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I had similar problems with Road Runner in 2006 and 2007: frequent disconnections, over 75% package loss in the ping test, tracert timed out before reaching the designated IP address, etc. After tons of phone calls and a lot of testing, Time Warner Cable ( NY ) found that I had signal...

You may find the following threads useful: http://elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1107774&highlight=spread#post1107774 http://elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=75976&highlight=spread

For options on futures, such as ES, ER2 options, IB charges $1.81 per contract, not $1.7. It was $1.65 before 2007.

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Hi Guys, Besides Interactive Brokers, are there other brokerage firms at US allowing their customers to trade Options, Futures and Options on Futures ? Thanks !! :p

After getting the approval from Interactive Brokers to upgrade my trading access from Regular T to Portfolio Margining in April, I sold 10 contracts of Russell 2000 Call about 10% out of money, the initial margin requirement reduced from approximately 80,000 to around 50,000. (There was...

According to CBOE, the index settlement value for DJX on September 21, 2007 is 139.07. http://www.cboe.com/data/Settlement.aspx

The multiplier for options on E-mini Russell 2000 Futures should be 100. Please double-check your results.

Visit the home page of Interactive Brokers: http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/main.php Then, select Trading ---> Product Listings ---> Future Options You'll see a list of exchanges. Choose the appropriate exchange, and then the product. For example: CME...

I cut and paste the following statements from the web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Technologies Renaissance Technologies is a hedge fund management company. Renaissance was started by Jim Simons in 1982. Its $6 billion Medallion Fund has averaged 37% annual returns, after...

Being an old man, I have a bad memory:D The inception time for Medallion Fund was March 1988. Should double-check by using Google, before opening my big mouth.:(

I get all the data from the following web sites: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/54/5GZ7.html http://www.turtletrader.com/trader-simons.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harris_Simons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Technologies...

IMHO: James Simons' multi-billion Medallion Fund has averaged 35.6% annual returns, after fees, since 1989. Excluding 44% performance fee, and 5% management fee, the average annual return will be much higher, probably close to 70%.

I ***THINK*** you cannot buy and sell the same products to pump up the volume. This is market manipulation. If the above rule is true, even market-makers cannot quote the bid-ask prices. Suppose I have bought 10 contracts of an ES option(average price 1.05), and the bid-ask price are 1.0...