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    Life span of a Desktop PC

    I always thought capacitor life was the limiting factor on PC life (but recap boards possible, I understood 3 year life for fluid capacitors and 7 years for polymer/Aluminium? That said I have 20 year old electrical stuff still working
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    Yahoo streaming data via API has stopped - anyone know why?.

    Yahoo streaming data via API stopped on 24/11 - US data had one day of working again on 12/1 suggesting API was not changed. Using Hyperserver - historical data still downloads but does not update streaming - anyone having similar experiences with HS or other ways of downloading data? Anyone...
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    TWS and WinXP

    version 7 update 51
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    TWS and WinXP

    running standalone 952 on XP SP3
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    Best monitor configuration for a newbie?

    I have found one big screen as main focus area (30"") with auxiliaries above and to the side to be better than 2 large monitors side by side as main focus area - even 2 x20" was too wide.
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    Goldman Gets Serious About High-Speed Trading

    I posted this in another thread but it is relevent here also: Am I missing something or am I the only one who sees this: Isn't all this HFT Proprietary trading (as opposed to execution) that accounts for such a percentage of the market volume dependent on gearing up (and thus low interest rate...
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    Will Rising Interest Rates Murder The Stock Market?

    Separate from any traditional/fundamental arguments: Am I missing something or am I the only one who sees this: Isn't all this HFT Proprietary trading (as opposed to execution) that accounts for such a percentage of the market volume dependent on gearing up (and thus low interest rate sand...
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    Ecc ram and Xeon vs i7?

    I looked at this but more cfrom a RAM capacity angle as my application not speed or CPU intensive but some of what I discovered applies here Do you want speed or capacity? - either RAM or data crunching capability? An oversimplification Core i7 is more clock speed Xeons are more data crunching...
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    UK trader arrested for May 2010 U.S. Stock market flash crash

    Took them this long to find a non US person they could hold responsible for the ills of the US markets. They did the same going after some trader in Amsterdam and blaming him for the manipulation of oil futures. Same with insider dealing, if the order came from a foreign national, boy do they...
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    Brazil stocks

    Seems I was wrong - at least in theory as now can offer omnibus accounts - but it seems few if any brokers actually do. http://www.bmfbovespa.com.br/pt-br/a-bmfbovespa/download/Lamina-Trading-Equities.pdf...
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    Brazil stocks

    Correct me if I'm wrong but trading on Brazil market directly requires you to open an account directly with Brazilian broker. See: https://the-international-investor.com/international-stockbroker-list/other-international-stock-brokers
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    Single Screen Multimonitor

    Any way to split screen and have desktop from one PC in one half and from another in another - ie. running two different PC's desktops on one monitor with screen split. I assume two physical inputs would be needed e.g. 1x and 1xDVI VGA - probably would also require monitor firmware that allowed...
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    What's a great backup and restore utility for home use?

    Can someone please explain what a drive 'image' is - I gather it's not a full copy of the drive - so what is it?
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    Trading CME products from Asia

    Sounds like you are in Thailand. If so only solution is move to better internet country.
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    datafeed for 10 000 or more snapshots or realtime subscription

    IDC plusfeed might also be one to investigate. Institutional pricing and likely API capabilities. You could try 4x 2500 symbol eSignal subscriptions.........................
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    Choice of Broker, Datafeed and Software when applying strategy on many stocks

    For RT Metastock Xenith (actually a hobbled Reuters Eikon) has a 1200 symbol limit for USD150/month if you are Non Pro and links to Excel. eSignal has max 2500 symbol limit and RTD excel link - I have run that number in 32 bit excel no problem. BBG symbol limit maxes out at 500 and is very...
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    Japanese Stocks Historical Data?

    Metastock/reuters Datalink as suggested by Just 21 is probably your best bet. Should be able to somehow download from Metastock Xenith (free trial available) - this is basically a hobbled (but not much) version of Reuters Eikon for USD150 month if you are non pro...
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    Pink Sheets Broker or Trading

    Info http://www.equityfeed.com/ Trading - some say best if clear through Penson - but old info. Good luck with these POS dilution stocks and market makers that don't fill you.
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    Discussion about switching from square to widescreen monitors...

    WinstonTJ consider the have one big widescreen and the others either side and above so you can look at all info - this is how and why I am set up. 1x 30" and 6x 20" 1 either side, 4 vertical along the top.
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    European Stock Screener

    https://screener.co/ Limited to 50 outputs and maybe limited screen criteria useable on a screen Metastock Xenith, the retail version of Reuters Eikon for USD150/month has a limited/hobbled number of screening criteria but broad geographical spread - does not include insider ownership/float in...
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