Recent content by Tom Frey

lol if one seriously considers fraudulent action he better be not that dumb and ask such stupid questions ,) of course they can log the ip and trace up to the dial-up knot. But if they actually store the logs you have to ask them. IMHO they do as a matter of security

well there are only two things to do: - don't use outlook - don't execute porn.exe ;)

not sure whether i get what you mean .. but if you want the probabilities just apply the path rule and multiply the single probabilities

VBA is a toy. If you wanna go for something serious get into vc++ or c#. Especially C# is really easy to learn once you get the basic idea about classes etc. Additionaly the CrystalReports support and direct accessing any kind of databases makes it really easy to start out with for beginners

just get a VGA->DVI adapter (10$) .. simple as that..

just wanted to mention that Rob is out until next week .. so you will have troubles calling him ;)

Hi, i just started out writing my application so I'm not yet too familiar with the API. I'm writing my application in C++ but the API should as well be accessible with VB as IQ provides a DLL with which the API is to be accessed. with a DDE interface you're as well available to skip the...

I haven't tried it with Sterling, but with Echotrader2 (Instaquote). I'm currently working on some software that accesses it's data and as well can post orders over the API. Data is requested over DDE

munich (germany) .. prop with echotrade =)

I've used sterling only in demo mode so i can't comment on execution speed. But charts, etc. are better on echotrader2 imo. But I think everyone has to try himself and use what fits for his trading style SAGE and ADP are options order routings. ISI has something to do with NYSE i think but i...

I like it pretty much as it's fast, order routing speed is excellent. It's basically a modified version of instaquote. They've added a few things which improve the manageability.

workin' here. Try downloading it and save as xxxx.pdf of course make sure that you have acrobat reader installed =)

why everyone always thinks he needs to have the top notch hardware for being able to trade. It all depends on what your style is like. You using tons of charts? then i'd go for more ram. I'm using 512mb, but 256 would be sufficient as well with winxp. Trading software generally doesn't waste...

@CalTrader thx for your interesting post. As my project is basically only intended for private use i don't care about any licensing issues. But you brought me onto some good ideas. I could additionally write a client tool which retrieves the position statements over dde from my trading...

i started programming it today.. so i'll keep you posted how it's going. Ideas are still veeery appreciated ;) regards tom