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    IB data

    is it possible to download data from IB and shoot it into a text file?
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    Average Slippage of stocks

    that would be per side
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    Average Slippage of stocks

    I posted this awhile ago and was just wondering on the accuracy of the statement: " The answer depends on the share size of your market order. For small share sizes (100-500 shares) your average slippage will be small. For example, I trade Nasdaq and NYSE stocks with average daily volumes...
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    getting a quality fill

    Hi, what are the increments of number of shares to trade. Like is 25 good? 50? 100? 105? any number that ends in a 0?
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    The need for speed

    masters or PHD, no. Marketing major...I read a book on delphi. It wasn' that difficult although it was a lot of coding, and I don't consider myself that smart.
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    The need for speed

    wellI definitely appreciate the help. Thanks
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    The need for speed

    and I have a dual core processor... and am I SOL?
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    The need for speed

    i'm running my program right now and it's between 50 and 60 percent. So see what you mean getting more ram probably won't increase speed
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    The need for speed

    I use to evaluate my strategies through tradestation, however now I've basically re written tradestation in Delphi and now to all my development through them, which is a TON faster. I currently use a computer with 2 GB of RAM on XP. I was wondering if I upgrade to Vista and have the max... 8...
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    How is this possible

    i should have written this better... if a one person team who really ain't that bright is able to havo an edge, then why isn't every single mutual fund able to beat the market?
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    How is this possible

    i started w/ stocks due to the fact that it's a better market to learn on because it's not leveraged. also, i use no stops i find they do not add anything to the underlying strategy. Also, I believe that money management, although a very important part in system design, has no effect on the...
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    How is this possible

    After a TON of work, and the help of someone on here, I really have been able to successful produce 100% mechical trading systems, and the results have been quite good. However what I always wonder is how is it possible? How is it that the mutual funds and other large institutaions with TONS...
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    Where can you buy market data

    sorry about that I should have mentioned that, Stock data 20 years back
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    Where can you buy market data

    Opinions on the best place to purchase market data? Thanks
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    cheap places to buy stock market data

    bump
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    cheap places to buy stock market data

    suggestions?
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    Could I get this automated

    I have a strategy testing tool built in Delphi. Just wondering if the 3rd party brokers would be able to take this code and route it to IB or another broker of choice THanks
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    This annoying "pop" on my computer

    no, I turned the volume off and I don't hear anything. Ya know how you can press ctrl+alt+delete and it'll show you a list of programs that are running. Well is there something that you can do to see a list of sounds?
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    This annoying "pop" on my computer

    xp
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    This annoying "pop" on my computer

    I'm sorry to ask this in a public forum, however since you guys seem to be computer guys I have to ask this before I come insane. There is this annoying pop sound that my computer is making every 15 seconds. I know I can just turn the volume off to get rid of this, but I would like to know...
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