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Would stay away from Richard if I were you.

Just use vmware player for linux. Run windows virtual. vmware player is free also.

Index options or individual names ?

Yes, only futures. Should have mentioned that.

Not the right forum. And you are over thinking this anyway.

Commish is the same with Ninja Trader. You do have to pay for the software. Zen Fire is the best part of NinjaTrader , which you do not get at IB.

Get a mac...

'Ninja Trader uses your local PC time so it is correct to show a day ahead since your time is one day ahead. Close on the 7th is the 8th. Changing your PC time will only help going forward. I keep my machine on exchange time to avoid this type of problem.

:p

rickty, Well, I am not going to write the code for you. It will work. If you cannot write the code, maybe you should contact one of their consultants to see if they can help you.

Orders cancel at the end of each bar, just submit new orders on the bar that closes @ 2pm and it will work. Or ,if you use the strategy wizard, have a different set of conditions for before and after 2pm trades.

One pro is that you can watch Ninja Trader graphically, so it is easier to see if you messed up the coding of your system.

mercurial (hg) is also nice and they have a Tortoise client. Best thing about it is you do not need a dedicated server. www.selenic.com/mercurial/

I think you need to sit down and write a set of concrete rules before you give it to a programmer. For example, you state But in the image, the bar where you state a breakout high is created has a lower high than the first, second or third bars. So how is that a high breakout point ...

My bad. The support people will not try to debug code for people. They tend to avoid it, and I think the support people are more support than traders/developers. The will refer you to a consultant for that, which is probably a better place to ask about trading real time etc.

I agree with MandelbrotSet. I do want to say my previous comment came off a little harsh. I still stand behind what I said, but I hope you take my comments in a constructive light.

beauw, I read both your threads over on the other forum, and I think the NT support people are correct. I push NT pretty hard and is does not crash, slow sometimes to the point where I kill it. I run on tick charts also and push NT pretty and I haven't had a problem. You comment on "If...

Take a look to the upper right of the page. Next to the help, there is something called search. Click on that and you can find out what you need to know.

Praying is rarely a good trading strategy.

So how did that trade work out? Did you sell yet or are you still holding holding ?