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I saw this thread and thought I would offer another suggestion. Keep the day job until you are downsized. I trade K200 and Currencies in the evening. This has worked out very well for me. I have thought I was going to be downsized several times over the last few years and it never...

Anton, thank you for the benchmarks. Are you assuming the data in only going to RAM at those rates, or can you sustain those rates saving to a database? What is the best database to use with OpenQuant? Thanks again,

I am still working as an engineer but in California. I trade ES and Euro in the morning to catch the openings and then K200 and Euro in the evenings and usually get the Japan closing action. All very liquid and plenty of action. You don't need to quit the day job to see if you can make money...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8b14WkV2LE Jack Webb on the job....

Another list of online education that is inexpensive or free: http://lifehacker.com/software/education/technophilia-get-a-free-college-education-online-201979.php The Stanford iTunes lectures are great.... Do not confuse education with credentials! Higher ed has often been questioned...

You might want to try VNC remote desktop back to your desktop charting machine. I played around with it on my iphone and it was good, but the iphone screen was just too small. With the ipad it might be worth doing. I tested mocha but the best was RealVNC which has been around a long...

I am using Kindle app on iphone. It is always with me and I have 3 or 4 books ready whenever I have time. If something happens to the iphone I can always download again, or delete from the iphone and download again. No problem. Not great for books with a lot of pictures. On a trip I start...

IB has the 'edemo' account which is set up for testing. There is also a paper trading account which you can set up which does not execute real trades. If you are using edemo account, try your software again on a paper trading account. I have had problems with the edemo account and...

What bank or institution was the first to start buying or was it just a large quantity of resting orders at the bottom that held the decline???? How did the reversal take place and why was it successful when previous attempts to halt the selling did not? Thank you,

List of airlines and pilot salaries. http://www.aviationinterviews.com/pilot/airlinepayrates.html Not a growth industry. In the Frontline video report one pilot said he moved to Captain with less than 700 hours which is amazing. I was having dinner with a pilot friend and I said I...

I do not trade news, but have a screen that is displaying IRC news feeds from: OtherNet: #newsroom FinancialChat #Headlines Download Xchat, it is free. Turn off the join/leave, and other annoying messages and it is not bad. Good luck,

Does IB charge more because you are structured as a company instead of as an individual? Are there any additional trading costs once the company is set up? Thank you

What is the best financial calendar or source of news in English for kospi? Thank you,

How is IBGS indicator coded? Is there a TradeStation of MultiCharts plug-in for IBGS? Thank you,

Jack, In a recent post you suggested that the way volume is charted on the typical software application could be improved. How could you draw a better representation of volume? Have you seen any graphic representation of volume that you liked? Thank you for your postings.

Thank you, got it! I have not looked at the sub-tape descriptions very much and will take a closer look at it. Wishing you well. ramora

Jack or anyone... What is a BBT? What is a VE? Thank you

Is there any advantage to calculating YM/ES index in real time from the respective index components to identify market turns a little faster? Or, to only track a few index leaders? How fast does the exchange calculate real time YM and ES? I am sure someone here has been over this...

Probably, what time frame are you using and what markets? Thank you,

An excellent summary of the Google Chrome features. http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/ Core architecture looks much better than Firefox. Good luck!