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saschabr: I was also anticipating that that filling was going to be the main problem for me. However I am planning to do this in stages. viz: 1) Analyse stocks to build my system and define entry/exit rules. 2) Look/research some brokers to analyse the fill level possibly using...

saschabr: Sounds from your msg that you are using the mytrack api. I dont want to sound nosy but would you mind if I ask you a few questions: a) What service plan do you use? b) Also maybe I am mistaken but mytrack seems to have a symbol limit. Does mytrack have such a limit? If so...

saschabr: I am not trading currently. I have not daytraded before. My intention is to daytrade in the near future but I am setting up my system and intend to do pure data analysis initially, build a system and then start trading. Regards, Splat

Try the following site for very cheap books too: http://www.booksamillion.com Regards, Splat

Beware of XP tho'. It creates savesets as you install sw which may hog unneccessary space - which is particularly important if you have a laptop. Trust me I have found out the hard way ;) However luckily you can turn this feature off. Regards, Splat

Hi Everyone! Is anyone actually using an SDK to analyse stock data from a real time datafeed? I would appreciate any help in a brief description of setup i.e. vendors of datafeed/SDK and any analysis software that you use. I am looking into doing some analysis using something like...

Hope you're not making it in the old fashioned way in the workshop ;) But seriously i asked the question since I am trying to get experienced from you experienced trading fellows! Regards, Splat

Hi, I saw one of your messages in another thread describing your Kirshenbaum indicator. Can I ask you where you saw it described ? i.e. in a book, paper etc? Regards, Splat jboydston Member Registered: Aug 2000 Posts: 43 02-02-02 04:19 PM I don't use a system to...

Hi Everyone, I was wondering; why dont people trade the liquid stocks? For example sun is currently one of the most liquid stock these days. Why arent people trading this? From what I understand people seem to go for volatile stocks. However if a stock is liquid then there is more...

Hi Vikana, What do you mean by : '.......test strategies based on market orders'? Regards, splat

Hi Everyone, Thanks a lot for the feedback. I am initially going to get a Direct Access account at IB initiallyas recommended by some of you. I am also thinking of maybe creating an esignal equities only (50 Symbols, AMEX, NYSE, NASDAQ LI + LII, LSE) datafeed costing $219 pm and also...

PS I ask these questions because some people suggested that IB is the broker to use when starting to daytrade.

Hi, I apologise if my questions are naiive. My understanding is that IB supports Level II. Am I correct? Is so then whats the difference between order book entry/execution between IB and other direct access brokers. Regards, Splat.

newbie, 2000 in 2.5 months? thats not even enough to survive on. I've read so many negative things about commercial trading systems. Personally I wouldnt use one. But I am thinking of maybe looking at developing my own.. See how it goes.... Regards, Splat

Hi, Does anyone here use or claim to use an 'automatic' trading system? In which case I would like to ask how good results you get? OR do people use the same old fasioned mechanical charting/technical analysis to day trade? Thanks for the info. Regards, Splat

vikana: Thanks for the info also. Saw some excerpts on the amazon site - seems interesting. BTW try the following to buy books very cheap: http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?id=2124493508626&author=Bouchaud,+Jean-Philippe I have consistently found books cheaper here. Regards...

C2C/dayetrader76: Thanks for really useful info - appreciate it. wwatson1: The UK market is not crap. But there doesnt seem to be any flexibility here to trade as in the US. For instance I have not come across any (I am sure there must be) DA brokerages - it seems that here in the UK as...

One more question if I may - I would like to get into good old fashioned stocks initially and maybe get into trading futures later. What do you reckon?

mccmatthew, Look at following books for strategy building - got them - they are good: The Ultimate Trading Guide- Hill,Pruitt,Hill The Encyclopaedia of Trading Strategies - Katz,McCormick Other books to look at to aid your strategy building: Encyclopaedia of chart patterns -...

Hi There, I have fell into SW development (C++/Windows in case you are interested!) almost by accident after doing my PhD in Physics and have been working now in this business for the last 7-8 yrs. Currently, I am working in a large company that specialises (amongst other things) in...