Recent content by BigIrishSlim

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

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...

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...

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

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.

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...

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

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.

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...