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LOL. Fools and their money.

I don't really know what tools/tests to run. If you have suggestions for me, I'd be happy to try'em out. I'm using Barchart (for data) and IB/TWS/NT. I should just remember to netstat to see what addresses I'm connecting to...

Ya know... other than the "wow" factor, I really don't think I need it. I'm not using IB for my data-feed anyways... I have Barchart for that. I'm only using TWS for trading, and I'm not that sensitive to execution timing.

I use Softlayer with IB/NT. I didn't want a VPS, so have a dedicated server at $160/month. I know that's more than you budgeted... but I'm extremely satisfied with their service so far.

Hi, I'm just curious whether anyone uses Interactive Brokers' "extranet" or dedicated line services. Has anyone installed it, and is it worthwhile from a performance point of view? Will it fall back automatically to the public network if it fails? I"m looking for ANY feedback, really...

Yes, remote into the server and trade off the server. That's what I use right now, and the redundancy is (IMO) priceless. I know people trying to make it work at home... get two DSL lines... but all you need is a transformer fire at the wrong place, and you're toast. Or, for that matter...

You don't need a fast link "at home". Get a fast link by renting a virtual server somewhere. (ThePlanet, SoftLayer, etc.) You'll get the best networking equipment money can buy, redundancy up the wazoo, etc, etc.

I would suggest you look into a virtual hosting service in the US, so that your trading software runs locally. You'd just log in via Remote Desktop Connection, or something like Logmein. From a security point of view, from a reliability point of view... that's the only way to go.

I'm starting to get the feeling you're really pulling stuff out of your butt, and rather irresponsibly. You must file showing UBTI the year the income is generated, not the year you withdraw. UBTI is absolutely different from all other income/gains in your IRA, from a taxation point of...

I'd love to see a reference backing this up. Everything I've always heard, everything I've always read suggests otherwise. http://www.pgdc.com/pgdc/news-story/2000/04/18/income-securities-purchased-margin-ubti Income from Securities Purchased on Margin is UBTI In Henry E. & Nancy...

NinjaTrader + TDA. There are still some bugs in the combination, but none of them on the TDA side.

Hi, I'm using NT on a multi-day strategy. And just to make it more complicated, it's a multi-day multi-symbol strategy. I currently trade about 40 symbols for anywhere from 1 week up to a calendar month. And you're absolutely right. It's not very well supported, and it's a problem...

I believe E-Trade and TDA are both getting pretty close on that point. I'm not intimately familiar with E-Trade's tools.. just things I've heard through the grapevine. But TDA has a number of things going for it. It has great data (historical bars going back several years), and also...

God, no. Do not go down that path.

I have no experience with sub-accounts. But I am trading semi/fully-automated on IB with NT. I was trading semi/fully-automated on NT with TDA for 2 months, but then gave up because of lingering bugs that made full automation impossible. I've only been live with IB/NT for about 2 weeks...

I've repeatedly asked NT to either expose their broker API (so that we can write our own), or build a general (FIX-type) protocol module that we could build to. The answer so far has been a very firm "no".

I'm currently using Softlayer. I'm just not comfortable with the idea of VPS and hardware sharing for something this critical, so am using a dedicated server from them. They also have multiple server locations. I originally picked their Dallas site because it's basically next-door to TD...

I'm going to ping this thread, just because I'm also interested in the answer.

I personally assume that it's assuming max "acceptable" leverage. Meaning, you can over-lever for short-term returns, but you'll eventually blow yourself up. If you manage to not blow yourself up, then you're using acceptable leverage.

Ok, glad to hear the feedback. In my mind I always wondered since we're all working with smaller positions (and thus able to get in/out quickly)... whether the real studs amongst us should be able to actually *out-perform* the super-duper hedge funds, and therefore gross something in the...