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    IB TWS: slow!, overloaded?

    Look in the shortcut. Go to the location of tws.exe. Edit "tws.vmoptions", which is where the java virtual machine options are stored for use by tws.exe.
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    Mental block due to trading Mentor passing away...unable to trade

    This. Plus, or before the above, get help/support with the grieving process, to ensure you're not stuck somewhere. Ask your doctor to recommend someone. Question/speculation: for later, does something like a Sport Performance Physiologist make sense?
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    My goal is to make at least 30% per month

    I wish I had better news for you, but at least you've been given a lot of great pointers from many who responded. So I'm throwing in a few more in my wording: The IB papertrading account is for learning how to use their tools. It is not sufficient for testing a trading system (data and fills...
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    Question from someone who know absolutely NOTHING about programming

    While you enjoy learning C++, certainly don't get distracted by which language is "best". As Bond James said, I'll say another way: code your business solution accurately and reliably - worry about the speed later (if that even turns out to be a factor). Then if it's not fast enough, you can...
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    High-end PC for Trading

    What he said. Big time. Keep your laptop for the browsing, email, video and document editing. You don't want video streaming, or browsing a bad web site, nor any of your listed tasks, to impact the speed at which your charts populate with each piece of data that flows in. Also highly recommend...
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    Good Slope Equation?

    Ideally yes, but.. Coding simple rise/run of current period to previous period didn't work due to noise. Adding enough filtering or extending the period destroyed the usefulness due to introduced lag (tried a little, it needed a lot). When charted, I can visually clearly see where an...
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    Good Slope Equation?

    The possibilities I got off the top of my head include: rise/run (y/x), the delta between current and previous bar, lookback rise/run: delta of current bar and the bar n periods back, multiple lookbacks, n periods, weighted average of slopes (short n, or too much lag...), fit a curve for n...
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    Good Slope Equation?

    What are the options for calculating the Slope of an indicator? How many periods do you like to have it look at?
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    Low Pass vs SMA

    Of course! Thank you again!
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    Low Pass vs SMA

    Thank you! I implemented Super Smoother with the java sqrt(2), Math.E and Math.PI instead of constants, just because. Sure follows the price when smoothing the price. Having never seen anything follow the price so well, I don't know how to make use of this. For my one second data, it...
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    Low Pass vs SMA

    No joy. Often gave in-earlier and out-earlier for a a greater percentage of the trend, BUT the increased noise meant that it would often be thrown out then back into the trend during it's run, so trading fees eat up the extra percentage of the trend, and that's assuming something that's...
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    Low Pass vs SMA

    Finally had a chance to get back to this and code it. Very interesting! And thank you very much!!! Most of the time, some interesting differences, but no net benefit to signals. BUT, sometimes it shows a top or bottom much much sooner. In one example against one second data, where EMA lags...
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    TWS API: SMART vs. ARCA?

    In Eclipse the run Classpath order within User Entries was reversed for two items. Now it will collect data for SPY ARCA. Still doesn't recognize SPY SMART. Recognizes QQQ SMART, but doesn't grab data. Closed all Level II displays (BookTrader), so it shouldn't be IB's three book limit...
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    TWS API: SMART vs. ARCA?

    ah ha I hadn't thought of testing with Excel. SPY SMART works for you, so there's no different code for IB's SMART for ACRA securities with ACRA's smart not available through IB. I do have trading privileges, Level I and Level II data, and have often traded SPY. Charts and book populate...
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    TWS API: SMART vs. ARCA?

    Agreed, it should be. Only that returns "200: No security definition has been found for the request". Exchange of ARCA and primary of ACRA is accepted. Exchange of ARCA and primary null is accepted. Only these should route to ARCA, not SMART. They return: Exchanges...
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    TWS API: SMART vs. ARCA?

    Thanks for reply. Only specifying m_exchange is what the first three examples are. SPY SMART is not recognized as valid. SPY ARCA and QQQ SMART are. Adding in primary as ARCA doesn't allow exchange of SMART to be recognized.
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    TWS API: SMART vs. ARCA?

    For TWS API from JAVA. From the code I found online that I'm starting with, it specifies m_exchange, but not m_primaryExch. QQQ-SMART-STK is a recognized security. SPY-SMART-STK is not a recognized security. SPY-ARCA-STK is a recognized security. Routed direct to ARCA? I added...
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    TWS on 64 bit Win7

    forgive a small blast to the past, but I haven't been by in a while and looking at You realize what you've done is copy 32 bit Java into the 64 bit system folder (System32). Anything looking for 64 bit java will look there and end up with 32 bit java. Any java, be it 32 bit or 64 bit, should...
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    TWS' missing javaw.exe link

    SysWOW64 = System, Windows on Windows64 see http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3103978&highlight=syswow64#post3103978
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    Interactive Brokers now restricting use of practice and live account at once

    And if I run multiple virtual machines on one device?
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