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I use IB TWS, so I guess it must enter the "market" order as a limit order on Island with a really wide limit. As I said, I almost never use market orders, so I'm not really sure. I entered market on the order, but TWS may have done something to it to comply with ISLAND requirements. QQQ...

I just did an experiment with QQQ (the only thing I am currently trading that is on NYSE). I transmitted a sell order for 400 shares on NYSE, and a sell order for 600 shares on Island (to close a position).These were market orders which I almost never use. The Island order executed in two...

It seems to me that most of this "price improvement" comes from the fact that the specialist is showing bogus bid/ask. I know I have entered a bid or ask that was much better than what was being shown, and it was never displayed. When/if the specialist filled my order, it would have given the...

I am in a small town near Boise Idaho. I have both cable and dsl (just in case). While the cable looks better on paper, I actually have better luck with the dsl most of the time. The speed is constant, and it is generally quite reliable. I use one hook-up for my quotes and charts, and the...

Thanks for the responses Lawrence and zboy. One thing that seemed odd, the upgrade instructions that came from Gateway say that the upgrade from XP to ME can be reversed by uninstalling XP using the control panel - Add or Remove Programs. Does that mean that ME is still there? I guess maybe I...

I have a PIII 750 256k notebook running Windows ME:( I just received a windows XP upgrade. I am running XP on my desk top and it seems to be okay. I am going to upgrade the notebook, and I was wondering if any of you have any advice. I know I have read on another thread that it might be...

DATTrader, Thanks for the reply. This is the formula I want to use: IF(B1<1,0,??) the ?? would be the function I am looking for. In other words, if B1 is empty (there will be no numbers less than one), then the formula cell has a zero. If I enter a number in B1, the current time will be...

I appreciate the replies in this thread. I found that QQL will import into Excel, and I have made a worksheet that is working quite well. I have a problem I was hoping someone could help me with. I need a function that will enter the current time into a cell and then NOT update it (just like...

Joe, How do you like the cordless keyboard and mouse. I would like to use them, but I have heard varying reports as to their reliability. I have these visions of a glitch costing major $ because of an erroneous execution. Thanks in advance for your opinion.

I am looking for a streaming data feed (not too expensive) that can be ran in Excel and will allow me to make a worksheet to manipulate the data in real time. Do any of you do this? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any information.

I appreciate Rigel starting this thread. I realize that personal finances aren't a topic for polite conversation, but it sure is helpful for a beginner to be able to see some successful traders that have been making a good living for a number of years. I would be very grateful to any of you...

Mine says "connect to ads.elitetrader.com", but it's just as annoying. (I'm using windows XP)

Candletrader, Thanks for sharing your earning information with us. It is very encouraging for me to see that there is in fact at least one person who has been truly profitable trading for several years. You mentioned earlier that 100k wasn't really needed for most types of trading. Are you...

Thanks for the replies. I'll check out the web sites.

Can someone tell me the number of the publication used to elect "mark to the market" accounting. Also, can anyone elect this status, or do you have to be (or declare) yourself a professional trader? Thanks for the help.

I'll second the "full nyse routing" suggestion

This looks interesting, has anyone in the U.S. compared the qoute speed to Real Tick? I think I might try their free trial next week.

Don, I really appreciate your posts. My question is this: will you reverse your position and play the spread as it widens, or do you only play them in one direction?

qwiktrade, Archangle knows a lot more about this than I do, but I have a Netgear RT314 router that lets me connect to quicken quotes live with two computers. If I am not behind the router I can only connect with one computer. I don't know how it all works, but QQL apparently sees my network...

I had problems too. My quotes from QQL were fine. It's a real pain for the way I trade. Having to double-check quotes really slows me down.