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JMiles: If you haven't tried the Low Level Format approach yet - Get all the data now on the "bad" drive. Move it. You will lose almost all installed programs as Windows makes it very difficult to move programs that are part of the Registry. Once you've moved everything - 1)...

Possibly they sell a small selection of high use "office supplies" such as salty sticks, coffee, etc., as it is easy for a company to buy that type of thing via an open purchase order and have delivery made via UPS. Jack

Not a flash, but a response to a news event. In the current episode of the the "Cliff Hanger" series the House could not get enough votes for Plan B. So they are recessing and will be returning after Christmas. I was sitting at my machine starting on my taxes when the other screen had a...

1245: DEF is probably asleep in Hong Kong. The following is from the options portion of IB's quarterly report on Order Flow: Payment for Order Flow – Options: IB receives order flow payments in varying amounts from U.S. option exchanges, specialists and/or market makers pursuant to the...

Def: I was under the impression that all Options Exchanges paid for order flow. As I said, I'm not really into options. The question was asked in this thread, the Options Thread, so that's why I answered as I did. I thought IB was forced to accept payment for option order flow. Was I...

I think they are referring to Direct Market Access versus IB's "Smart Routing". I'd suggest you go here:http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/?f=smartRouting&ib_entity=llc IB actually offers both types to its direct customers but appears to limit it to SMART when acting as a provider to...

CodeX: You understand it. Human reaction time with respect to a Go/NoGo stimulus in younger people (20's) is about 200 milliseconds if they are poised to respond (finger on the mouse and waiting to act). Depending where you are in relation to your broker or the data provider there is...

Codex: There are no retail data-feeds that do not lag to some degree. The exchange must send them to the data providers or brokers. The dat sellers or brokers in turn send them to us. Take a look at this thread: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=255236 Jack

Here is a very simple test. The ES futures market opens at 6 PM East Coast time. There will absolutely be trades at 6:00.00000001. See if there is any difference in the first trade between the two feeds. If your charting package can look at ticks and has a very high resolution time scale...

Well it's getting close to that time again. IB has created a new set of web pages about the forms they will provide. Here's a link to the schedule. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=tax&p=explain Also take a look at http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=tax&p=US2...

Jerry: "We prefer to roll our own" or "preferred to roll our own"? Jack

Be careful. Windows 8 and Windows RT are not the same. As I understand it you will not be able to migrate existing applications to Windows RT. Windows 8 is the PC operating system. RT is for tablets, etc. According to a newsletter I read "Although Microsoft has been extraordinarily coy...

Clue: Take a look at Jerry's (j_medved) post in this thread dated 9/26. Jack

You may or may not have to pay professional data fees. I'd check with whatever firm you plan to open your account with. See this link to the InteractiveBrokers definition: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/professionalDefinations.php?ib_entity=llc Note the basic...

Angelo: The MultiCharts help people will assist trial users. Try them. Jack

No. 12Mbps is way more than adequate for almost anything we retail traders do. You do not mention the type of machine you are running, and how many charts, DOM's etc. are open. CPU and memory may be a problem. Or opt789 may have the answer. You have your PM and email turned off so you cannot...

I don't use it. Looking at their web site material - It appears to be a data feed and charting package with bells and whistles geared to discretionary trading. It places orders to Interactive Brokers but you don't use IB data. Cost is $50 to $200 a month ( plus exchange fees) depending on...

It has been a while, but when I was considering getting MultiCharts I was able to get my trial period extended to 60 days (30 + an additional 30). You might give them a call or an email and see what they have to say. You might look at MultiCharts.Net rather than MultiCharts. Porting might...

Simplified - It is regulation, not risk. Technically, in a futures account, you put up a performance bond. There is no loan involved. In equities and options, you must have the ability to borrow (margin). You cannot borrow in an IRA account. Jack

I'm not sure that's correct. IB's feed is a sampled feed and I believe that the real account and paper trading account connect to different data farms to ensure no overloading of the real feed. So you may see a difference in the QT charts if you are looking at a very rapidly traded instrument...