formation Thread

    New Chart: September Cocoa: [img]
    Post by: SMI, Jun 18, 2012 in forum: Technical Analysis

  7. Multicharts with IB Feed / API

    Don't they have a trial that you can check out? If so I would strongly suggest that you do so. And, I would ask for an extension of the trial...
    Post by: SMI, Jun 5, 2012 in forum: Order Execution

  8. Beginner's question - when to stop?

    haha - I think I'm going to use this as my email signature...
    Post by: SMI, Jun 5, 2012 in forum: Professional Trading

  9. The Futures Chart Formation Thread

    That wheat breakout failed completely. Coffee broke down and stayed down. And Natural gas finally made a good move out of it's rising channel...
    Post by: SMI, Jun 4, 2012 in forum: Technical Analysis

  10. Another N-days down and then what happens thread

    Thanks for your response. Your ideas are valid of course. But, for the purposes of this thread I wanted to keep things simple. By expressing the...
    Post by: SMI, Jun 2, 2012 in forum: Strategy Building

  11. 90% winners - really?

    Yup - that's one reason why it's not a "system" per se. At 90% win rate - you do get all those winners to make up for the occasionally ugly day....
    Post by: SMI, Jun 1, 2012 in forum: Trading

  12. Encrypted SSD on laptop

    Actually, for me it makes sense. There's no point in replacing it unless I get a performance increase from it. I have other desktops that work...
    Post by: SMI, Jun 1, 2012 in forum: Hardware

  13. Encrypted SSD on laptop

    Hi: I'm thinking about replacing my HD on my laptop with an SSD - will be doing some traveling soon. Normally, this would be quite straight...
    Thread by: SMI, May 31, 2012, 2 replies, in forum: Hardware

  14. 90% winners - really?

    Macho provided some of the answers to your question above it seems (I just have to ignore some of the irrelevant inflammatory comments in the...
    Post by: SMI, May 31, 2012 in forum: Trading