Recent content by charlieThomas

First off, I don't represent IB. But all you folks suggesting IB buy or offer another charting package should keep this in mind. IB, from the very beginning, hitched their wagon to Java and that will never change. I don't think they would introduce a package written in C++ or any other...

Thanks Wallace. Those of us in North America that like to keep track of the European equity markets close appreciate it. cT

Thanks(sarcasm). My search did not find anything, that's why I asked. cT

MGJ, is there a link to the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index's published rollover schedule? regards, cT

You might want to read a thread I started a while back that addresses this very issue. The thread title is "CL Rollover Rule". http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=177952 Bottom line is, as far as I can tell, for CL there is no hard-and-fast rule for the rollover date...

Great. Now lets see if we can get them to add HG historical data. cT

Yea, some of the higher dividend yielding stocks really gap down at the xdiv date open. This is probably obvious but it seems like the best way to backtest this would be to use regular non dividend adjusted prices for each side and factor in the long side gets the dividend and the short side...

Just thinking out loud. I wasn't sure if the short had to pay the dividend so I did a little thought experiment. Lets try to establish a baseline truth. It should not be possible to make a know (arbitrage) profit by going long and short the same stock at the same time. Lets say you...

Only realtime data is available for BRN with NT/Zenfire. No historical data. Please contact Ninjatrader Support and also put a request in at the Ninjatrader forum and request that they add historical backfill data for Brent ICE (BRN). If enough folks request it, they may finally respond. cT

This article doesn't spell out what superconductivity is. In case you are not familiar with it, this is a real phenomenon. When certain materials are cooled to extremely low temperatures, electricity flows thru them with zero resistance. This seems to disobey the basic laws of physics...

Yea but 45% efficiency? I don't think we should be moving towards a technology that is inherently inefficient, do you? I would rather spend my electrical research and development budget on things like superconducting power transmission. This is going the right direction in efficiency - zero...

No one has mentioned the efficiency ratings. Generally this is where the higher prices are. Be sure to get at least 80 PLUS. I recommend spending the money and get an 80 PLUS Silver or 80 PLUS Gold. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80_PLUS cT

If you come up with something let us know. Its interesting some applications, based on some of the replys, are sensitive to portrait mode. You would think either all the apps would perform well or all the apps would perform poorly. I'm trying to think of a way to write an application...

I have a similar rig to yours - Win7 64bit i7 930. I've begun experimenting with portrait mode. So far I don't see any performance difference however font rendering looks to have a little poorer image quality. With my last rig (xp 32bit), when I experimented with portrait, there was a...

Therefore, if I'm a clearing firm with a client that has an open position on the last trading day, or an exchange with a clearing firm with an open position obligation on the last trading day, and I have any doubt about their ability to meet their contractual obligation ie shorts deliver and...