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Made the call: they need 3 months of trading in excess of 300k shares per month. They offered to start 4th month in second pricing tier: savings of 450 bucks per month.

This is precisely my question.

Do you know someone who has done that?

Tiered volume discount on the side, this guy claims it is doable: "However, just because they advertise these rates there is no rule which says you can’t negotiate further. Remember, brokers value your business." smarteranalyst.com/uncategorized/how-to-lower-trading-costs-and-commissions-to-0/

Thanks Matt, Free stuff is always welcomed. So do you offer an Excel add-in per my question, or are you just trying to promote your product no matter what the question is?

Your over thinking it mate. Just do basic ifs and thens.

You're welcome.

I only use the optimiser for asset allocation (and not pricing or stock picking). It's a calibration exercise. The standard solver is more than enough (but I add multiple prop constraints). I saw a guy from Google's AI the other day who said that ML starts making sense above 10mil data points

Thanks Robert - IB offers it for free actually. I am trying to modify/cancel limit orders in Excel when news hit a given stock. Which is why a live feed is important, since all of my orders are channeled from an Excel DDE.

Thanks ZBZB - the issue is pull vs push (i.e refresh rates). The Contextures solution is a "pull" one to my understanding. That will eat up all the processing power....

Thanks but I trade equities - I am most concerned with merger announcements, etc....

I would stay clear of ML for now - but if you insist, you can plug into Azure very easily from Excel 365. I personally use Excel's Solver.

Wait, that's my wife's edge.

Are there any solutions to have Reuters or PR Newswire headline announcements straight into Excel? It has to be live in quasi-real time.

To get the ball rolling, here is my edge: Swing trading illiquid stocks with a very high cash reserve.

Let's get a feel of the main directions participants of this forum are following.

Do you get the gay club picture?

Reasonably thick - I don't get the gay club analogy and I fear that you run a higher risk of offending people than entertaining them.

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HF hotels are a waste of time. They give you a regulatory umbrella but for a steep price. Not worth it.