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  1. Ninja

    Listening to music while trading

    I almost forgot that I have this Yoga CD in my collection. Its about an hour long and contains nothing, but "OM" with a calming background music. I just listen to it while trading today. Amazing... http://www.kaliraytriyoga.com/trinityshop/mmcds/om.html :cool:
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    DDE, is it good enough?

    See page 2 and 3 from this thread: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20608&perpage=6&pagenumber=2 It can be fine for you though.
  3. Ninja

    covered call with IB

    Yes, you can just buy the shares and then sell the call. Shares and call are handled separately. You can even later sell the shares and have an uncovered call then. By the way, this seems to be the reason for their annoying covered call margin formula which punishes you when the stock price...
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    Selling Blood?

    Wow, I could manage four accounts with that and never struggle with the PDT rule again...
  5. Ninja

    Opposite of covered calls?

    :confused:
  6. Ninja

    your favorite Schwarzenegger movie

    Commando. Do you remember the scene in the beginning were he is walking with the tree on his shoulder? :)
  7. Ninja

    Politics & Science

    http://www.house.gov/reform/min/politicsandscience/
  8. Ninja

    Let's talk about our returns. Got any?

    Thanks. I thought he meant advancing = increasing. Now I understand that advancing just mean the direction of your favor, which in case of long a put would mean decreasing, right?
  9. Ninja

    Hit by IB (and SEC)

    Just open lets say ten positions on the same day. Now close them all later on the same day....
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    Let's talk about our returns. Got any?

    How about buying puts?
  11. Ninja

    German taxes

    http://www.languard-finanz.de/Info/Info_Steuern/Info_Steuern_Anlage/info_steuern_anlage.html http://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Anlage9122/BMF-Schreiben-vom-27.11.2001-IV-C-3-S-2256-265/01.pdf http://www.steuernetz.de/gesetze/estg/
  12. Ninja

    German taxes

    You are kidding too, right?
  13. Ninja

    German taxes

    You are kidding, right?
  14. Ninja

    International ISP for dial up

    So why aren't you just asking someone from Metooxx's group? :)
  15. Ninja

    Automated Forex Trading

    Yes, more information would be appreciated!
  16. Ninja

    International ISP for dial up

    Also I remember problems to use their mobile GSM access numbers.
  17. Ninja

    International ISP for dial up

    Dammed, I knew someone would question it. I already feel the adrenalin rush when I think about what I experienced with them :mad: Basically,... Their mail servers were often not accessible, sometimes for several days. Mail disappeared (I saw mails on the webmail inbox and when trying...
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    International ISP for dial up

    Whatever you choose, don't choose AT&T Global Network. I made the mistake twice in my life...
  19. Ninja

    programming question

    I read some good posts about the problems with DDE when it is used to broadcast realtime data between applications. There even was a Microsoft document somewhere on their website stating that. Can't find that now. What I just found is Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 189498. Interesting how...
  20. Ninja

    programming question

    Did you use DDE? When IB released the TWS API I started with TWS-->DDE-->Excel and got funny results. Even Microsoft says that you should not use DDE for such realtime-applications.
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