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Just spent some time in Vegas and love the "craps" game. Have a few strategies that I'd like to test out for that game. I know you can play online, but does anyone know of a site or software that will backtest and simulate certain craps betting strategies? I want to run a test of at least...

In qcharts, the fastest way to see the overnight trading session in addition to the day session, is to check the "all sessions" box at the top. In esignal, it seems to perform the same function you have to right-click on the chart and choose the "time template" and then choose "24 hour"...

Hi, That free download is the Powerpoint viewer. I already have that. The viewer will let you view other people's Powerpoint presentations, it doesn't actually give you the Powerpoint software application, which is what I need.

Ok, so I have MS Office XP Small Business Edition with a PC that I bought in March 2003. My PC also came with MS Office XP '2002 Edition SP-1. I'm not sure why I have 2 disks with each of those, but anyway, I'm trying to figure out how to access the Powerpoint software. As I've gone around...

Yes, I opted to install the free version of "pop-up stopper" by panicware. Works pretty good. So I found out that there were 2 kinds of pop-up ads. One is the "windows messenger-type", which will be avoided if you turn off windows messenger service within your pc (which I did). And the...

So I guess turning off windows messenger service isn't the final solution to getting rid of annoying pop-up ads. What's the next best step? Probably some form of software I'm guessing? Have to go back and re-read through these threads. Google bar pestpatrol black ice ad-aware any...

Trying to get a handle on all this security info. I use a router to connect 2 separate pc's to the internet. Neither pc is networked with the other, each are separate and independent of each other. Does disabling the windows messenger service (which should stop all the unwanted advertising...

Who knows offhand which of the charting packages offers historical volatility (HV) and implied volatility (IV) as technical studies to plot on their charts? I know eSignal and Qcharts don't. I think Ensign and Investor RT might. what about others, Metastock, Omnitrader, Tradestation? Of...

Prices just disappear from my TWS with IB? Happens every so often where all my price pages will just go blank. Anyone else?

Here's a question about option cancellation fees: If I'm using contingency orders to buy or sell an option when the price of the underlying security is only at a certain level, will I be hit with cancellation fees if the underlying moves out of the range for me to buy or sell the option and...

Anyone familiar with IB TWS: How do I create a bracket order for a position that's already been established? I know how to manually create 2 separate orders, one being a stop-loss, the other being a profit limit order. Can't seem to figure out how to use the "create bracket order" function...

Thanks to all who've given me ideas on the scans. Much appreciated.

For anyone who uses stock scanners: I'm looking for a web-based or software-based stock screener that allows me to locate moving average crossovers (of my choosing, i.e. 10-day crossing over 20-day, etc) on charts of differing time frames (of my chooosing, i.e. crossovers on 10-min or...

Yes, I just found out that info about allocating trades. It seems though that if I only have 1 account for another person, (at least for now), it is much simpler paperwise and taxwise to open an individual account with power of attorney. It seems that the IB friends & family account has more...

Back to this thread... If I'm going to make trades on someone else's behalf, and we open up accounts at IB, with "power of attorney", does it matter if the account is an individual account with power of attorney, or IB's family and friends type of account with power of attorney? I really...

Thanks for the quick responses. It sounds from your answers, (and what I suspected) is that I just need to sign the power of attorney forms. And yes, there will be some fees and percentage of profits taken out, but the amounts have not been decided yet. Does that affect the setup in any way?

For anyone who has/is doing this now: What's the best setup in terms of operation/types of trading accounts if a family member/friend wants me to trade their money for them? Is it as simple as that person opening up a new trading account (or keeping the one they already have), and adding me...

You can very easily change the symbol on the option chain page. You need to click on the button "clear all" to input a new underlying symbol, and then you can click the "submit" button to retrieve the option quotes. Problem is, you can't see the "clear all" button on a single monitor page...

Ok, so I have my home office set up where my 3 desktop pc's share an internet connection through a hard wired router in the same room. I'm thinking of going wireless for my desktops to get rid of all the external wires. I'm having difficulty understanding the difference between a wireless...

Hello, This has been a problem for some using TWS, including myself. There is a simple solution that worked for everyone. If you have multiple monitors, simply drag the whole TWS workstation from whatever screen it is on now to one of your other screens and then back to your original...