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Thanks for the info.

Wow, finally the level of competition is picking up. I made 6K in a week, but still fell from 6th to 7th. This week it looks like there are 5 new names, with four of them ranking 2 through 5th place. If anyone's interested, I've found some patterns from comparing the last three weeks of...

To get started on using Perl, go here: http://chuckcaplan.com/twsapi/index.php/PerlAPIs?PHPSESSID=d273329230e30f8508201d2683cca1e5. Unfortunately, I'd be unable to work with you since I know basically nothing about Perl. If you have any questions about Java, I'd be glad to help.

qll, What language are you going to use? I know that for Java, there's a sample program application IB provides and is a really good resource.

Ouch... I'm sorry to hear that you're experiencing bugs as well. Sometimes, my program does not execute trades for some reason. So I was at over 130K at yesterday's close, only to discover that my program didn't automatically sell at all this morning and I've fallen to 121K now. As for the...

There may be 100 participants, but I doubt that many people got their strategy off the ground. For me at least, I had a hard time figuring out how to communicate with TWS. I've got things to do during the day, so my program does everything automatically. Just curious how automatic your...

I'm a Comp Sci/Econ/Math major at Amherst College who would like to start my own investment fund someday. I just ran across an ad for the Olympiad fairly late, I'd say around November? I won't go into much detail, but I will say that my strategy is very simple. Based on high volume and...

Hello, I am in the competition and my current ranking is 6th. I came across this thread and thought it would be fun to make friends with the enemy. So if anyone has questions about myself or my strategy, I will try to reply with something misleading. :D Anyway, I was really surprised by the...