Keep in mind how many people walk through the door and say exactly what you said. Barely a day goes by where someone (usually a young guy who...
This is a major drawback with TS back-testing. Make sure and set the back-test resolution to intra-bar in the "Properties for All" tab. I have...
It depends upon what it is you want to do. If you want to be an analyst, you are heading down the right path with the formal education. If you...
Your experience with TS will likely be determined by how you use it. If you only have charts and use some indicators provided with the platform,...
Reputation is marginal. You might consider asking someone from Breakwater about them.
I am interested to hear what others have to say on this topic as well.
My understanding is the XTAPI is marginally faster; however, I have never conducted any proper benchmark testing. I would be curious to see the...
See above. KFP = Knight Financial Products Citi bought them three to four years ago.
Your list of market makers is outdated. KFP is now part of Citi.
Even with an enviable "superstar" track record, any firm in town that supplies capital will take a minimum of 25%.
The delivery facilities in Cushing are very limited. They could not withstand even 10% of open NYMEX interest. The cost to deliver physical oil...
Frank, Completely agree with your above comments on X-Trader and CQG. Also, you are correct about X-Trader's extensive RTD library. It is very...
Check out XLQ by Qmatix. Very reasonably priced, with lots of features. Free delayed data for equities. Connects with IB and IQFeed for r/t. I...
Grant, Can you be more specific about how X-study does not meet your needs? Regarding the TT Fix adapter, cost depends upon your broker. It...
It is great to see that someone can ignore all the distractions on ET and execute a strategy that works for them.
I use an iRam drive, which is quite similar to the one posted. One thing to note is that the speed improvement depends upon the software. There...
Multicharts allows you to choose any cell in Excel to plot and will store the data into a MYSQL database. Excel / DDE has some limitations, but...
Agreed.
Many of the books listed above have some valuable information. Most, however, neglect the one key component for your success in this endeavor...
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