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If you look at the attachment on my original post that is exactly what it looked like. Saying that seems like restarting the program worked it has been error free since the last time i posted. Will update if anymore problems. update: just had an error again. But wait there's more...

Thanks for the help and suggestions. @j medved I was running the thinkorswim platform alongside QT. I had closed the thinkorswim platform after you have suggested it could be other apps connecting with same data feed same account. I am pretty sure i am not connecting via proxy don't even...

This has been happening for some time(months and years) now don't really know how to solve this. Every few minutes i would get "Error:" ,"Error: connect failed" and "Restarting". Need somebody who knows how to solve this. So i would have to manually connect to the ameritrade.02.streamer.com...

is one monitor gonna be good enough for you? i trade fulltime. i have 3 22in monitors. I would not suggest all in ones. when stuff breaks ur gonna have to basically replace the whole thing if it's something important. when i'ts not under warranty. if ur gonna go with macs even pcs...

u just open an account with td ameritrade. no need to fund it. you will still get the stock feed. that is the way i did it. use td feed for my charts with ib's platform.

tradersu are u still programming stock scans and stuff? i don't see u in mr. w's chat anymore. (determined) you can use either nvidia or ati line of workstation cards or u need 2 pci express cards if your motherboard has 2 of those slots.

niccia 6 posts! u sure like to chat on the boards. i also see u like to chat in mr. weinsteins chat too. aka determined in the chat room. if u want the fastest. the dell with the core i7 is the latest generation processor and way faster then the last generation. both have discrete...

most things xp does everything faster than vista and windows 7. windows 7 does most things faster than vista. this link compares windows 7 to xp and vista. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/reviews/windows_7_review

so what do u do then? to avoid the wash sale rule :confused:

to avoid the washout rule you half to talk to your tax advisor about "electing mark to market". I don't know to much about it but this is what somebody told me.

when you run alot of charts in ib it bogs down. I had this exact same problem. I have decent computer too. Quad core with 2gbs of ram. I've worked around this by using quotetracker and td amertrade feed. You can also use quotetracker with ib but i think itll cost u some money then also the...

response time is when you move ur mouse and the time it takes to move on screen. from my experience with a dell 2408wfp with a pva or 1 of those panels when i was moving my mouse it felt sluggish right after i tried a hp 5ms monitor. There are good sides and bad sides to both types of...

well the 295 did better here. maybe u'll want to go 2 295's for gaming. http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2009/08/10/gainward-single-pcb-gtx-295-review/3 o wait your gonna use 1920x1080. u'll be fine for now. I would look at reviews at cnet.com, pcmag.com, and pcworld.com for...

I would use small two monitors. I personally started with just one monitor and now has grown to 3 monitors. But seem like you have money. So go with two big monitors. Also with the graphics. Playing being able to play games 5 years from now on max settings i think it might have even with...

if u use ever used interactive brokers and quotracker the volume is off compared with their own charts. their is also a cap at 100 and goes up only if you give them a certain amount of commisions. also know a few people who use different brokers and data feeds it's common. please more...