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Yea, I recall similar gloom & doom from traditional brokers at the onset of self-directed online trading :-)

MS Access has an Excel import filter, however it may not be installed by default...you can add/remove programs and expand the options "Import Filters" you install for Access. Alternately, you can save from Excel into CSV (comma sep. variables), then import that into Access.

hmm, interesting thread! I have never placed a ceiling or imposed any $ limit on trading tools. But, I also won't use things that don't show me greater profit at the bottom-line. In general, my criteria and expectations are that each tool should generate its monthly cost in profit "each...

jason, One video adapter is always designated the "primary" adapter and cannot be disabled! So there's always one "plug" you can use to access your system. If your motherboard has onboard video, then that's the default...if you added other video hardware and are not using the...

Chewbaca, Are those you cumulative P&L for 79 consecutive trading days and do you hold overnight positions? Don't give up...remember if you had done the opposite on those trades it would be $5,000 positive, so IMO is just a matter of working your style and strategy. If you're motivated...

My quess is there's probably more than one answer necessary, and it's probably best to do some research "Google" and/or contact a group that specializes in "Trader Taxes". I had good luck with Green and Company - they offer a "how-to" package and will also prepare your return and/or provide...

my suggestion: Quotes-Plus http://www.quotes-plus.com

Can you tell me - if you put $5,000 into the account, what do they give you for buying power? If they give you $50k, $100k or more in BP then that would be enough to justify some type of "house" percentage or cut of the profit.

What about 'electro-shock therapy'? It worked for me! :-) Seriously though - physical activities can be good and (IMO) good brain exercise can be achieved by using your non-dominant hand. For example of you're right handed; - if you play an instrument try it with your left hand, - use...

IMO - Low level scrubbing and monitoring multiple real-time market data sources (with feed quality monitoring, steering and selection) is best done using an "intelligent peripheral" adapter (e.g. an embedded board with a bit of custom software/firmware that has multiple NIC interfaces). Not a...

I hope it is...we've tried a number of new things that "in the lab" have proven notably effective: a) sub-minute time series (1,5,10,15 & 30 second charts), b) two flavors of trend reversal detection (DSP and Wavelets), c) bias weighted ticks and shares for A/D analysis and trade frequency...

never a good idea to make the assumption that we 'always' make the right choice or decision...stops are no different than entering and exiting a trade, you have to know where and when to place them. -jmho

Eric, Very good information and thank you for sharing! I know what you mean about being able to have full-control at the lowest level, but with the right selectable and settable options there could be some performance and price improvement benefits (albeit minor), which could be gained by...

I'm keenly interested in all aspects of the Genesis API and would like to see further discussion of its operational characteristics and capabilities - with some focus on intelligent order routing, compound order features (execute and apply trailing stop automatically), complex orders with time-...

I used the RFC's, then implemented the protocols per the specificiation: [RFC 1057] RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification Version 2. Obsoletes: RFC 1050. [RFC 1790] An Agreement between the Internet Society and Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the Matter of ONC RPC and XDR Protocols...

I ported ONC RCP-XDR to VAX/VMS and OpenVMS...was not very difficult. You can find good information here: http://www.onc-rpc-xdr.com

Agreed, no need or purpose for MFC...but WSA Extensions to the Winsock API represent a performance advantage over BSD sockets (imo). My preference is a nice tight asynchronous (!=COM) API for Win32 Platforms, with a well-published wire-level packet specification with BSD socket sample/example...

That's a tricky problem...are you using VB6 or VB7? When you say the order server sees the 15 new orders, is it correct to assume the client (API) assigns the order ID's and invokes an event when the order is submitted, or does it submit the order and generate the event when it received a...

Interesting...seems trading technology is a hot commodity. Bear Stearns published a decent review and analysis (Aug 04) on the Financial Technology market and its players. Worth a read (imo) for anyone in that space. RushTrade was mentioned, which is probably why I found it at their...

IMO - is more than the API's ease of use, reliability, and speed (although each of these are important)...it's also features like; smart order routing, automatic trailing stops, fast change/modify order operations, and advanced price improvement "features" on both entry and exit. I'm still...