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    Dividend Question

    Thanks, So what day do we need to own the stock, the declaration date? Any ideas on the best way to write covered calls. Thanks
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    Dividend Question

    This may be a silly question, but I'm a little confused. Here's my situation: My company has started originating mortgages for a publicly traded real estate trust. As part of our compensation we elected to take stock in the company. They offer a pretty good deal and it only equates to a small...
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    Auto-Trading a Newsletter

    I too have wondered if just picking an advisory service with an open book track record is better than trying to reinvent the wheel. If one could find a reputable newsletter/advisory service and execute thier picks automatically would it work better than trading yourself? I guess you'd have to...
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    Back Testing

    Ok, so I went to yahoo and found the "download historical data" section. It looks like I can only get down to dail data, is there a way to get intraday info? Thanks
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    Back Testing

    You guys are all very helpful thanks. I'll give Yahoo a shot. When it's time to get more serious I can look into some of the top end programs. Thanks again, I'll be back soon.
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    Back Testing

    Lawrence, I have spent some time on your site and it looks like NeoTick may do the trick. It is more than I was planning to spend, but if it can be used to develope a trading system as well it could be worth the money. A few Q's if you don't mind: 1. As long as I have a data feed I'll be...
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    Back Testing

    True, Yahoo is available at my favorite price, FREE!!!, but wouldn't I have to transfer the data to Excel by hand? I think it would take a very long time to back test a year or 2 worth of data. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks
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    Back Testing

    Thanks... I've looked into Tradestation, but I'm looking for something I ca use without an account. I'd rather purchase a program I can run on my PC.
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    Back Testing

    Hello All... This is my first post here. I have been reading the boards for a few days and am looking forward to discussion some basic automated trading topics with all of you. I have just started looking into automated trading. It's more of a fascination than a quest to develope a...
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