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btw, what does CASH mean under market value ? is that sort of like the cash that i am holding ? btw, is "closing" in TWS different from sending out an opposite order ? ex. LONG GBP/JPY 100000 i send a SELL order GBP JPY -100000 then all these other currencies pop up...like chf...

yea im pretty sure IB will do that....they are brokers after all.

very interesting hurricane. do you manually place another buy/sell transaction to convert ur profits to ur base currency

ihave a simple sub something() put formula into cells, and so on for getting historical stuff, and prices. end sub it would work perfectly when i run it the first time. then i modify some codes, and run the macro, it works okay. however, when shut excel down but TWS still...

how about 56k ? will it work...

i am using the demo and the prices are random. the papertrading one do not. am i wrong ?

so , provided if you are runnig ATS, do you leave ur PC on all day ? just yesterday i had a black out, it was at 3 am, and i wasn't running any systems but it made me think....i should get UPS.

haha i love that! license to print money lol. im just wonderinjg what sort of tools is eveyrone using ? i was thinking of just collecting the historical datas for some instruments, like i read that nikkei and the yens have very strong correlation.

hmmm. are you really safe from hackers? i've heard that vps you share some resources with others and its vulnerable to hack.....it'd be pretty darn awful especially if your hacker decides to experiment with your broker account :(

figured it out after going thu the code a lot more slowly. :D

surely you must be using the demo....than yes those prices are randomly generated lol.

i've read thru the wiki, the guides, but there just doesnt seem to be any information in how to access, or find the array that suposedly holds the downloaded history data for an instrument. is anyone having the same problem ?

very interesting, my finance prof was talking about this a while back and its what got me interested. so i think for arbs that last like millisecond is obviously not doable given my equipment and resources. when you are praticing "arb" on those correlated baskets, is that the reason why...

Jumping pretty quickly from trading FX to statistical arbitrage aren't we? - funny because i never asked your advice on my learning process, and after seeing your immature attitude, dont think i ever will. ;) The mods didn't abuse you at FF, they banned you for posting 6 straight...

exactly.... what is NYOB ?

yes i should be more specific. im interested in the type of stat arbs thats employed usually in trading desks. namely pairs-trading. finding high correlation derived from statistical infernce of historical data valid ? and then taking advantage of any price discrepancies...

im not that much active in nuclearphynance but i do read the posts, very smart people there....i think just too smart sometimes you are right, theres no book that will reveal the ultimate guide to millions, i never expect that, actually from any book. i just want to know how to do...

troll....

do OQ or any of the other guys offer any discounts for students ?

no, as its been used since the beginning of stock exchanges....