Recent content by Karl Blau

Wow - I did not realize that everyone looses the interest rates for the first 10.000 USD!!! This is makes my thoughts concerning 'getting interest rates by being invested' even more important. Thanks a lot for your comment. Regards, M.B.

For better calculations one would need historical stocks and options prices. Does anyone of you know a source where one can get historical options prices? Regards, K.B

I see. But this works only if I hold the stocks and options for at least that time that is necessary to get the dividends. How long does one have to hold stocks to get the dividends? I mean when do I have to buy stocks the latest and when can I sell the stocks the earliest? I just did some...

Hi, I have an Interactive-Brokers Account which I use for trading. In times that I have less than 10k USD in cash on my account IB doesn't pay interest. In our economy lessons at university we learned that one can buy certain baskets that represent exactly the current interest rate. On...

No idea if this is possible. I don't know C#.

Can you show me an example code how a chart is created by a c++ program using jfreechart? Just to see how implementation will look like. Thanks, Karl

Hi, I am programming a Trading Program. The programm will be written in C++ and platformindependent. I use QT4 for GUI. Is there a open source project that can screen charts, indicators and can easily be used by own programs? For the moment I am more interested in programming...

Thank you Curtis for your code. Now it works. Bye

@inflector: I think the file you posted is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! I have a problem opening a MetaStock Master File. I have a directory where a several FXX.DAT files and one file named "MASTER". I use the following code to open the Master Header: int Mode; // 1, 2 or...

Hi, I am planning to program a tool that manages my historical data. I have eod, intraday (min) and tick data. I was looking for the best file format for my project. It seems as if MetaStock is the best for me. But I can't find the definition of the MetaStock files. I was on www.equis.com...

Servus, did anyone try to get the TWS realtime data into Omega TradeStation? I think this would be a great thing! Bye