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So? 70% of you believe in God! What is your point caller?

I mainly post on TW2 but then I'm London based. Tbh there seem to be far more 19 year old know-it-alls here than TW2 (or they are tolerated far more), here too many peeps appear to stick the knife in just to boost their ego. Just an observation.

I assume you're referring to the RtUpdate & RtGet functions. If so, use RtUpdate as this fires off the worksheet_change event. So, you now know the cell that has changed (using a check that the intersect of Target and MyCell is not nothing) you can iterate thru it's dependents.

Seems a pretty straightforward reply to me. Problem is not IB's end, it's down to the OP to sort out (what a surprise!). I'd call this thread closed.

er, that's what I said :confused: I think you mean that on average you should see a straight line. I'm not disputing your assertion about Fib analysis, I'm pointing out a flaw in your argument ie that of applying normal distribution theory (coin tossing) to a non-normal environment...

By using your coin-toss example as a critique of Fibonaci, you are assuming that markets are normally distributed. They are not (although, to paraphrase Orwell, some markets are more normal than others).

Apologies, didn't make myself clear, the pricing models (add-ins, API's, dll's whatever) are, for sure, written in-house in c++ by a bunch of guys with more more academic qualifications between them than a small European country. The framework that uses the models is, often as not, excel/vba based.

Spot on. My observation would be that, at the end of the day, IB's make the money in commoditised financial products (high volume, low margin, stuff, spot fx, govvie bonds etc). Systems are big, written in a "proper" language, straight throug processing for risk & settlements. Or, they...

Ever heard of Excel VBA? Sure, it's not big and it's not cleaver but it does the job. I work on a trading floor (250+ bond/swap/Cred Derivs), I'm looking around now . . . yup, most guys have a spreaddy open.

Known as a "Volatile Function" (cf google), Now() will will update (ie recalculate) every time any cell on the sheet changes. Should you have any other cells dependent on the Now() cell, they, in turn will be recalced etc etc.

Seconded. GS on the cv as your first firm will open a lot of door later on.

Hmmm The brand of humour that you used was one of sarcasm-by-analogy. This is fine when arguing with a professional or taking the piss out of an ideology, you see a lot of TV political comedians use this technique, often to great effect. However, when used against someone who is...

"Humor" . . . so you'd be American right? Ha ha ha ha ha!

Question: So what's the most widely used piece of software in finance (proper IB decision making, actually making money type stuff, not middle/back office or sole trader at home) Answer: Excel.

Muppet post by a cretin adding nothing constructive at all to this thread. At the end of the day, many views make a market. If the Norm's comfortable with this concept and is prepared to put his own cock on the block then good luck and all the best.

chameleontrader : I'm assuming you're talking about getting a trading role rather than an IT role?? Tbh you've realistically got a snowball's chance for trading as things currently stand. About your only game plan is . . 1) Are you doing IT in the City? If not, start. 2) Get into...

With a half finished Economics degree you've got no chance. IB's recruit from the global cohort of graddys these day with at least 75% of them having a second degree. B*****t on your cv and, if you're accepted, HR at a big IB will find out (it's part of their job) Imho, getting your foot...