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What are the prerequisites for getting access to it? They don't have much on their site. How far back does the historical data go? IB API is available to any account holder...

Their analytics is top of the line for retail traders, especially for options and equity traders, commissions are a bit high however, but you can negotiate a better deal. No charge for using platform and no data fees, which is pretty good. IB has API - ToS doesn't. I've been using both ToS and...

Hi all, I've been using Interactive Brokers API for all of my automated data download and trading, but unfortunately for options traders IB does not report separate (and accurate) Gamma,Vega, and Theta for options. It is very weird that they don't do that, since no serious options trader...

What you say about IB historical data is bullshit, using your word. There is time stamp on IB historical data, and you can get 1-min data for 1 year (by making multiple api requests) or even longer if you spend enough in commissions or have a large enough account.

The short answer - you need 64-bit Java for larger heap sizes, on windows on 32-bit JVM I believe the largest heap size I was able to set is 1280m. Here is the more detailed answer from Oracle site: (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/hotspotfaq-138619.html#gc_heap_32bit) The...

MachineGhost, 64-bit Windows is backward compatible and should fully support 32-bit applications, otherwise more that 50% of windows software wound't run on them. Make sure you download 32-bit Java JDK (or JRE), and put it in your PATH variable. If you don't have to have 64-bit Java -...

FindBugs is a stand alone project, has been developed an widely used for static code analysis an provides a lot of value when used correctly. It is highly tunable, but should not be used by novice or inexpirienced developers.

Comparing eclipse with emacs is like comparing a lexus with a steam - powered carriage( a pretty sophisticated one, i have to admit), of course its nice to admire antique things, but we are not in the 1970's anymore ;)) No flame...

IntelliJ IDEA is a level above both of those, if you have to go with IDE free of charge - I would suggest Eclipse - has much wider adoption, and they've been very good at copying all the nicer features from IntelliJ, although they are still a couple of years behind it..

not in the past ~ month, there is a recording from his interview from around april 18 on youtube, people post interviews of him and rogers there usually http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyqbkY7ttUo

that one is here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/9488885.stm

thanks for the notice, the interview is available as a recording: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/8745686.stm

I do the same thing. Use IB/TWS for trading and API access (automated trading and custom analysis tools), and ToS for charting and options analysis. One area where ToS is still unbeatable, in my opinion, is options analysis and data. If anyone else knows of a better tool for options analysis -...

This seem like an interesting "work-around" for wide spreads. Could you post an example trade, if it's not too much trouble?

Unfortunately there is no "It's Both" option, so i have to abstain.

It really depends on the approach that a market participant takes. A lot of newcomers approach trading as gambling, some approach it as science, and most people are somewhere in the middle.

Depends what you are looking for. TradeStation used to be pretty good, but it's outdated (by at least 10 years), and runs only on Windows. Also, their commissions and platform charges are pretty high, not a very good choice unless you account is at least $100K+, and preferably 250K+ The...

I had the same issue, just figured it out. Seems that this problem is affecting only users of 64-bit Windows machines. You need to make sure your TWS is running ona 32-bit version of Java, instead of the 64-bit that is often pre-installed on Windows 64-bit. Solution: 1. Download a...

Thank you, tortoise! I was hoping to find some free editor with no time restrictions, but will have to use MultiCharts for now if there is nothing else.

Does anyone know of a third party (hopefully free/open source) editor that can open EasyLanguage ELD files (not protected), exported from TradeStation? I only need to be able to look at the code, not compile/run... Thanks.