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    Mouse or hotKey prefered in trading

    It depends what you do. What are you going to do? And why is it an either/or choice? I trade futures on a ninjatrader dom and the mouse is fantastic. But for other types of plays hotkeys might be preferable.
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    IB TWS Issue

    Smooth, It almost always seems to be ISP issues. The problem is that some ISP's drop packets to control flow and this can cause problems. Others increase latency (delay) for a similar effect. Some just overload and have variable problems. One of the better investments a trader can...
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    New IB Features

    fxspeculator, Re hotkeys. Have you tried changing them to something that "cant" happen like left clicking on a field that you never have showing on TWS?
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    Should IB program a non-Java TWS?

    No, No, NO! Please, not NET. Even java is better than that.
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    Should IB program a non-Java TWS?

    So, there is a requirement for PC, Mac and Unix variants. These could be solved (as others do) by compiling platform specific (fast, efficient, clean) versions of TWS or by having a Windows specific for the majority of users a java version for everyone else.
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    IB driving me crazy!

    Simple Rule for Upgrades Don't install the newest version until other people have been using it for 2 weeks without serious complaint. I follow this rule for all software and have never had a problem with TWS or my frontend software. (The exception to this requirement is SierraChart...
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    Designing your subconscious state

    Dark Horse, A very well reasoned post. And I would agree with the underlying view that in many cases a quick fix will not be a fix. Would you entertain the view that in some/many/afew cases all that is required is a quick fix to get past a block and allow a natural evolution to good...
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    Poll: What step are you on right now?

    31-33 ... to me they are part of the same process. On longer term trading I passed this point long ago but its taken me 20 months of day trading to be in 33 and pretty sure I'm moving into the next stage. I doubt that the overconfident step will occur because of my prior learning --- but we...
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    Can anyone recommend a good economic calendar website for Europe and Japan?

    http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.derivatecheck.de/termine/default.asp
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