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  1. J

    Amd

    what are the numbers like? i would say you have to also take factor of economies of scale, economic advantage, lowest cost producer. so intel would make a better investment imo.
  2. J

    how to correct these horrible fills ?

    yes. filled right when the announcement came out.
  3. J

    wheres ETFC going now?

    why did etfc fall so much ? b/c of suprime loan exposure ?
  4. J

    Amd

    wouldn't intel continue to dominate. amd always had a smaller market share? to reproduce the costs of intel's r&d, and innovation would it be not worth it for chasing such smaller market share for the given amount of cost ?
  5. J

    apple ?

    i think a buy @ 90s
  6. J

    yhoo vs msft which is a better buy?

    msft will continue to drop b/c they will continue to bid for yahoo. and when they do buy, it will jump down as well. i think this would make a very excellent entry point for a very good investment. im not an expert im just trying to apply what i've read and learned....of course i might say...
  7. J

    how to correct these horrible fills ?

    ah i see. but my GBP.CAD position didn't face as much slippage...
  8. J

    how to correct these horrible fills ?

    yesterday, i submitted a pending order for the following 2000000 EUR.CAD SELL STPLMT @ 1.4580(stp price), 1.4380(lmtprice) 2000000 EUR.CAD SELL STPLMT @ 1.4580(stp price), 1.4380(lmtprice) 2000000 EUR.CAD SELL STPLMT @ 1.4580(stp price), 1.4380(lmtprice) 2000000 EUR.CAD SELL STPLMT @...
  9. J

    hmm unexpected positions open in IB

    GBP;BOT;100000;1.9460;08:22:57;20080208;IDEAL;DU39782;AutoSys;; GBP;BOT;1900000;1.9462;08:22:57;20080208;IDEALPRO;DU39782;AutoSys;; GBP;BOT;2000000;1.9649;10:56:06;20080208;IDEALPRO;DU39782;AutoSys;; GBP;BOT;2000000;1.9651;10:56:07;20080208;IDEALPRO;DU39782;AutoSys...
  10. J

    hmm unexpected positions open in IB

    your point being ?
  11. J

    Buffet doesn't see a credit crunch

    hes not a god but hes better smarter richer than you can ever dream of....end of story. im sorry if this hurt your feelings.
  12. J

    hmm unexpected positions open in IB

    hmm....this really concerns me....but hats off to whoever hacked into my papertrading account and put them in profit.
  13. J

    hmm unexpected positions open in IB

    i entered order for gbpcad, eurcad, gbpusd but i wake up and i see gbpcad eurcad gbpusd AND usdcad eurcad usdchf usdjpy they are in profit but....i suspect ib goes thru these orders to arrive at eurcad ? also account p/l not updating properly ?
  14. J

    Buffet doesn't see a credit crunch

    i donno but hes doing pretty well last time i checked and for the last few decades. :p
  15. J

    Buffet doesn't see a credit crunch

    whats all this hatin on mr. buffett ? whats wrong with his style? hes a brilliant business and allocator of money to successful businesses that help drive the economy not all agree with him of course but being disrespectful to a man that has accumulated more wealth because of his sucess and...
  16. J

    Buffet doesn't see a credit crunch

    truth is he probably has more idea of whats going on then the rest of us here combined.
  17. J

    why aren't i getting filled in IB ?

    i think i see the problem. sometimes order dont get filled completely. so what i resorted to is placing new bracket orders with increment 3 pips. i still dont know whether this will have any success, i'll know by tomorrow. is fill-all-or-kill type of order for forex on IB ...
  18. J

    IB TWS DDE example for struggling people.

    for beginners who has no prior language exposure, Excel VBA was a good pick. but its not easy! IB API is very poorly documented and DDE is virtually completely ignored. Its very time consuming to read through the incomplete docs on DDE and spending hours looking for the solution on the forum...
  19. J

    why aren't i getting filled in IB ?

    not possible as the first bracket order was filled. they all have IDEALPRO as exchange. most likely its a problem on my part. i'll have to fix it.
  20. J

    Best way to become a system trader

    have u seen some of the data? systematic funds underperform discretionary, and drawdowns are much bigger for systematic funds. in long run im told, discretionary will outperform. *note "systematic" do not include arbs
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