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Hi, Here we go again. The Ehlers thingie is here again. A couple of months ago we had a lengthy discussion on the merits of the "Ehlers" products. Not a single traceable reference seems to be found in the mass of his "rocket science" publications on credible backtesting of these theories...

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Ctrader, You should go to the "TWS Software for UNIX Users" page at the IB website. They have everything for Linux/Unix. Works even better than windows. nononsense

Hi just21, Did you have any success in getting TWSSAPI.DLL to work? On my system I don't seem to be able to get it registered. Something seems to be wrong with this dll. Thank you for helping.

Daxman, Thanks for your info on charges. The news on the upcoming "lite" version sounds interesting. Do you have information on the cost, if any, of setting up a demo only system for test purposes? Does TT have a server installation fee for such a test system? nononsense

Hi, I understand you can get the x-trader API software without charge upon registering. Is it correct you have to pay a server setup charge of about $1500 in order to get online to the test your system. Am I wrong on this? I had a rather good impression looking at their software manual. If I...

You only confirm your ignorance in these matters ArchAngel!

Breakout, You are changing the traditional meaning of the term API. The programs you refer to are applications, not API's as the term is known in software development. As an example, go to the IB web site and you will find what is meant by an API. Not adhereing to standard terminology is a...

They got there before the VB/VC++/.NET users! That's a simple historical fact. As to the present API situation, you may take a look at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TWSAPI/message/2505 and related posts. nononsense

Hi, According to IB's web site, simulated marketorders would be placed at 0.3% better than the best bid or offer. For small orders, say 5 or less contracts ES or NQ, the sizes of the bid and ask are usually much higher. One might expect the execution price for small orders to be at either...

It is obvious from the posts in this thread that there is quite a bit of divergence of opinion on all this. Some recommend still using VB6 because it seems to be more handy (simply count the number of CD's in VB6 versus VB.NET). I think that the VB hassle M$ put its customers through going...

Runningbear, If you are beginning to learn VB, it will not make much of a difference. Start with what you can get the easiest. Of course, if you plan to build up applications over time, choose the latest version. In my case, I had to deal with very major applications written in VB6...

Indeed, this is exactly what I was saying. I can read a lot about the "purposes" of certain languages, backed up by years of very convincing practice. About some other languages not very much can be found as to what you call "purpose", at least not comparable with the authors I mentioned. I...

I was a bit unclear on this, as C# had been presented in this thread as indebted to Java. I should have referred specifically to Java in the context of pointers. nononsense

I should have mentioned Delphi when I talked about Pascal. Delphi (and Kylix) can be considered as further developments of Pascal. Bungrider is certainly right to mention these. Talking about VB, it is important to realize that VB6 and VB.NET are essentially incompatible. For people with a...

Don't touch any C# or VB.Net! C++ (C), or maybe Pascal have almost 30 years of a stable life. All major operating systems have been written since in C or C++. M$ with its "Visual" thingie pulled the rug from under its faithful after less than 10 years. Can you believe in VB.NET or C#...

Harrytrader, As consolation listen to the wise words of Confucius: "Learning without thinking is labor lost; Thinking without learning is perilous." nononsense

The subject of intuition is a very difficult one to discuss. "Intuitive Trading" is of the same nature as "Intuitive Mathematics" - I hasten to add that Trading is not Mathematics. For more than 100 years now, the literature has documented accurate observations of astounding mental...

nitro, http://www.netgear.com/products/details/WGR614.asp?view= http://www.netgear.com/products/details/WGT624.asp?view= These ere are the two models that I had been looking at. They seem to have rather good firewalls. I would appreciate any comments. Thanks. nononsense

HarryTrader, OK. I am not against discussing this kind of topic. I simply wanted to make sure that we were NOT talking about electromagnetic theory in its scientific context. Be good, nononsense