Recent content by Buurzgoth

You can also try Kim Eng (based in Singapore)

(This is a re-post of a question asked to Trading Software forum http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=230068; I'm hoping users here can provide some more advice, especially regarding Bloomberg) Hi everyone, Could anyone point me to companies which provide both historic...

Regarding R: any good links for add-on packages which scrape the data from websites? I tried http://r-forge.r-project.org/ and http://cran.r-project.org/ but add-ons which scrape the data there seem to be quite limited. I would also appreciate any other pointers regarding whether other...

That is true, but one must also take into account that commercials (usually the most liquid players) are generally net short all markets. That is why liquidity problems and margin increases generally cause prices to drop as more longs than shorts are forced to liquidate positions.

Hi everyone, Could anyone point me to companies which provide both historic and current data for a wide arrange of macro data (i.e. ags acreage and yield estimates, interest rates, ags imports/exports, energy storage levels, stock/index/commodities prices, etc.)? I believe Bloomberg has some...

(I apologize for noob question - I tried looking through last few months of threads on this forum, but didn't see an answer) I'd like to give automatic trading a try, but I don't have a good internet connection I can use (I'm always on road, and living in hotels, so fixing this is not an...

Kim Eng and Phillip Securities in SG are both relatively decent.

Its not on IB statements, you gotta calculate it yourself (at least that was the case last time I checked).

I agree with others that its best to avoid friends and family in your situation, but you seem pretty set on it :) Regarding fees, if you charge them something fair, they are sure to talk about your back and be jealous (even if you provide them with stellar returns after fees). Best bet might...

Yup. This works correctly with IB - you can place orders, but not above limit up price (if its limiting up).

But account statements indicate that I'm holding actual cash. Could someone from IB jump in - am I taking delivery on forex trades or are they rolled over every day?

So I was just doing taxes for this year, and tried to figure out forex gains from IB - what a nightmare. I keep my trades on for more than 2 days, so from what I understand I fall under section 988 because I take actual delivery; I also had a bunch of trades open on 12/31 which only makes things...