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Learning Java is a good choice (all my stuff is Java, from scratch). Fro high frequency, the order management is a big consideration (to handle things like partial fills, hung orders/network outages, staying within margin, etc.) There is some discussion here...

Trying to run a project as a non-programmer is nearly impossible. Only an experienced coder would be able to choose the right technologies, do a high level design, and break it down for multiple coders. Even if you did get it coded up, you have to realize that 50% of the work lies ahead, to fix...

What kind of delay are you guys seeing with non-directed routes, and with what broker? From my experience the executions are snappy and you would need to analyze millisecond-precision data before claiming "it cost me $xyz".

Are you backtesting on real VIX futures data?

Seriously ..... if they say that, maybe .... don't sign? So for a fee, you are are protected against interest rate changes, and you *know* what the payments will be for years to come. And you run out of money ..... oops. Evil banks, lol.

Have you looked into Activetick (similar to IQfeed but not sure where their servers are). As far as location, I am evaluating commercialnetworkservices ... in the 100 William St. data center, just a few blocks from the exchanges. Hokey web site, but from what I can find, they are a very...

PTG Dubai fees are what ... $2500+ month? May seem reasonable now but if you have a rough few months or year, you will be in a tough spot. Why not save the money, just trade out of your IB account and live wherever you want (or be a perpetual traveller) Or you could pick a country and work to...

If the tablet RDP client supports it - you can configure to use 8-bit color, disable visual effects, disable audio passthrough, etc. which will help.

http://superuser.com/questions/43797/microsoft-remote-desktop-bandwidth-usage I use automatedvps, they have a data center near NY.

Microsoft RDP works well and only sends updates for parts of the screen that change. The RDP bandwidth will only a be trickle compared to what is available on a VPS. I am now running off a VPS vs. my home computer and really like the stability.

This will end in tears.

www.tradingphysics.com is free for limited amounts of historical data/charts

This thread is hilarious.

Good music :cool:

EURJPY did just rocket off of 104,61 (I am beginning to question my very existence)

With the new 1099 rules it is important to notify your broker when you go MTM. I wasn't thinking ahead and got a 1099 with all the crazy wash sale stuff.

:D

I got started with Cy .... just a $5k deposit back in '07. I have since moved on, but couldn't have gotten started without them :)

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yep I am going to file an extension.