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trader_lon, DDE is not the same thing as RTD. IB does not offer a Excel RTD. Francis

The documentation is misleading. The Guardian software is only necessary if you run TTSIM. Fix-based clients don't need any other software and the connection is direct. Francis

The IB API does not support RTD. Francis

Yes and TradeStation 8.1 has another problem: it will not notify the clients when an order is canceled and/or replaced. This means your stops are never updated so it's better to stick with 8.0 if you're using 3rd party order routing software. Francis

Really? I just Googled "TradeBullet" and the first link is good. Anyway, www.tradebullet.com is the address. Francis

JayK, TradeBullet (I don't know about TradeBolt) has some features that improve on TS8: 1) The main feature of course is you can trade with other brokers 2) You can offset all limit orders to ensure fills 3) You can filter out duplicate orders 4) You can change the limit order price...

Do you mean you get quotes from DDE and orders from COM events and you are still missing events? Francis

Are they (Merrill) sending updates through DDE? I haven't used their API but their suggestion sounds reasonable: don't try to update the cells from events, keep the event handling code short, and never use DoEvents. Francis

Pick any two: a) Black boxes are cooler than gray boxes b) Black boxes cost more c) Gray boxes are old Black boxes d) Mix both and you get a non-correlated watchamacallit. Also called a white box and even more expensive.

I beleive their FIX Easyscreen API came online in December 04, so give them time. FRancis

As someone who earns a living coding trading automation software I can only agree with andrasnm. Forget about the slouch and smooch part, just read the rest of the post and he's right on target. Francis

Which platforms are you referring to? Most of those I know have an ActiveX interface, and none offer a .NET interface. Excel is a powerful and easy to use analysis application, and VBA is relatively easy to learn for non-programmers. A lot of traders rely on it to test ideas quickly, and a...

DDE is not a good choice. ActiveX may skip events but DDE will lose its connection altogether. There are also data limit constraints. Francis

If their license fee is reasonable, the incremental cost will simply be passed-on to the users. No need to go out of business. Does anyone know what they plan on charging per seat?