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It has been a real pleasure following this thread and see how the people argue about minor issues. Plus all the gobbledygook that "guru's" spew and to see how the people hang on to their words. It gives credence to the saying: "Trading is based on the premise that people will keep on making...

Have not done any serious coding for many, many years but I am sure that I can pick it up again. Thing is do I want to spend my time trading or being a geek? Leaves the tick issue and real time datafeed - if that is not in it then I do not even want to waste my time. I also seem to...

I see volume in the same light as the chicken and the egg. Sometimes price is leading, sometimes volume is leading. Have not looked at volume in years, my system works fine without it. Sherlock

My machine can take up to 2Gb but have not found it necessary to increase (yet). Still experimenting. Thanks for sharing your experiences, which version of VMware do you use? Sherlock

1) scripting ability: does this mean we cannot make our own indicators? (no need to create systems /strategy as I trade "visual" which I consider a form of discretionary trading) 2) does it support tick data? Thanks Sherlock

Memory is cheap these days and I find it runs fine with 768Mb on a 1.8Ghz Pentium M Sherlock

What about using IQfeed to download backfill under Windows (VMware?) and RT from IB? This is what I presently do under windows but am investigating that route for Linux. Sherlock

As far as I can see is that Amibroker does not support R/T tick bars which is mandatory for me. Have started to investigate VMware 5.0 on Linux after I noticed that MSN recently insisted on "validating" the OS and at the same time installed activation code (meaning they can also disable your...

Thanks j_medved, I downloaded the evaluation version and had a play with it. Early tests show indeed improved performance with Win2000 but Windows ME is giving grief: upgrading VMtools from 4.5.2 to 5.0 is unsuccesful. Time to retire the ME installation.....More work to do with the Win2000...

Is anyone using this release and can you comment on performance compared to version 4.x? Found 4.x not acceptable, mainly in Audio and Video performance (no hardware acceleration, sound was "broken up" etc.). Many thanks in advance Sherlock

Tradestation 2000i (an old version but still available outside the US). You can connect to other data suppliers. Automating the trading itself as a newbie is asking for trouble, you might as well tear up the notes and throw the pieces down the toilet. You will first have to learn to stand...

..... and trading is the oldest profession. :D :D :D you want what? well that will cost you one rabbit (or whatever what was the going rate in those days) ..... :cool: Sherlock

I like John F Kennedy's expression: "Don't ask what the country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country". The thing that I have noted is that there is no "team effort" any longer. This was also the downfall of the Roman empire (together with a liberal attitude. "But this time it...

Howard Hughes and the movie "The Aviator" is a good example of this. Sherlock :cool:

Kiwi Trader Thanks for making that available for downloading. :) I have also TweakUI from MSN for customizing the User Interface. It has a custom setting which does exactly the opposite thing: It prevents an application from stealing focus...

How true.... My neighbour lived in the Philippines for a number of years and he was fond of an expression he picked up there: "Show me your friends and I know who you are..." Having said this, I do not know enough about this case to have an opinion if he was guilty or not. However I do...

Less than 0.1% is my estimate. Sherlock

Great post and well said! Sherlock

Retail If you can make it on your own then there is no reason to do anything else. Love my freedom, travel a lot and trade for the hotels that I stay in. If you manage to get a residency permit in one of those conutries that is favourable for your tax then that is much better. Better to...

did you check www.ultimatebootcd.com Worked for me in the past. Sherlock