The non-responding mode is normal. I have a huge 35 MB workbook with no links... That takes about 45 minutes to re-calculate... And it goes...
Agree with all the DDE complaints... it's 20 year old technology. Thanks for the RTD experiences... It's so typical of MSFT to foist slow...
My target is 120,000 shares/day volume. I view every 6.5 hour day as a marathon... And push myself exactly as if it was a road race. Since I...
Why can't IB just have an option where they email you the Statement every day. If someone sees it... so what? But this will never happen......
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Any NYSE disciplinary actions are posted at there. Here is the IB link... The details are midway down this page:...
What does "work fine" mean? Sub-optimal can be "fine"... but less than optimal. By definition... In the long run... Any kind of Market Order...
I have volume targets. A trader MUST have targets... To keep working as hard as possible for 6.5 hours. People that quit early or...
I also run Excel 2000 on multiple boxes... For reasons above. Excel DDE issues are very tricky to resolve... Often resulting in workarounds...
That is the bottom line. And get a good accountant for the long haul... It will make a big difference.
Exactly. Taking an initial hit in a crisis... Then making it all back and much more ** on the volatility **... Is fairly standard for Pro...
I would venture... That you could replace "price data" with "snowflakes"... And come up with an equivalent number of "statistically meaningful...
The above is professional advice. Entering a Stop Loss order... Just says "I cannot trust my judgement to exit a position"... And for that...
The answer is trading every day for a full market cycle... Including a bull market and a bear market... And also including at least 3-4...
What you are doing... is "data dredging"... Which, by definition, is statistically fallacious. Your mindset and the design of your analysis......
Misrepresentation of offshore hedge fund returns is rampant. If Enron and Worldcom happen under SEC jurisdiction... Use your imagination about...
This is 2007, buddy... No one prints 100 page statements anymore... You just save it to disk as an HTML or WORD file. And, yes, IB make all...
And since people are reading this thread... I will give you a simple reason why I do not trust SMART. I do about 400-500 trades/day... And...
dst, with due respect... You use a ** glaring ** LOGICAL TRICK in your response. For INTERNAL purposes... IB must flag orders as NET...
The point is to avoid getting hurt in a liquidity crunch. Whether the SD of the event is 25 or 4.3 or 3.7... Is of absolutely no value....
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