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Yes, that's how I did it, via Excel. Converted the returns into daily returns first, as some trades were carried longer than others.

Thanks Vikana and Magna for your replies!

Thanks Magna. I appreciate the advice and your time. Did a little research on MTBF ... seems like 300,000 power-on hours for some of the hits that came up on the web ... that's 34 years! I suppose actual MTBF will be lower depending on usage. -- Punter

Hello, Can I please have your advice on the following? My notebook has a 2.5" 9.5mm IBM TravelStar 10 GB hard disk. It was nearly noiseless when it was installed brand new a few months ago. But now it is becoming noisier and noisier with each passing day. The noise is constant...

Here are the statistics on of their 2001 trades: 1.05% Average *Daily* Return 4.01% Standard Deviation of Returns 3.815 Risk to reward ratio Not a bad system return-wise: you'd be filthy rich making 1.05% a day in no time. The risk to reward ratio is a tad on the high side ... it's...

I just received an e-mail from Ernie of IB that says the same thing as what DustPuppy wrote in the previous posting.

I used the restore function on TWS 4.0 on submitted equity orders. IB's Ernie replied to my e-mail and confirmed they have been able to recreate the problem and that they are working on it. -- Punter

To all IB Users: The restore order function does not work. Instead of restoring the order to its original state, it TRANSMITS the changed order. This is not good. I made IB technical support aware of this issue over two weeks ago. Their suggested fix of reinstalling the Java...

That same page also says the charges are per customer, not per account. Good news!

Hi folks, Just wondering if anyone is uing Elder's Triple Screen System (from his book, Trading for a Living). If so, I'd like to hear what you think about it. Thanks. -- Punter

Hi AA, Thanks for your reply. In answer to your question: No. We have an old wireless network system (Aviator) that is before the current wireless standard became popular. I think the solution is to get a router. We'll attach the cable modem to the router, and the ethernet network...

As always Def, thank you very much for making the time to reply. Have a good rest of your weekend. -- Punter

Here's why I use it: Its qualities are in between a limit order and a market order. You get better pricing than a market order, and you are more likely to be filled than using a limit order. It's great when you really want to get into a position, but don't want to pay the...

Hi Everyone, I've been trying out IB's Relative Orders the past couple days with mixed results. For Nasdaq stocks, it executes very quicky I've found. For NYSE stocks, they didn't execute at all. I'm not sure what happened with the NYSE relative orders. Was it because I didn't...

I have had problems using Quicken 2002 and IB's export to Quicken Feature. It has not worked for me if you try to export the data to an existing IB account you have defined within Quicken. Balances get all screwed up, even balances from previous days! However, if you allow the process to...

Thanks Def. I upgraded to 2002. Still have a problem. Without going into great detail, when IB exported 2 simple transactions to my Quicken file, my acct balance from previous dates were changed! Your guy Steve is looking into it. Thanks again for replying. -- Punter

For those of you who have replied but are not familiar with IB's software: IB recently provided an export to Quicken feature. It is advertised on IB's home page. This feature does not work properly. Their technical support, after many back and forth e-mails, is working on this problem...

In comparison, I found Schwab's support to be much much better relative to IB. My old-fashion telephone broker Yamner was even better: almost all issues were resolved on the phone at the moment. True, commissions were higher at both Schwab and Yamner. You do get what you pay for. --...

Hi Everyone, Just wondering if everyone has had similar experiences with IB's technical support, or if I'm just overly sensitive. I've reported various problems with IB's system to IB's help desk, such as with the Quicken export feature and with the restore order function, and each time...

Sure Def, will do. What you mean by this is that rather than post a request that is for your consideration, you'd rather receive a private e-mail message instead, yes? I can do that. As for my previous post, part of the purpose also was to inform other IB users that such a bug exists to...