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Thansk for your reply. I looked into Terra Nova. They received top notch ratings in the Barrons survey. The only thing that sticks out is the monthly Realtick fee (several hundred a month, which gets rebated if you trade actively). As I'm looking for a backup broker which I may only...

Hi, I'm looking for a backup to Qcharts and am hoping you can suggest a good alternative. I've been using Qcharts the past few years due to their relative low cost, good charting capability, and the ability to link Excel to the Qcharts/Qfeed data stream. I'm looking for a backup during...

Hello, I am currently trading thru IB, due to their low commissions and quick executions. Like all electronic brokers, IB does have it's downtime on occasion. For those of you who trade through IB, who else do you use for a backup broker? The closest I've found to IB in terms of...

Thanks guys for your input on the custom PC shops.

Thanks all for your replies! Very educational and helpful indeed.

Hi All, I'm thinking about putting together the following system for trading purposes. In general, I'm looking for a 4 monitor system that is quiet, reliable, and offers top performance so that it won't become obsolete as quickly. Where possible, I've selected the top rated components...

Hi All, Can anyone recommend a system builder who can acquire the parts and build a custom PC as per my detailed specifications? Thanks. -- ITZ

I have found exiting TWS and re-entering TWS sometimes clears the unconfirmed flags. Def, a suggestion for you to consider: the status colors can be tough for color blind people to read. Is there a way that we can have some text in that field as well describing the status? That would be...

Great Idea!

I trade through IB, and yes, I am not happy with the connection problems they experienced today. However, I have learned to expect the unexpected, such as TWS outages, and have planned accordingly: + I have GTC open protective stops on all my orders. + I do not have any open limit...

Mishka, why don't you post it to the IB's discusson board? You might get a faster response from IB on this issue. -- ITZ

I like getting my daily statements by e-mail. It's very convenient. At the same time, I do not like how the e-mail message is unencrypted. I would prefer to receive encrypted e-mail messages via Digital IDs, such as those issued by Verisign (see...

Hi, Who are your primary and backup brokers, and why did you chose them? For me, my primary broker is IB for low commissions. The commissionm rates are outstanding, but I am concerned about their system reliability. My backup broker is Schwab for the convenience and reliability they...

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Does anyone know the current status of the IB export to Quicken functionality? Has IB fixed the problems they were having with exporting data to Quicken? -- ITZ

For those of you who use Qlink, and would like to have Lycos support this product, please let Lycos know your interest. Perhaps they've underestimated the user base for Qlink and will allocate resources to it if enough users get their attention. Here's their feedback form...

IB has an unusual behavior with odd-lot OCA orders on NYSE stocks. For example, say we have a 40 share short position in XYZ, with a OCA order consisting of a BUY 40 XYZ @ 55.00 STOP GTC and a BUY 40 XYZ @ 52.00 LIMIT GTC. These two orders bracketed yesterday's closing price of 54.00...

Hello, Can any recommend any software tools that will insert real time quotes into a user specified cell of an Excel spreadsheet? Quote.com has such a product called Qlink. Unfortunately, it is no long supported and the quotes that are retrieved by Qlink sometimes are cross-linked with...

Hi, How do you keep your trading log / diary? I've been trying to find a log/diary methodology that is easy to maintain, but haven't found a satisfactory solution yet. I've tried simply printing out charts and writing notes on it, but the downside of this is that you can get multiple...