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    Market data connection lost

    It's probably your Internet connection. Use a VPS.
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    Backtest strategy w/o programming

    At best, you have an idea. Realistically you have no skills and no idea. Learn some skills. Verify your idea with real data. Proper data (survivorship-bias-free) will cost you money.
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    Can anyone confirm this genuine Interactive Brokers Email or Hack mail ?

    Do you/did you own the stock? if you did, you are a numpty. If you did not, them scam.
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    Exante ( exante.eu) is a scam

    oh god. so much lol.
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    Why SPY and IVV has different price and dividend yield?

    And different ex-dates and payment dates too.
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    Exante ( exante.eu) is a scam

    I get the impression that Exante is particularly bad at shilling.
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    Closing Price Adjustments

    Closing auction on the listed exchange is regular tape. Extreme cases are flash crashes with reports up to 8pm. According to CTA rules, closing auction is the primary source for closing price. We're talking stocks here. The futures rules are irrelevant apart from determining fair value and...
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    Closing Price Adjustments

    Typically any stock trade reported to the tape can be busted/corrected up to 8pm. But flash crash bust events can last longer.
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    Shortest Time Between Stock Splits ?

    Found a crazy one in my records: Globix (GBIX). 2:1 split on literally the last day of 1999 then again 2:1 split start of Feb 2000. Crazy volatility those days. Reminds me of... now.
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    Shortest Time Between Stock Splits ?

    Crazy stuff happened a few times in the tech boom with consecutive splits within limited time periods. Like a month or two. It happened to me at least twice from memory but need to find some old spreadsheets.
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    Is adjusting your stop for a free/ reduced loss worth it from a probability standpoint?

    There are no chances. There is only backtesting. Well, in-sample backtesting, OOS forward testing and live.
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    Reducing Gap Risk (Stocks)

    Go with liquid stocks. Use index membership. Avoid early stage biotechs. Avoid early stage biotechs. Avoid early stage biotechs. Backtest it.
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    Is adjusting your stop for a free/ reduced loss worth it from a probability standpoint?

    Backtest all of the above assumptions/questions for your answers.
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    Yahoo! Finance data feed delay

    INSW is a fairly illiquid stock. If you're looking for liquidity, the bottom end of the R2K is hopeless.
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    How does ITB determine the component weight?

    It's a float adjusted market cap, with further capping in the Select Speciality index series. The benchmark index it is following is Dow Jones U.S. Select Home Construction Index. The index is detailed here...
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    Exante ( exante.eu) is a scam

    Another first post. Wow.
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    How are the Midcap SP400 index and the russell 2000 index calculated?

    I have a few trading models around index constituents so I'm familiar with their methodologies: https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/documents/methodologies/methodology-sp-us-indices.pdf https://research.ftserussell.com/products/downloads/Russell-US-indexes.pdf The most widely reported versions...
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    Amp Futures Complaint

    Doesn't anyone simply call their broker these days? My bank won't gets me to verify various items (date of birth, address etc.) on the telephone AND login to my Banking App on my cell to verify me before they'll do anything. I'm not surprised they ignored your messages since you didn't contact...
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    Trade bust are automatic ? Why broker cancell my order without my request ?

    Each exchange is different. You probably triggered this: https://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=ClearlyErroneous
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