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  1. how does IB calculate NYSE TICK?

    What do you do to get the TICK in IB? If I type in "TICK" it doesn't seem to recognize that symbol.
    Post by: GTG, Sep 14, 2005 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  2. Have the skills, but lost and all alone.

    Yes that could be incredibly easy. At least writing code to place the trades and get the real-time data is easy. Coming up with a successful...
    Post by: GTG, Aug 21, 2005 in forum: Automated Trading

  3. The Anti-Capitalistic Inquisition

    I don't know...if thousands of employees who had nothing to do with covering up whether or not Vioxx caused heart attacks lose their jobs and...
    Post by: GTG, Aug 18, 2005 in forum: Economics

  4. Finding programmers for Grey or Black Boxes

    My friend's experience with outsourcing: I had a friend who had an internet business idea. Rather than quit his six-figure job consulting to...
    Post by: GTG, Aug 17, 2005 in forum: Automated Trading

  5. Headaches + Advice on Monitors

    I had the same problem. I just happened to start using a different monitor and the problem went away.
    Post by: GTG, Aug 17, 2005 in forum: Hardware

  6. Writing options for a living

    With regard to people who write books on put-selling: I've often thought that a great way to make a lot of money, if I were inclined towards...
    Post by: GTG, Aug 4, 2005 in forum: Options

  7. Writing options for a living

    I wasn't commenting on your specific strategy or risk-management. My point is that most traders lose money. Whether you are a buyer or seller...
    Post by: GTG, Jul 29, 2005 in forum: Options

  8. Writing options for a living

    In one sense, the decision of whether to buy or sell premium can be thought of like this: "How do you prefer to take your losses?". If you like...
    Post by: GTG, Jul 29, 2005 in forum: Options

  9. Total rookie question....

    There is no formula for implied volatility. You have to solve for it numerically.
    Post by: GTG, Jul 26, 2005 in forum: Options

  10. Total rookie question....

    I use the method as described on pages 461 and 462 in Options as a Strategic Investment by McMillan. Basically you take the log of the ratio of...
    Post by: GTG, Jul 22, 2005 in forum: Options

  11. Historical end-of-day data for expired options

    You can buy a CD with 3 years or so of historical data from the present for like 75 dollars from here: http://www.stricknet.com/main/data.htm
    Post by: GTG, Jul 21, 2005 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  12. Can Etrade be held liable?

    Back in 1999, my business partner (in a non-trading related business) had a Datek account with like $3000 in it. He wanted to buy some IPO when...
    Post by: GTG, Jul 19, 2005 in forum: Retail Brokers

  13. probability distribution formula?

    No, it looks like there is a bug. The snorm function is getting an overflow on this line: snorm = 0.5 + w * (0.5 - 1 / Sqr(2 * pi) * Exp(-z ^...
    Post by: GTG, Jul 1, 2005 in forum: Options

  14. NQ Butterfly Question

    The ratio of risk to reward is important...but expectancy is supreme. You can go broke trading with good risk/reward if your overall expectation...
    Post by: GTG, Jun 1, 2005 in forum: Options

  15. is ATM the best ?

    If you are new, and are making directional bets I'd recommend using somewhat ITM options. What happens a lot when you are new, and you make...
    Post by: GTG, May 11, 2005 in forum: Options

  16. From poker player to stock trader.

    I used to know a guy who is a professional poker player like you. He also played 4 tables at a time on party poker. That must be the most...
    Post by: GTG, Apr 1, 2005 in forum: Professional Trading
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