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Is hiring a developer to write such an adapter an option at all? If you have budget for that, this might be the easiest and most convenient approach. Assuming the platform in which the strategy is implemented is 3rd party (not broker-specific platform) and has API for this ( developers of some...

Are there difficulties with order types where orders used by the strategy are not supported by the new broker? For example, the broker may require that OCO orders are market and not limit or something in that spirit. If not, you can ask broker to implement broker API "adapter" so that your...

Anybody who advises a friend to take out an Isa or gives them a similar tax-saving tip risks a £5,000 fine, experts warned yesterday. They attacked proposed 'Big Brother' powers for HM Revenue and Customs which could ensnare those simply trying to help a friend, relative or colleague to cut...

.. and if you lose job does it get cheaper?

TWS runs outside security restrictions in java anyway. I hope you have a local TWS installation and keep java disabled in a web browser at all times.

My pleasure to help. Good luck!

TWS even works with java 5. Why upgrade?

You can set up stops the way you want with IB. The only complication is you may have to type in the trailing stop details (like opening price) manually. I believe NinjaTrader should do the job... To reiterate, you do not need any 3rd party software to place orders you want with IB. 3rd party...

Indeed you can have 2 different stop orders 200 in size each. If you want to see separate P&L for each lot of 200 shares, you need 3rd party software to display it, not different broker.

Like mass home ownership? As usual, your comment is insightful and I suspect this one is deeper than it first seems.

Less easy profit for investment banks?

Up-to-date link http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/109430/the-housing-finance-system-needs-a-redesign

As last week's senate hearing shows lots of Goldman "prop" actually relies on selling unwanted risks to more naive clients.

If you want to stick with VBA syntax, the best thing is to get a copy of Visual Basic 6 (it's no longer officially sold but you can get it on ebay and many VB6 books come with installation on a disk). VB6 will be way faster than VBA. VB.Net is the next closest thing. Obviously, accurately...

Unreservedly agree. Stll the curriculum is squarely aimed at fundamental analysts/investors and not traders or risk managers.

Disclaimer: I am not an immigartion consultatnt and I have never been in the position of the OP. I just happen to read forums and know a few people. With a "work" (where you work for a specific company) or "business" (where you work for yourself) visa one can currently obtain residency after...

Maybe that's their PhDs, not MBAs. Both schools have top PhD programs for those folks who are more into quant and high-frequency stuff.

Moving average crossover is a simple strategy that any platform that has ambition of autotrading implements. There are dozens. Check the software section of Elite Trader. To get a meaningful reply you should specify what broker (or brokers) you want to connect to, what your maximum one-off or...

Xeon processors include extra circuits for data exchange between processors in case motherboard contains 2 or more processors. Xeon also comes with wider variety of cache sizes. Otherwise I7 and Xeon based on the same architecture are the same.

I am more into carrots