a friend of mine has had the worst time closing out her Datek account. Took several weeks to get them to issue the check. She later received 25...
I would just like to second tntneo's request for an order entry api capability in TWS. TWS already supports basket trading, where the trading...
I have never had order cancels take more than a few seconds. One suggestion: check to see if your error log contains any error messages. It's...
The best I've found is at www.macros.com I haven't hooked it up to TWS, so I don't know if you can accomplish what you're asking. The biggest...
Often Win98 will complain about being out of memory, while it's really out of "resources". Windows 98 unfortunately uses fixed-size resource...
Buttermilk: Re the IB CTCI. It's obviously too expensive. IB has announced on the board via def that they are working on an inexpensive...
Hitman is right. Another way to look at it: Even at a $1000/months in fixed expenses, that's only $50 per day. If you can't clear $50 you're...
I agree: eSignal is rock solid on win2000. Used it both stand-alone, with MetaStockPRO and with prop. software
I've actually had very good fills on SPY going through the NYSE specialist. I agree, never use the AMEX specialist - terrible fills always. SPY is...
The biggest issue with Reuters is that you have to decide what to download up front (at least that's how it works with the MetaStock downloader...
I used QuotesPlus. Downloads all stocks on all exchanges every night. Very fast. Has scanner that allows you to look for stocks with various...
Trading is difficult. Trading part-time with short term timeframes is even more difficult. I know some of the member of this board successfully...
Michael, I would have responded via email, but since you don't publish your email address I'll do it here. Your system cannot be coded in...
I have read it - I'm a tradingmarkets member. It's actually quite good, but doesn't contain a lot of new info. I'd rather wait for his book, which...
tradervic: It is most definitely doable. I suggest that you do the math: if you have a 100k account you will probably have to make 50k to cover...
Ultimately, the more traffic we get at Elite the better for Baron and crew. Maybe a solution is to offer sponsored forums for brokers and others...
I would just like to encourage IB to support Elite. I suspect many of their better customers frequent this site, and most of the exchanges have...
Actually, just to stress rtstrading's point. MetaStock has excellent eSignal integration. It allows you to dynamically load charts off of eSignal...
I'm a long time metastock user. I currently have the latest Metastock 7.2 PRO. It's a terrific tools for playing around with ideas, simple...
No level II. Just basic charting with indicators and system backtesting. You can't even run systems in realtime without first making the system...
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