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I have this router and need suggestion on how to disable the feature. Any suggestions?

Lescor, just finished API programming my system, puttin it to the test on real account this week, to get going you have to have rudimentary knowlege of programming-branches, if then else..., some object oriented programming. Best usggestion is to get VB 6.0 pro edition (<$400)-go to a college...

I know that penson enforces PDT on options which is silly becasue even though you can fully pay for 1 call option, more than 3 trades a weeek will lock your account.

Don, how do you implement this strategy when the stock is moving hard - up or down,much like TYC a few months ago. (i.e. if you had bought on bid (or even below bid) the next 5 prints are 20 cents cheaper. Do you just avoid the "story stocks" for that day? Also if you get caught in an...

Stocks vs. Futures debate is much like choosing to learn to play the piano or guitar, Karate or Aikido. Choice based on personal psyche..but very cogent points raised by the proponents of either insturments are worth reading in old posts so start your search there.

Hi Tom. When you use IQ's API, do you program your system with Vb? I always thought IQ only has API for C++. In addition, when you say you get stock price data using DDE, does that mean porting the data from IQ to Excel then using your program (VB or C++) to get it from Excel? Is there a way to...

Hi all. If my order entry platform -Sterling , only has objects to submit orders and cancel them, and not have the ability to 'fetch' data and give it to my VB program, can I subscribe to a data vendor, get the data thru thier API ? Can anyone suggest a good vendor that has API? Can i create a...

Has anyone here programmed in VB with Sterling's API? I think you can submit orders from VB into Sterling BUT can VB get stock price data -bid/ask/open/size from Sterling? thanks

Shop harder, there are props out there that will get you in around 5K. 100%payout, decent commish no locks. If you have to deal with them, get an exit clause which gives you the right to leave if certain conditions persist that did'nt get cured within a certain time. Example-office environment-...

Directed to the programmers out there... I programmed VB 5 for 1.5 years, a lot fo SQL, DAO and simple Active X components like timers, Crystal reports, using MS Access as backend. I would like to program a trading system in VB 6 and connect to my platform thru the API of that software...

In this environment, no one should sign non-compete arrangements. The market is just in such a state of flux that to box yourself in a deal for 2 years could be seriously damaging to your financial health. When I mean market in flux I mean market conditions -volatility and volume AND the market...

I had that problem a while ago and after going crazy all day, I removed java components and reinstalled. Since you were able to log on to TWS before, did you install any programs right before you had the problem? That is the usual cause of lock ups. Good luck

Paul,when you put on these positions, do you find that your equity curve looks like a slow downtick or bleed punctuated by some BIG upswings due to homeruns on some of your positions due to long gamma OR can you thru scalping manage a positive slow upward curve consistently (i.e. make x number...

Best book about it authored by Charles Cottle-coulda,woulda,shoulda- He is an options principal at thinkorswim.com-an options brokerage firm. I don't have the patience to try it although I've done it in a former life as a floor trader with good success. Vols are pretty high lately so be careful...

Suggestion is to talk to the broker about opening an account, tell them your concerns about support, get the support tel number, and call them sporadically and randomly throughout the day to get an idea of how quick they respond.

Maybe I mispoke. I am not inferrring that short put at 45 strike and long covered call with stock @ $50 plus short 55 c are the identical. Options are nothing more than insurance policies with the strike prices acting as 'deductibles' . What I am refering to is that that the presence or...

Finally someone with a really entertaining anecdote that seems convincing specially with the etf story being developed in-house. Certainly better than the typical " my friend's roomate traded there and he said it sucks"narratives. Any rebuttals? counterpoints? I say put the doctor and Don in a...

I sometimes sell puts naked but it is a bitch when the UPS guy or gal rings the doorbell. .... Kidding aside, selling naked puts as opposed to covered writes in equities has a bigger theoretical edge due to the skew. You will find that given a call and put equidistant to the underlying, the...

There is always risk, the question is the varying degrees. GH is a clearing firm and FCM, seems to be very stable but that does'nt mean that a trader ala V. Neiderhoffer, or the guy from Barings from blowing them out. Check out Klein futres-they were a member firm much like GH and the exchange...

Universal futures offered by IB is swept daily I think .ex. you have 20K and 5 K is used for magin in futures, they would sweep the balance into SIPC sub-acct. Check fine print of IB. Sweeping your futures acct into your personal account is the best way to protect. open an account fund it...