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    Missing ticks in IB tick feed

    IB doesn't delay data, it sends realtime data on a periodic snapshot basis. For example, if ES trades 10 times in a 100 ms period the IB snapshot will show the price for the last of the 10 trades and the total volume for all 10 trades. IB's data will not lag during a fast market. For true...
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    Quote Tracker Not Getting All T/S From IB

    Here is the "QuoteTracker To Be Finished End of 2011" thread http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=213476
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    Missing ticks in IB tick feed

    IB's data snapshot updates futures data every 100 ms and other data every 250 or 300 ms.
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    Penson Loses More Money in 2nd Q

    After the bad earnings news Penson stock takes a 22% hit and Moody's downgrades Penson debt to B2 from B1. A clearing firm with a market cap of $58 million and client assests over $9 billion doesn't sound quite right.
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    To run NinjaTrader with Trading Technologies ...

    chinook and abattia, you are asking the wrong questions or not understanding the answers or being quoted ripoff pricing. The broker runs the TT Fix Adapter, not the customer. The customer runs a 3rd party app (such as NinjaTrader) or their own custom FIX software that connects to the TT Fix...
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    Penson Loses More Money in 2nd Q

    For the 2nd quarter Penson PNSN reported an operating loss and a large asset writedown. "a loss from operations of $3.5 million net of tax, equal to ($0.12) per share." "In addition, the Company recorded a non-cash write down of $43.0 million, equal to $26.7 million or ($0.94) per share...
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    Interactive brokers liquidate with 1 Minute notice while wire is on the way.

    Today (08/04/2011) is exactly the type of day for why IB has an autoliquidation policy. If you are wrong and overleveraged and don't fix the problem, then IB fixes it for you. Ruthless and efficient autoliquidation is the way to protect IB and its customers. Learn from it and you will...
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    at what level do they halt futures?

    Not even close. ES has to be down 120 points (10%) for the first RTH limit to kick in. http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/files/PriceLimitGuide.pdf
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    Need help finding Discount Broker with competitive money market/savings rate

    There is no $10K requirement. You didn't even bother reading the information on the ING Direct page. "The Orange Savings Account High Interest, No Fees, No Minimums - All your money goes to work for you." I answered LeeD's post, not marshg's post.
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    Need help finding Discount Broker with competitive money market/savings rate

    ING Direct pays 1.00% APR with no catch. https://home.ingdirect.com/products/products.asp?s=OrangeSavingsAccount
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    HO contract to end in 2013

    What? Don't know about where you live, but here in PA heating oil = diesel - tax
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    Is a downgrade *GREAT* for cash rich savers?

    What makes you think rates are going up? The Ten Year note yield has dropped to 2.82%, an 8 month low.
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    Museum of Modern Art raising Ticket prices 25%

    And what does your newly hiked MOMA fee go to pay for? Museum Director Glenn D. Lowry lives in a rent-free $6 million apartment above the museum. "Glenn D. Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art for nearly 12 years, has long been one of the highest-paid museum officials in the...
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    Should the US be split into three countries?

    I don't think that 2 or 3 countries are enough. I think it will take 5. One for each of the following groups: far left left center right far right With modern technology it can be decided at the county level which of the 5 countries you want to belong to. Then let the fun begin.
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    Should the US be split into three countries?

    You need to know how they count government workers. Are military counted? Are postal workers counted? Here is a better set of data with explanations: http://www.gallup.com/poll/141785/gov-employment-ranges-ohio.aspx
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    Killer Trading Application

    Don't reinvent the wheel. RSJ already has the killer app and trades 20,000,000+ lots a month with it. Read it and weep. http://www.rsj.com/en/
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    E*Trade Question - Ticket "Fees"

    Most likely the fees are the NYSE and FINRA regulatory fees. At IB the NYSE fee is 0.00042 times the commission and the FINRA fee is 0.00046 times the commission.
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    To run NinjaTrader with Trading Technologies ...

    It is just a data feed and broker link, so none of the above. A simple Google search turns up the following page: http://www.ninjatrader.com/ConnectionGuides/Trading-Technologies-Connection-Guide Have fun if you trade overnight.
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    PNSN Penson Thread Deleted

    My PNSN thread gave all at ET a heads up about Penson and it was deleted. Now PNSN news is at the Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110512-716214.html and the stock has been halted for a material disclosure.
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    PNSN Penson Thread Deleted

    Your reading comprehension is poor. My PNSN post was focused on the collapse in price yesterday and today and not on the price level. The collapse in PNSN stock price leads directly to concern about traders using PNSN as clearing firm. I said nothing at all about trading PNSN stock and was...
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