Search results

  1. O

    US Government running surplus during last 3 months!

    http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opdpenny.htm Sure doesn't look like a surplus to me
  2. O

    connectivity alarm

    I have winamp running all day every day. I can tell that my internet connection has dropped when the music stops.
  3. O

    Maybe we should let china have unocal

    This applies equally to both governments involved. They've worked out how to beat us at our own game.
  4. O

    What one book led you to profitable systems?

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0471027294/103-4370336-0949406 I purchased this book too early in my trading career (while I was still looking for "the grail" in one place). It's one of the very few that I would replace if all my trading books were lost to a natural disaster.
  5. O

    Let's hear your explanation of the "conundrum"

    The most recent official Treasury quarterly stats are here: http://www.treas.gov/tic/mfh.txt The disturbing trend that has been mostly ignored by the presstitutes is that purchases by Japan and China have been flat to down. The shortfall appears to have been picked up almost entirely by...
  6. O

    Moving Average

    A google search for: VIDYA by Tushar S Chande Adaptive Moving Average by Perry Kaufman T3 by Tim Tillson would probably be interesting.
  7. O

    Record high-frequency order book depth, hardware

    Have you considered that the problem may be sql, not the hardware. If you check amongst all the commercial trading software, I doubt you will find (m)any that are using a sql database to store high frequency time series data. Most tend to write arrays of fixed length records to flat files...
  8. O

    Most boring NFP day I've seen :(

    They even issue press releases from time to time: http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/js1002.htm
  9. O

    Most boring NFP day I've seen :(

    Oh the ppt is real. Here is the executive order that created it http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/codification/executive_order/12631.html
  10. O

    who offers a really good data api?

    No doubt the exchanges would be very interested since what you are proposing would be a violation of just about every term of their real-time data agreements.
  11. O

    Outsourcing the death of the economy!

    Maybe we could start by cutting back on our profligate lifestyles. We don't have jobs because the USD is overvalued and nobody can afford to pay us.
  12. O

    Contract Switch in ZB, ZN, ZF?

    According to the exchange, the last trading day is the "seventh business day preceding the last business day of the delivery month." http://www.cbot.com/cbot/pub/cont_detail/1,3206,1415+14896,00.html
  13. O

    Fill 'Er Up: The Hidden Cost of Oil

    Does anybody feel a draft?
  14. O

    Great Depression II (2000-201?)

    Really? http://www.djindexes.com/jsp/avgDecades.jsp?decade=1930
  15. O

    PPI release.

    If you want to poll the source to see when/if the #s are ready for release, the url is http://www.bls.gov/ppi/delaynotice.htm
  16. O

    Massive US trade deficit - Recipe For Disaster

    BOJ is buying US treasuries hand over fist to keep the dollar "strong" to protect Japanese manufacturing and export industries. Future generations of US taxpayers will be paying for the retirement of future generations of Japanese workers. Unless the unthinkable happens and the US Treasury...
  17. O

    Today's Pivots

    http://www.crbindex.com/techtip/tipv4n10.htm
  18. O

    Outsourcing & Jobs Report

    while the dollar remains so strong compared to the economic fundamentals, jobs will continue flowing overseas. A family of four in another country may be able to live very well on what I have to pay for just health insurance or property taxes after converting to the local currency. The problem...
  19. O

    IB TWS Frustration...pages deleted!

    fwiw the "dciijtglt" portion of the folder name is an encrypted version of your login id. If you have more than 1 account, you will have multiple folders that need to be backed up
  20. O

    Ib Tws Problem??

    Basically, part of the performance enhancements involved moving from java 1.3 to 1.4 involved using direct draw to output to the screen instead of the standard GDI calls. Unfortunately, neither microsoft nor javasoft seem to have tested just how poorly directx performs on the typical trader...
Back
Top