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>top racing drivers use manual gears, not >automatic gears, to stay in full control of >their car. Not anymore. After banning "driver aids" for much of the '90s, Formula One (where the "top racing drivers" reside) backed off and the field again went auto this year. Stomp the throttle...

I think we should go to fractions -- anyone know if that's been tried? JB

For the record, place my vote towards a tool bar that can be hidden as well. Def, thanks again for all your help in this forum. JB

>>"quite good". as compared to what? In my >>world that is a horrible ping time. >Compared to the average ping in the net >which stands at around 280ms all >connection/distances included... Through any wired connection (pots, dsl, isdn, cable) in the US, you will have a very, very...

From my limited experience with IB relative orders, I don't believe that they simply route them to BTRD as you suggest. My position is based on the fact that I have received quite a number of fast fills using the relative order and have not once been filled on BTRD. I believe that IB's own...

>209ms ping is quite good. "quite good". as compared to what? In my world that is a horrible ping time. JB

>it sounds to me as if the price moves in under 5 >seconds, your order is pegged and is handled >by BTRD (bloomberg ECN), Wold you mind explaining your position a bit better here? I don't find anything related to BTRD in any of the IB information. Thanks JB

>While He may be "driven & disciplined", He >is also insolent, dogmatic, and frequently >irrational, At times, true -- and sometimes I'm an a**. I still enjoy the better part of his contributions. >Also, brutal honesty does NOT mean that you >are brutally RIGHT! BINGO!!! JB

>For me, there is NONE, and I don't think >there should be any. A perfectly respected statement and a far cry from your original one. Keep up the good work. You are a driven and disciplined inspiration to many on this list. JB

>It didn't take a miracle for me to be trading other >people's money, and it is most certainly no charity >the way our firm structures its business. Please tell me now this is relevant to my point that for many people there is a HUGE difference between trading their own money or someone...

>I beleive you should simply "wait" and be patient >until you get your trial accounts to try the service >and see for yourself wether it is slow / fast / good > / crap or whatever This I can agree with. >Only problem for some of you is that their standard >trial account only offers...

>"Anyone have any ideas why in the last few days >my real tick layout appears all on 1 monitor. If I >stretch it out to all 4 monitors and save the layout >it is fine until I log off and back on then it's all >back on 1" I've had no problems with my Multi-monitor (3) system at all...

>The ping times should not exceed 300 ms, and >if you are on UUnet backbone, they will probably >be close to a 100ms. Voodoo is very close here. I ping Taltrade all day long (pingplotter.exe) from SoCal and average around 60ms. My friend in Denver with fiber to his house pings at 20ms...

>My data feed comes thru a satellite link so there >is a little lag already... Off the subject and something it look like you already know, but if your data comes through a satellite link, there is more lag than through any other common method. It's the law (of physics). JB

candletrader: I enjoy Hitman's journals and posts and I believe that he is not afraid to tell it like *he sees it*. The problem is that his tone regularly becomes disrespectful because he believes that he is telling it *like it is*. Hitman has the typical 21 year old attitude (yep, I had...

>Turok, YOU DA MAN! It's good to see a senior >member putting in such thought and effort >into answering a question by a newbie. A quick search of the archives will find my hopefully helpful postings to newbies to be quite extensive (Oh, that's right -- you are too "LAZY" to do searches...

>I'm pretty lazy when it comes to research It doesn't matter which way you choose to trade -- you're gonna be one of the best. JB

>Trading doesn't have to be a religion, but it >sure is hard to become the best of the best >at something without treating it like one. Approaching it with the fervor and energy of a religious zealot? -- yes, certainly helpful and quite likely required. Approaching it with a religious...

>The result was that I'd get false signals -- signals >that were there real-time, but looking at the chart >after the fact, the signal was no longer there. That >was the clincher for me. My comments have nothing to do with WizeTrade (which I consider to be a sham simply from my exposure...

Toad, I'm going to deal with the easy question first: >And, it appears that my stop limit price >should be lower than my stop election >price in order to get a fill... right? If you are selling a stop limit, your limit price must be below your election price or you can't expect...