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    FTSE Index data feed/Esignal alternative

    Check out MarketMap by SunGard.
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    CME changes margin req to INITIAL = MAINTENANCE !?!?!?

    Yes it will most likely go back to normal after all positions have been transfered.
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    CME changes margin req to INITIAL = MAINTENANCE !?!?!?

    CME is lowering initial margins to enable transfer of MF Global positions to other clearing firms without re-posting margins.
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    Interactive Brokers "Illliquidity Surcharge" on margin of deferred months

    I'm facing the same problem trading eurodollar spreads. The "illiquidity charge" means that my initial margin is currently nine times the maintenance margin. This must be the most retarded decision ever from IB.
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    Anyone trading from Singapore?

    It's about ten times what you paid in Costa Rica.
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    any recommendation for free real-time charting software that work with IB???

    I was referring to NinjaTrader's lack of Singapore dollar as a contract currency.
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    any recommendation for free real-time charting software that work with IB???

    The problem is that NinjaTrader builds all real time bars from tick data and doesn't backfill them with the correct backfill data from IB. I had to write a backfiller myself to correct this. Also: Why is there no support for Singapore dollar denominated contracts? Why is this so hard to add?
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    Worse Than Madoff: The Bankers' Silver Scam Is Unwinding

    You are right about the average occurance of the minerals in the earths crust. However, the rarity is here referring to the distribution of the minerals. You need a much higher concentration than the average in order to be able to mine the mineral. For gold a mining pit ususally have a...
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    Are you watching futures tick chart ?

    No the shortest is 5 secs.
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    Ib Api

    Create an OCA group for the entry orders. When one gets hit the other cancels (together with its bracket).
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    Went into a trading firm in NYC... What a bunch of losers

    The last time I saw an American with style was in 1986.
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    Noob questions about executing orders and high frequency traders

    You are presenting a price improvement of the ask price. There is nothing illegal about that and anyone is free to lift your offer if they wish to do so.
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    Linux

    Interactive Brokers gateway/TWS. API for C++ and Java so you need to code your strategies in one of those languages.
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    Latency problem from Europe to USA

    TWS keeps log files called log.Mon.txt, log.Tue.txt etc. in the IBJts directory. Open the latest one and look for gw1.ibllc.com (US), gw1.ibllc.ch (Switzerland) or gw1.ibllc.com.hk (Hong Kong). This tells you which server TWS is communicating with.
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