The demo account by it's very nature is not "real". You can log on anytime day or night and there's a party going on which is great for basic ATS...
These are the parameters I use for YM in Java. m_symbol=YM m_secType=FUT m_exchange=ECBOT m_currency=USD m_expiry=201106 I have found it...
Even though TWS runs great on Ubuntu Desktop many people MUST have Windows to run certain things. What surprised me was how well Windows runs in...
I did some investigating and what I said about the 64 bit Java requiring the extra parameter is not entirely accurate, it is only needed if you...
The OpenJDK in Ubuntu always had the advantage that you would get updates automatically with the Ubuntu's built-in software update system. As of...
For some reason the 64 bit JVM needs more storage for Java class storage. Try adding -XX:MaxPermSize=200M to your startup script. Change this:...
For Interactive Brokers customers there's an app for that: http://www.androlib.com/android.application.atws-app-qFpzD.aspx
I had the identical experience as you (but hip joint instead of knee). Incredible pain, endless runaround, no progress until (1) I stopped...
So higher trading volume is correlated to more Google searches, what a yawn! Then there was that research group that found that Google searches...
There was talk in a thread a while back about holding treasuries instead of cash at Interactive Brokers to get a better return (for the moment)...
If you mean on any Windows computer then yes, either jsmooth or jexepack should be able to create an executable that has all the files self...
I've been down that road of "writing a program that puts a limit order on 100 stocks" and whatever edge that has gets wiped out in one bad day...
Cheese, I would like to go back to your comment in response to jjrvt saying "Trading is not an exact science or 100% art." From this and your...
For the NASDAQ 100 the changes are here: http://www.nasdaq.com/indexshares/historical_data.stm
Amazing... if true. Do you have a source for that stat?
I too am a software engineer keen on UI who came into trading about 10 years ago and you remind me of myself back then. I wrote a lot of charting...
If IB is your broker try selecting any exchange but "SMART" for charting. SMART can occasionally grab stale data and cause just what you...
And exit the position shortly thereafter? Profitably? Or are you serious?
No matter how fast you are on the keyboard a bot will be faster. Whatever setup you see the bot will see it before you do. I hope you did not...
Autoit is the best I have found. http://www.autoitscript.com/ It is rather programmer-oriented but there is almost no limit to what you can...
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