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Use C# if at all possible. We have a consultant at my company from Microsoft and he says all Microsoft's non-core .net classes are written in C# (the core ones are C++) and their focus going forward will be C#. In terms of speed as stated before it all runs in the CLR and all compiles to the...

You are correct it will be allocated based on the method specified but be careful. You can specify a ratio, percentage or share amounts, it may not work the same for all types (if you use shares for example -- which I've never used -- it may go by your exact allocation and if it runs out of...

I'm using two different systems I developed myself. One is a dip buying system that I did completely from scratch the other is a trend following system based on something I found on the wealthlab website. The trend following system is customized for both the Russell 2000 and S&P 400 midcap...

Try this one: http://www.wealth-lab.com/cgi-bin/WealthLab.DLL/editsystem?id=21476 This is a very broad question -- try narrowing it further. SSB

Consider buying the book Options as a Strategic Investment by Larry McMillan and reading it cover to cover. It's $47.25 at Amazon although you can get it cheaper from the used/new section there...

Just remember that most people who buy options lose money. Not all, but most... Options can make you a lot but you have to remember not to overpay. I've learned the hard way you can be right about the underlying stock's directional move AND right that it will happen very soon and yet still...

Consider looking into automated trading using wealthlab, tradestation or something similar (amibroker, tradersstudio, etc). I've been trading since 1999 but never made significant profits until I started automated trading this year in April. Since then I've made more in profits than I've made...

I've been using a friends and family account for about a year, I've never had a problem doing anything -- as near as I can tell F&F accounts now have all the capabilities of an individual account, except the ability to use their webtrader interface (trade via web pages vs. their Java TWS...

You should read IB's user manual for more details (or use the demo of their trading application TWS) but you can specify a good after time, a good until time, and all sorts of other weird things. For example on Friday I placed a conditional order so that if my automated futures trading...

I'm not sure why IB told you that -- you certainly can do it, although to be honest I've never actually done it. I've traded futures in an IRA though. See: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/tradingPermissions.php Even before the new "margin" IRAs you could do this -- look...

QCharts is $95 a month (+ RT fees) they have a one month free trial. Their data can be spotty depending on which server you hit....there are tools to switch servers though check the Yahoo QCharts group. SSB

Look into the volume first. Most futures options are too illiquid to trade, at least they were last time I looked.... SSB

That's ridiculous. So if you sell IBM, then buy DELL the same day and the next morning a nuclear bomb goes off in Washington you can't exit your position? Either do it the right way or not at all, don't give us this half @ssed "stuff" :mad: Then again, thanks IB for giving us the ability...

If you want to trade a lot of stocks you don't lose your money for three days of phantom settlement. When you're trading electronically why do they even need time to settle anyway? For me this has been the impetus to go back to trading stocks/ETFs in my IRAs instead of just using futures...

I'm partial to wealthlab, but they're owned by fidelity so you're locked into trading with them. However you can still do a lot of stuff on their web site for free, and they have a lot of decent systems available posted on their site and ready to be run. SSB

why not just call and ask if they would mind you using their logo on a t-shirt? I doubt they would, unless it had stuff like "I survived the TWS crash of '05" :p Assuming they don't mind there are plenty of places that will make a t-shirt for you with a logo. SSB