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    Trader on BBC says Eurozone Market is Toast

    Whoa, they just ripped his personal life open in this article.. "Instead of operating from a plush office in Canary Wharf Mr Rastani works and lives with his partner Anita Eader in a £200,000 semi in Bexleyheath, south London. The house, complete with a mortgage from Royal Bank of Scotland...
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    Do most mainstrean brokers have a decent Android application ?

    VNC is by design an insecure protocol (no encryption). Yes, you can have passwords but I do not recommend relying on a password for perimeter security of your network and this is a big no, no for good security practices especially with unencrypted protocols. You can buy enterprise software with...
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    Do most mainstrean brokers have a decent Android application ?

    This is true about the Kindle with e-ink screen. I have one of those and it is great for reading outside in the sun. I think this Kindle Fire will have a reflective screen so glare will be an issue with it.
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    Do most mainstrean brokers have a decent Android application ?

    I don't know an app that supports Windows VPS, I've never used this. I use SSH with Ubuntu. You would either need to create your own VPN or use an SSH server with Windows and tunnel RDP.
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    Do most mainstrean brokers have a decent Android application ?

    The new Kindle is a fork of Android 2.2 but is more restricted than a regular Android tablet because it is designed to play media and surf the web. It is still unclear if many of the popular Android apps will even be available to run on it. I would stay away from it as a supplement to trading...
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    Do most mainstrean brokers have a decent Android application ?

    the best way is to setup a solution yourself and use a remote program to connect back to your desktop computer. There are plenty of secure ways to do this. One app that I really like for Android is Wyse PocketCloud. I don't recommend using unsecured VNC or RDP though but using SSH or a VPN to...
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    Trader on BBC says Eurozone Market is Toast

    Well, the answer to her question (FORBES: What's the tick size in the Dow?) was 1 point / $5.00 but instead he answered .25 and then clarified himself. Maybe he was confused but I can guarantee you that this guy talks more than he trades, if he trades at all.
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    Trader on BBC says Eurozone Market is Toast

    ok, that's definitely not the same guy but either way it is almost funnier if he was being sincere.
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    Trader on BBC says Eurozone Market is Toast

    Interesting follow-up interview from Forbes http://abcnews.go.com/Business/trader-prankster-alessio-rastanis-claims-bbc-stir/story?id=14616604 I smell b.s. from this guy.. probably a prank because he sounds very canned in this interview and didn't even know the correct tick size of the...
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    IB No Longer Displays Realized FX PnL

    Go to the Account window in TWS and make sure that the little arrow to the left of "FX Portfolio" is pointed down and not to the right. If it is pointed down (click it a couple of times to test) then TWS will display your FX positions in the Realized P/L column.
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    Trading Chairs

    I've used this one for a few years and it is good quality and comfortable. It is a good value for the money. http://www.thehumansolution.com/ergohumanmeshhi.html
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    Autotrading for ib

    Sierra Chart works great for automated trading and supports custom programming as well. I've used it for over 2 years so far with different automated strategies and it is very flexible and reliable once you learn how to use it. No complaints other than sometimes the pre-releases and occasionally...
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    SeirraCharts Off Line ?

    It calls home a lot more often than once a month. At least several times a day I see it open a port 80 connection to sierrachart.com. I think it just does this to enforce the number of computers it can run on simultaneously.
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    Orange Juice!!

    "More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite" by Sebastian Mallaby. Here is the link on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/More-Money-Than-God-Making/dp/1594202559
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    Orange Juice!!

    Retail stores will not buy from a guy storing his own oj. You would have to sell it back to a wholesale warehouse first and expect that it would eat up much of your expected profits if you were successful at all in selling it back. I guess the worst case is you have a lot of oj to drink. I...
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    After 15 years, I finally get it right...

    TWS Trader Dashboard does use the term "Pnl" in the default account data attributes: "Realized Pnl in base currency" "Unrealized Pnl in base currency" Not making a statement on whether or not this means OP is legit, I could care less, but IB does use the term Pnl in TWS is all (at...
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    Spanish89- Opportunist Trades (2nd journal)

    maybe they found out he doesn't pay his credit cards, how'd that tactic work out for you spanish?
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    Annoying Commercials

    this one selling a samsung phone (i think, since it gets shut off instantly when I see it). even more annoying because the commercials are twice as loud as the program you were watching... <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AKLyHTcZqOs" frameborder="0"...
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    Kenny Powers M.F. CEO

    I agree. Season 2 was a disappointment compared to Season 1 but did have some funny moments. I think it is hard to top Season 1 though as it was so original and hilarious.
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    Kenny Powers M.F. CEO

    For all the Eastbound and Down fans out there <iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sjc5LFThDTQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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