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    font smoothing using an LCD monitor...

    I just got my first LCD monitor. (Dell 18") I was actually pretty disapointed at first and wished I had purchased another Trinitron, then I adjusted the font settings and got Cleartype going and I was pretty happy. The problem is not all programs are getting the fonts "smoothed", and the...
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    new option cancel fees for IB

    Beginning May 1, 2003 we will be adding the ability to trade futures and option combinations in IRA accounts. At that time we will make an announcement on where to sign up and the specific new margin rules for these IRA account enhancements. IB is great. Sure, they pass along fees and...
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    In Nature.com ... Supply and Demand... stuff...

    More of his stuff is here..... http://www.santafe.edu/~jdf/
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    In Nature.com ... Supply and Demand... stuff...

    One of the authors is Doyne Farmer. He is a physicist who specialized in complex systems. He started a business with Norman Packard to create a large-scale automated trading system. There is a book by Thomas Bass which tells the story, The Predictors. It's one of my all-time favorite trading...
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    Anyone try TCNet yet?

    For those of you who use tc.net, do you still maintain a tc2000 subscription, or does tc.net do everything that tc2000 does?
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    Pre- and aftermarket charts - the life after Qcharts

    My problem with Q-charts isn't necessarily this incident (no after-hours charts). It is the fact that there is ALWAYS something wrong, but it will be better tomorrow. I have heard years of promises and things just don't get better. I was especially disappointed when they began to charge for...
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    Pre- and aftermarket charts - the life after Qcharts

    I finally pulled the plug. Q-charts is so close to being a great program/datafeed it's disgusting. I am too frustrated to put up with it anymore.
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    When someone asks "what you do for a living" what do you answer!

    Someone posted a classic response to this question, and I crack up every time I think of it. "I am a piano player in a whorehouse." But seriously, what is it about MD's that make them such @$$wipes. (no offense to the fine physicians who frequent this board) Is it something that is...
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    Standard Deviation Question

    There are many different kinds of probability density functions, (one of which is the normal distribution, also called the Gauss density). For example, there is the Gamma density, Chi-squared density, Maxwell-Boltzmann density, etc. They have different kinds of shapes and you try to choose...
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    State Income Tax - Is it Worth it?

    Are Vermont and Maine roughly similar to NH lifestyle-wise? Are the economies similar? (ie housing market, job market,etc) I used to live in NH when I was a kid, but it was 20+ years ago. I wan't to move somewhere green. I've been in the desert of southwest Idaho for too long. We...
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    Tell about your education

    you said: ...watching Tiger Woods play a tournament start to finish...The way he positions himself on Thursday's and Friday's...How he tries to make his move on Saturday's and how he plays with a lead... I don't golf a lot, and maybe if I did I would understand... (and I have never...
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    TradeStation Securities announces new commissions

    As far as datafeed and charting capabilites go, are they at least as good as Qcharts? I wouldn't mind dumping Q, but I don't want to go backwards.
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    TCNet

    I got an e-mail from Telechart advertising a class for a new product, TCNet, which supposedly has real time data (I assume it's not the same real time product the came out with a while back then withdrew) The web site doesn't give much information. No price is posted as far a I can see...
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    See what we look like

    This is me standing next to the new set of wheels I got with my trading profits. I had a hard time trying to decide between red and black. I didn't want to draw too much attention to myself, so I decided on black. :cool:
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    User Names On Elitetrader (a fun thread)

    Just when I think I can change my nick, something happens. I am not a very demanding customer, but I just can't find a home. IB is great and I am very happy with them but with the recent cash account fiasco my IRA is crippled. I have the rest of my money split with two other brokers...
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    DDE speed with IB

    Peter (or anyone) I am a programmer wannabe... I have played with VC++ and got a couple books, but I am still pretty much nowhere with it as far a proficiency. My question is this: I have heard a bit about the new VisualStudio.net that is comming down the pike. As a newbie, do you think...
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    DSL, Cable modem or Satelite?

    Eldredge, We are from the same neck of the woods. (Nampa myself) Did you use cable when it was @home or since it became Cableone? It was nice before cableone took over because they didn't cap the speed, and it was cheaper. It's good to hear a favorable opinion of DSL in case I need...
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    Trading Maxims/Quotes

    "Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditonis Habes " Translation "If you can read this you are overeducated"
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    Trading Maxims/Quotes

    "Give a man a match and he'll be warm for an hour... Set him on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." "Better to live on the corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife." -Proverbs 21:9 "Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered...
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    Tradestation

    I sent Tradestation a list of questions about their brokerage policies, and they were kind enough to answer almost half of them. (I really don't understand it. You would think it would be worth their while to give complete and thought-out responses to inquiries by potential customers. Most...
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