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Many people saw Bjorn double-bogey the 16th hole after needing three shots to get out of the sand trap. Pressure? Yes. Tough luck? Probably. However, it's interesting to remember that Bjorn also had sand trap trouble on the first round, Thursday. On that hole, his first attempt did not...

I assume that you are removing liquidity from ISLD on the bulk of your QQQ's orders, correct (i.e. sending an order for immediate execution, marketable order, versus placing a limit order for the market to eventually hit)? Assuming this is correct, then your broker-dealer COST for 10,000 shares...

Threei, Is this the right link to your book at Amazon? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0071414908/qid%3D1058491922/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-5691628-1539247 Thanks, -Eric

I'm running a G200 quad card on a Win2000 system, using 1600x1200 resolution on all four monitors with no problems. Best of luck, -Eric

ISLD actually had intermittant problems throughout the day, yesterday. This is very unusual for them, though. I ended up suspending any ISLD trading and moving my order placement to ARCA instead. Before I suspended using ISLD, however, I had multiple 'stuck' orders on three different...

I think the answer is liability. Unfortunately, we live in a ridiculously litigation filled society. The typical client for E*Trade, Ameritrade and Schwab are the non-sophisticated small investor. As a whole, these clients are not suited for powerful trading automation tools. As a result, if...

I have had days with over 2500 trade executions, although I currently average about half of that. I have many systems that make a huge number of trades per day, while others only trade a few times per month. It's all about having systems with positive expectancy, coupled with diversification...

I agree with the other comments here, that if this system trades 20 times per hour, then it is impossible to adequately backtest this system with a program like TradeStation or WealthLab because you cannot adequately simulate order executions with that short timeframe. That said, as a hedge...

If I understand correctly, the data is coming into Excel from your data source that way, right? If so, I don't think it's a formatting issue, but it's an issue with the data itself. That being said, I think there is an easy fix. Simply create a second Excel column beside the first to 'fix'...

I have several Dells that are dual monitor capable. In fact, I don't think there is even an added cost for this upgrade. I have single monitors running on most and dual monitors running on one or two of them. You should have no problems with them at all. It takes a few minutes to figure...

Seems to me you would save a lot of time and money by simply automating your trading. Why find the 'perfect' person to simply act brain dead and follow all signals without second guessing them. This is what computers do. The person is unnecessary. If you do want to hire a person, hire...

Very good example, Brandon. Congrats on a nice (if somewhat undisciplined) trading day. -Eric

Some people would 'throw out' all data that is more than 3 standard deviations from the mean (i.e. average). Statistically, these are known as 'outliers' and may or may not be valid for analysis purposes. Beware, though, if your numbers are trade profits and losses, though occasional large...

Sorry to hear about the various problems. I have bought 5+ computers from Dell (mostly high-end, for trading) over the past few years and have never experienced a single problem with any of them. This is despite the fact that I have had problems with two other 'no-name' computers that I had...

Anyone catch that CNBC interview last night? Neil Cavuto asked Oracle CEO Ellison what impact, if any, it's having since his net worth has dropped from $23 billion to only $16 billion during the past year. Ellison replied "I'm eating out a lot less." He followed up with "I'm a man of...

I suppose you pay the sticker price at the new car dealer showroom as well, huh? -Eric

Most of the ECN's have their rates posted on their websites, I believe. The firm I use provides full 100% passthrough of both costs and rebates. I believe they are currently as follows: ISLD: 0.3 cps cost to remove liquidity 0.2 cps rebate to add liquidity ARCA: same as...

I've done a side-by-side comparison of the TradeStation ES/NQ bid/ask and bidsize/asksize against the data from another source (S&P Comstock). The data will, at times, lead or lag the other data source by a second or so... I have never seen time delays approaching 10-15 seconds. Good...

Yes, and a computer certainly couldn't be taught how to play an even more complex game, such as chess... Actually, I think computers can be taught to do anything that we can do, only faster and better. The question is how much effort we want to place in programming them for these...

Then why don't you give us an example of one of your busted trades so that we can sympathize, instead of mouthing off like a jerk??? The busted trades that I am familiar with are in the ES's and NQ's this year. For example, with the ES trading at 900.0, a trader makes a mistake and...