Which laptop line are you looking at? The Precision line still offers XP Pro installed with a Vista cd in the box if/when you decide to upgrade.
Believe it or not, it is not uncommon for a "full service" brokerage (ie one that provides guidance) to charge more for electronic markets. One...
I did find it curious that all of the reviews were about 1 page, with a couple sentences of positives, and then the rest of the page listing...
IB only charges the carrying fee if you are unbundled, right?
I think these rules are great as far as general guildlines, although some are so vague to be almost meaningless. And can anyone interpret #7...
Because customer service is practically non-existant. Sorry, a joke. I found brokerage customer service to be about average, inline with...
You probably made a typo, but it is just the opposite, I think they are all physically settled except for those two.
I couldn't help myself, had some time to waste. From the 2004 Annual report: "Management intends to review various assets for potential...
I didn't do a exhaustive study, but I only counted 10 days since IPO where the Close was lower than the previous day's Low. And half those are...
Hell, I paper trade backtest with a look ahead bias all the time and I still have down weeks. :mad: :D
I think you are leaving off one important factor. You have considered things that effect expectancy, but one other factor affects profit....
Certainly not me. But the poll question is what it is: Is it possible to "consistently" make 1% a day with no down weeks. That's a 250%...
Can you say why you are thinking of going prop? You say you swing trade, are you looking to move to daytrading?
Obviously a great return, but we have no idea if it meets the criteria established in the poll. Was the return "consistent" on a daily basis, and...
I would consider this straight forward. I think an experienced TS & EL person could do a rough cut of this in 15 minutes. Of course, it will...
So there is a contract more volitale than NG. Who would have known. Thanks for that list, very good information. This sounds like an...
I will just throw in my two cents. Get the futures data as soon as possible. I have seen many systems that are wildly profitable, holy grail...
When you say CSV do you mean general CSV support where the user will define what fields are what in their data, or a fixed field layout that you...
Personally, I always buy the most active and roll as needed. Yes, you will pay transaction costs for the rollover, but I've found that the...
They are counted after 6 months the same way they are counted the first six months - they are asked. The unemployment number is from surveys...
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