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For the last four years, I've been a QFeed/QCharts customer. Yeah, through the thick and the thin. I use the QLink, Dynastore, Dynaloader, and QCollector programs to get the data feed and historical data, so I never had the problems that many users complained of. I just haven't been able to...

Hi Natalie, There are lots of horror stories about TS2K, but I have had none. It's not for being easy on the system because I've run some very lengthy calculations on *lots* of data. It seems to be more related to your hardware setup. I have a separate trading machine that runs only my...

Natalie, Check out dynastore for eSignal http://www.dynastoresoftware.com/ . I use Dynastore for QFeed (now discontinued) with TS2000i, and I absolutely love it. Also, it seems to me that I've seen some posts on the Omega List about TS4's not working with WinXP. It works fine on Win2K...

Ahhhh. So, total cost to the trader is 1.33 cents on the selling side for a firm that charges 1 cent per share...

This is the SEC fee, correct? That is 0.03 cents per share only on the selling part of your round turn (yeah, I'm a futures trader, so this is a bit new to me.)? So, basically, are you saying that some traders pay 1.03 cents to sell and 1.00 cents to buy each share? I'd be curious to know...

Some great automated code examples can be found in the files area of the TWS API group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TWSAPI You'll also find some very helpful users on the mail list if you join that forum.

def and Simon, Thanks for the information; that's really good to know. I've been with IB since Nov 1997, and I've always been thrilled by the open and forward thinking stance that they take towards the retail trader. I look forward to hearing more when that time comes.

Hi Simon, I've recently heard that it may not be possible to specify the exchange on orders submitted through something like Excel/ActiveX. Is this true? I am concerned as this would preclude submitting Opening Only Orders to the NYSE in an automated way. Thanks for any info!

Hi Dave, Am I doing my math wrong, or did you get an extra loser on your exits? :D It's interesting that you are varying the envelope width on the "out of favor" side. Were your winners mostly from the long side? Thanks to everyone for sharing these details! It's definitely appreciated!

Moderator, this thread should probably go in Software. You'll very likely need to learn Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in order to do this. Once you get the hang of it, it's really quite straightforward. Each DDE update is an event in Excel, which is why sheets with lots of DDE cells can...

Nice. I just looked at NetCaptor. It looks like it has some of those features which I really like in Opera. By using tabs, it seems that you stay with a SDI type of setup, and all those popups/unders are constrained to fit in the window, not all over your desktop. Thanks for the info...

I can't argue with that. You seem to be fairly discerning; which is your favorite? IE drives me crazy....

I'll be there. Also, another trader from Fort Collins will be also. We plan on driving from Fort Collins, CO (I-70 and hang a left on I-15 into Vegas)

Try out Opera as your browser. It has built in ad-stopping capabilities, plus it's incredibly fast. Other features like using mouse gestures (e.g. right click and swipe backwards to go back one page) are really hard to do without once you've had them. www.opera.com I've been a user for...

lescor, This is great information. Thanks for posting. If I'm reading this right (and doing math right), then it seems you are putting in about 55 orders per day, getting filled on 5 or 6, and making 2 to 3 cents per trade after an assumed 1 cents per share commission? That adds a nice...

Thanks, Don! Yes, that does help. So, I guess the specialist doesn't want the NX to be active, so he's only showing 100 on each side. Or he'll give a couple of hundred shares to NX by showing 300. Is that right? I went back and looked at the tape; I see what you mean! There was even a...

I've been following this strategy very closely and had a question I'd like to pose. (I'm a futures trader and somewhat unfamiliar with the practical aspects of trading listed.) I watched around 13 opens this morning, and saw fills on three of those. One was LLY, which opened delayed...with...

Don, If I am counting correctly based on your statements in another thread, this boot camp started just two or three weeks ago? If so, I find it impressive that they are trading that size already (these are fairly new traders, right?) If they are getting it even half right, that means...

...several posts deleted.... For the record, I am deleting any new posts that are making reference to the previous tangent on wars or history, or less-than-generous comments against races of people. This is a good thread with plenty of pertinent information. I'd like to keep this...

All posters to this thread: We are starting to wander way off topic. Please feel free to continue the war and history portions of the discussion in the appropriate alternative forum. ----------------- Moderator