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Looks like what I had visioned is on its way ... so soon NYSE plan to offer free real time quote http://mostly.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/and-after-free-data/

I am not sure I know exactly what you meant by saying "program trading isn't about predicting or forecasting ..", based on what I heard it's definitely what the program trading is all about. In anther news clip I posted here, http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=79698...

By ZUBIN JELVEH July 9, 2006 IF movies like "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "The Matrix" are any indication, humans are not comfortable with the idea of artificial intelligence controlling their fate. So why ever trust a computer model to run your investments? Because, in the real world, it...

There have been two notable publications over the past year or so that were really worth looking at. Both capture the essence that massive change is upon us. Both suggest we are in the early days of the Electronic Revolution, a revolution that will change the financial markets industry beyond...

September 24, 2006 Posted by Dan Gallagher Up until recently I had no idea what Program Trading was all about, other than the fact that anyone who has worked in the area tends to be highly sought after due to the nature of the business. Program trading can mainly be found in sell side...

When I said: ---------------------------------------------- Fortunately, Bank of America has lead the way to offer free stock trading, then free quote data should be the next. mainwhile a new breed of trading software has started to emerge...

The real value of QT lies in its numerous data adapters for different quote sources. How have they achieved this remains a secret until this day. Despite what QT has claimed, most of brokers don't offer programming interface for quote data consuming. It's a shame that providing real/eod...

It has been a tough battle to convince IB to fully open their API instead of launching TWS first, log on, then use your own software that consume the API. If it is authentication security related, what they've build into the TWS standalone, they can build into the API binary files distributed...

As of today, most traders use Windows OS for their trading activity, from analysis to trading. However, while the popularity of Linux increased overtime, will Linux ever become a viable OS for traders or professional in equity industry? One guess is that traders would only care about...

From a pure programming language point of view, c++ is the one. The computing world is splitted between Java and .Net that is comprised of c# and vb. Campus of either world would not hire professionals from other campus. However, neither campus has ever intended to get rid of c++, they...

3 months is good enough to get you started with any proramming language you favored. If you know how to "learn while doing it", it won't take long before you become a guru of any of these languages. Who said 3 months to create an effective trading system, or any effective business system...