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Which retail broker makes it easy and quick for someone to juggle money between a high interest cash account (5%) and a trading account. Etrade is one. I think Fidelity has some kind of cash management account but thats only 3.87% or so. Any others that make it quick/easy to transfer...

Help, IRS is reporting my 1099 doesn't match with what I report. I figured out its due to a short I put on in Dec 04, but bought back in Jan 05, for a small profit. So what do I tell the IRS? They say I owe the proceeds from the sale. But for 2004, I never closed the short so there was no...

Ok, maybe the commission are not that bad, but IB with QT has bad backfills on the charts. Sometimes I get no data on the chart, even after trying to manually backfill. Never had that problem with PowerEtrade.

Hi, I tried to switch from Etrade to IB, but now realize IB is not good when you trade a medium-high amount of shares. The commision for 3000 shares at $30 is $180 (90000*.005, but .002% max limit) whereas at powerEtrade it'd be $10. Is that right $180 commisions for just 3000 shares...

Anyone have sample code for an automated system? Or technical design details? I checked some open source but it seems many of those projects have died and didn't get very far or aren't what I'm looking for. I'd like to develop my own preferably in java but if I could get some help with java...

So what if you have a highly fragmented disk partition c:drive. You create an image of that partition. Do a quick re-format. Then restore the image. Would you now have a defragmented partition? Not sure exactly how Acronis works. That might even be a faster and better way to defragment your...

Get a VTBOOK laptop video card if you want to run 3 or 4 monitors on your laptop. Works great for me.

I now have 4 monitors on my laptop! I used a pcmcia card called VTBOOK. With that I have 2 19" monitors hooked up, then I have my 1600x1080 laptop screen, plus another 19" monitor on the laptop monitor port. How's that for leveraging a laptop for daytrading?

I have a Radeon X600 that can do 2 monitors. But I want 2 more monitors and also a dual TV Tuner card. Anyone else in my situation and have recommendations on what to get? So if I can either add a combo 2-monitor/dual-tv tuner card or both a video card and a tv tuner card to my current...

For trading and most regular use.