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    Wealth Lab Pro: Good of bad?

    IBData doesn't work on WL Pro, only WL Developer... Already tried that. It also makes WL somewhat unstable on exceptions.
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    Automated pattern recognition

    Take a look at Recognia: "Using patent-pending pattern recognition algorithms and neural networking technology, Recognia then systematically analyzes the pricing data for these financial instruments overnight, producing charts for each security and automatically detecting current and...
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    Drawdown measurement

    Drawdown is measured by comparing the highest peak to the lowest trough on your equity curve.
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    IB historical data - how accurate for backtesting?

    I'm using Wealth Lab, which Fidelity claims to have the cleanest data but their commissions are too steep for automated trading. I have an account at IB as well, and demoed Wealth Lab Developer with an IB data adapter. Needless to say, both feeds are inconsistent (IB is actually more...
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    Unable to Short AAPL or BRCM from IB

    I think you're correct. I encountered the Reg SHO error in IB today on AQRU, which is listed as shortable on IB's site and came off the naked short list earlier in the week.
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    MasterCard (MC) IPO this Thursday

    MA valued at 14 times earnings, relative bargain compared to similar companies. Should be a successful IPO.
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    Any recommendations for stock trading API/broker?

    IB upped messages per sec to 100. I think it is possible to add a second login to a brokerage account, enabling one to distribute requests across multiple TWS instances (please correct me if I'm mistaken). OTOH, you are correct that the IB API is just a socket to the TWS app. I've also...
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    Trading Off the News

    Sounds very conceptual and speculative at this point. I'm not surprised that Google is entering the field given their success at quantifying qualitative information. It will be some time before these technologies are practical enough for retail traders...
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