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no good....his mailbox is full....no PM's being accepted.

uh....searches in both this forum as well as google produce nothing on the subject. What is it ?

Exactly. The caption SAYS "buy, sell, or hold"....but then the rules indicate no "short selling". This is bogus. I think Ben Bernacke is sponsoring this contest to help keep the market from getting skittish with the next round of rate increases.

Yes, in fact, I believe it was not until Service Pack 1 of 8.1 that these new "features" became usable. Note: as with any new "feature", TEST THOROUGHLY BEFORE BETTING REAL MONEY.

Best idea yet: Live in Bucks county, but stay within reach of Trenton, NJ as you can commute via New Jersey transit to NYC fairly cheaply. When I visit NYC, I take the train from Hamilton, NJ...it's only about an hour away. If you have to trade at an office, best to go to NYC. rec: try...

This just arrived with Tradestation 8.1: intrabarOrderGeneration, IntraBarPersist WIth the former, orders can be triggered on any TICK within a bar. If you are not careful and do not qualify your buy/sell order properly, this can get crazy with hundreds of potential CAR orders going off...

yeah, yeah...with some volume, you can get that rate RETAIL at Brown Co (Now ETrade), and Tradestation Securities. Here's a thought: if the PDT rule were lifted, what would that do to prop shop rates ? (Hint: "we're going down, down, down.....")

B.S. If it wasn't compatible, it wouldn't run at all. Also, the lastest VC++ compiler has AMD optimization switches. If ESignal could afford to buy it, they could easily re-compile the source with AMD optimization on and offer a separate version for AMD and Intel platforms. But apparently...

Baloney. VN lost most of his money when he shorted several thousand SPX put options contracts that were in the money. Talk about stupid. Let's see, the S&P 500 dropped 50 pts that day....that's $5k per contract. Do the math. http://www.gladwell.com/2002/2002_04_29_a_blowingup.htm An exerpt...

The PDT Rule is old and no longer applicable to this low volatility environment. Plus, the $25k was simply pulled out of thin air and indexed to nothing. This is just another example of big government installing legislation and then not having the resources or the courage to DE-legislate poorly...

Warning, warning, warning.....due to the decline of the prop business past 5 years, Prop shop rates are actually HIGHER than retail !!! Couple this fact with a choppy or trendless market along with the pressure-to-trade and it is easy to see how many "blow-ups" I've witnessed in the past 2...

Isn't one problem with the YM the cost of the data feed ? I heard the CBOT is a huge rip-off when it comes to fees. Indeed, I saw an interview with the CBOT CEO on video and he a look that could pass for the "Godfather"....what a mafioso look he has.

I was screwed by QCharts...and Terra Lycos, those spanish bastards....no upgrades for over 24 months ! No custom indicators, not even a DLL interface. All of these "McDonalds" data providers are crap...don't rely on them if you are a pro trader.

Also, he's a jerk. I once emailed him about an idea to trade options using an automated strategy and I'll never forget his response: "How erudite". He's doing well because his old trick of shorting puts is working in this ever-so-agonizing ascent of a market. I wonder if he's learned his...

But, is that decline proportional to the huge decline in retail / online trading rates ?

exactly Dude...and you want to know WHY tech support at prop firms sucks ? It's because the BUSINESS SUCKS. Prop's are at 20-50% of previous 1999-2000 volumes. Prop's have had to raise rates significantly to counter the volume descent....but at the same time, the RETAIL brokers have...

Uh...Matt. Your organization isn't very responsive: I inquired about the licensing cost of your new Universal API via web form... 3 days and counting...no response.

Fees are high....I could go to the Mafia and borrow the trading capital for less.

Thanks...and you bring up another good point: is 3 cents / share a good, average, or poor profit figure ? At one cent, a trader is only marginally net profitable after all of these fees ! I know I heard someone on this forum mention 1-2 cents a while back. I take it this is for proven...

That code looks much like Visual Basic.....doesn't Genesis support C++ with the API ?