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Can anyone please provide a comparison of TradeLink vs MultiCharts? The TradeLink website, http://code.google.com/p/tradelink/wiki/TradeLinkComparison, compares TradeLink only against NT and TS. From http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7705, it is said that TradeLink...

are these comparable with MultiCharts and/or NinjaTrader?

My opinion, from what I saw of the offerings by IG Markets, is that they are illiquid and not fairly priced from our point of view. The spread highly favors the broker, and coupled with the limited payoff, it's not quite useful for hedging existing positions. You're probably better off buying a...

Probably a really stupid question but which broker do you use to view your FX option prices? I'm just wondering how you're able to see the option premium as being 0.3 pip as opposed to a specific dollar price (unless you converted it yourself) edit: never mind, I see you mean the 0.3 pip as...

It looks good. Love the market replay feature! It's definitely a good idea for users to try out your platform with delayed data before going for one of your subscription plans. I'm looking for a data provider and am definitely considering your platform. Question: do you allow download of...

Thanks for your answers. I also prayed to Google and tada http://www.optionscity.com/blog/sec-requires-proprietary-traders-pass-series-56-september-2011 Oh and congrats, OP, on the pass! All the best with your prop trading.

Well I'll be daft if I believe that taking one certification exam (or taking a MS for that matter) will make one a great trader. My question was whether there are any specific jobs out there that actually require a Series 56 license/cert. I know you need certain licenses in order to work at a...

I won't take an exam unless I need the certification to help me get a job. For eg I'm in a Master of Quantitative Finance program part-time because I'm aiming to get a quant job (though the knowledge will probably help in formulating my trading algos). I'm curious: are there any jobs out...

Never mind. There already is a thread on it - http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=229695

Off topic, but where can I buy good intraday data in flat-file (CSV) format? I'm talking about 1-min price data stretching back a couple of years. My broker doesn't provide 1-min data that far back.

The Oanda API specifications is freely available on their website. You can get your coders to modify your trading algo to execute trades via their API directly, without having to go through any third parties. The required coding should be trivial if your algo is already up and running; just...

any reason why you can't just subscribe to the Oanda API service directly instead of risking your IP for the sake of a slight discount? seeing that you're already hiring coders and such, i'm not sure why $600 a month for API access is a big deal.

I wonder if you may have misinterpreted my question. I asked about expenditures because as a full-time trader you've still got to eat, pay the rent, send your kids to school, etc, so I'm curious as to what sort of compensation structure you're adhering to. By buffer, do you mean you're living...

Thanks for the reply. Regarding income, I suppose your fund is doing quite well, and you make regular withdrawals for your monthly expenditures?

Question: do you have a full time job, or are you doing your discretionary trading full-time through US market hours? Just wondering, if you are employed, how you find time to do your research, trade, and also update this thread.

Aren't you able to retrieve commission details for a potential order by enabling the "what if" parameter?

What you want to do is lock down the GBPUSD exchange rate. So purchase a FX forward contract with strike price equal to the present GBPUSD rate, and expiry date equal to the timeframe in which you wish your GBP stock position to be hedged, and contract size equal to the GBP value of your stock...

I'm in the Rutgers MQF program. It's not a CMU or a Columbia in terms of brand name, but it's still a very good program in terms of learning the mathematics and techniques required to hopefully come up with a viable alpha generator for my own account. Which masters program were you from, if I...

This really caught my attention. I'm an aspiring quant in an MFE program, with a tech background. Good to know such figures are a possibility at the end of the road (albeit at the very top end).

pardon the ignorance, but what's CPO? CTA?