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what version of VStdio are you compiling your extension ?

What version of VS are you using ? also, platform 32/64 bit ?

There are multiple ways of addressing it. 1) I use _beginthread() and the crt fucntions. 2) Here is where it gets hard to explain. This is how I did it ... Account has a messags POSITON_NEW (or somethign like it). This get received with a Position*. Once I get this message, the...

Thanks for the detailed response. I do not process the sync message but I will look to see if I need to ....

tj, How do get the right time out of the prints ? My routine seems to be showing a few seconds difference ?

Yes, the main thread. I define WM_* messages to perform actions on the main thread. Worker threads post these messages onto the main thread ..... my hook in the main thread processes the WM_ requests ....

I never seen this issue. Thanks for the warning ....

The basics: Equities: 1 point = $1.00 .. you need money upfront to leverage Futures (example ES): 1 Point = $50 .. leverage is built in on each point. Contrct equals IndexValue x $50. So for evey contract you are exposed 1314 x $50 = $67,700.

I took the 3 day tria alst week. It was exciting and entertaining. It did not really help me on trading but it makes you feel the pit at home. I think it actually did make me take trades I would not have taken. I made me believe the market had strong direction with all the noise, but in...

Try LightSpeed trading in Madison Avenue ....

Also check the the version of the API matches the version of ANVIL you are running ..

You need to manually load the extension. Open the toolbal and opene the extension manager. The icon is towards the far right of the toolbal. Righ mouse click and load extension. There is an automatic way to laod teh extension when you login to anvil. Open the anvil.ini and tehre should...

I personally like neither ATL or MFC, but they facilatate much fucntionality. I personally use ATL whenever I need to. I terms of GUI, I let the ANVIL main Gui thread take care of all GUI messages, including my own windows. The worker thread(s) take care of all the algorithmic processing...

tjfield way is definetly more elegant than mine. I did create one extra worker thread. I also hooked into the main anvil thread msgs queue so I can process my on user messages, like enter orders, etc Msgs are posted into the main anvil thread when by the worker thread when it produces...

I think edvar (using excel, etc) is the proper way to start before you go spending money on custom development. Find out if your strategy make $ first. Usually you'll need custom development on your strategy when you want to increase your portfolio (ie: monitor a few 100-2000 equities)...

assent is a pro and retail firm. Call them up. their rates are competitive ... Also try lynx capital out of new york. they are heavy on ANVIL ....

innovest_11, Did you go full-time ? I just went full-time day trading futures ...

I like ANVIL API (Assent). Once you get the hang of it is good ...

yeap, I do get some work around NYC ... it was just my thoughts about the site. I do have some cycles left also ...

Once you have the pointer to the order you can call Cancel() (I think). Another user sent me a PM. He is using the orderid. Here is an excerpt: "..id as a key in an associative array (a std::map I think), where the value is the Order pointer. Works like a charm." I do not per say...