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they might be equally important. take a screenshot of task manager while running your backtest... (like the one I attached) that way we can see the CPU utilization and memory usage for the process... If you need help getting a screen capture of task manager, just ask... -mnx

I'm pretty sure Gnome is wrong on this one. All backtesting software is known to be extremely processor intensive... A faster cpu will *likely* speed things up. I've got 3 machiens here, dual core @ 2.5GHz, 2.9GHz and a quad core oc'ed to 3.4GHz. If you want me to test something and time...

I know a guy who trades with WTS. His handle is FCCT... You could try sending him a PM... - mnx

welcome to ET. ;)

I wholeheartedly agree. First you need an idea that makes money, then you can code it. Fortunately for you coding it will be the easy part. - mnx

http://www.newsstrike.com/ will be much faster than cnbc, bloomberg etc. of course, it's FREE.

lol Except for Sterling who used to offer FIX but no longer does. Nothing like backwards progression... - mnx

IMHO that depends on which offices you are looking at. what city do you live in? the majority of complaints I hear about both firms are due to their trading software, however Sterling Trader Pro (title's software) beats prosperpro (swift's software) hands down. (Sterling is far more...

everything is more expensive here than in the US. companies price products here like the USD/CAD exchange rate is still over 1.20... it's slightly obnoxious... that is why so many new cars buyers make their purchase south of the border. - mnx

go with independent trader, or independent equities trader.... i like the ring of it myself. Not to mention that way people know you don't have clients or take investors money, and won't bother you by asking. - mnx

that depends almost entirely on your negotiating skills and how much volume you do. - mnx

What are we waiting for then... Adding a points system to this site is a brilliant idea and would greatly increase the quality of postings... - mnx

I agree with pretty much everything you said. It's cool to bash microsoft, and especially vista, so everyone does it. I remember when windows 95 came out, people said to avoid it like the plauge, eventually we all used it.... (or at least all windows users moved on to it). Similarily...

this is what I trade off of... arbs-r-us, that must be a co-located machine eh? (the 3ms latency kind of gives it away...) - mnx

what is the purpose of this thread?

i didn't have any problems with SP1...

i second tomshardware.com there you will get detailed comparisons with benchmark results charted etc.... not some know-it-alls opinion on what is best. - mnx

You just proved that you are definitely not a trader with that ignorant statement. (or at the very least not someone who trades more than once or twice per day) If something goes up too quickly it's usually an excellent candidate to short. vice versa for something that goes down too...

Hey CBuster, In my experience with the Sterling API I could send orders in 1/10 of the time using a real account over a demo account. I know this won't directly apply to Redi+ but it could definitely be the case... - mnx

silicon is the 14th element on the periodic table and is used to make semiconductors. silicone on the other hand is used in breast implants and is used to seal around windows... ;) - mnx