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Those two courses Python and OO programming will not give you much. Python is good if you already know programming in languages that professional programmers use (C++,Java, .Net). To start with Python will probably be confusing in the long run. If they teach you OO programming using some...

Motherboard: Asus MicroAtx may have some cooling issues if you put 4 core plus 2 cards for 3-4 monitors. Bigger box is recommended. My experience with Dell is not so great. I would stay away from proprietary systems. ECC memory is not necessary. Stable system can be built with standard...

Two important factors that might indicate who is interested in high oil price: it is consumer tax supporting budget it is mechanism to transfer capital abroad Now thy are trying to figure out how to decouple price of gasoline from the price of oil because there is plenty of it. High...

One has to separate two things. One is that the Fed has to provide support for the Government and big dealer Banks forever. Second is that he cannot admit this. This is his job and he is paid for being good actor.

floating point is really an integer split into sign, base and exponential part. FPU hardware just facilitates floating point math that could be emulated on integer CPU and makes it faster. Internally most operations for all "high" FPU math are just bit additions and bit shifting utilizing...

you do not need math because computers are also high school drop outs. Computer can only do simple addition (add 1 to 0). Basic math skills and logic can get you going with no problem. Programming is acquired skill that requires lots of practice - same as with car for example - you cannot...

Simple test is to ping your other machine from command prompt or tracert. Latency should be less than 1ms.

ADSL has enough bandwidth to deal with the data. Market data is just numbers and characters, sometimes compressed and does not use that much bandwidth. I do not have any numbers to back it up but leased line would not be much better than ADSL in terms of bandwidth. It could be more reliable with...

Lets go back to IB example. Data server in this case means Host application or program that is executed on a computer that can connect client application (also computer program) and both applications can communicate back and forth. How they communicate has to be programmed first so both...

By the way VB and C# are almost identical (except syntax) so you can stay with VB which gives you measurable productivity gain over C#.

It can be done. However your question is very vague because there are many different ways data is delivered or pulled depending on data provider. As an example IB (which is sampled data every 200-300 ms) sends data to their program (TWS, IBGateway) that is installed on your PC and becomes...

I did some web search recently and the easiest to implement come up if you search "regression c++" There are also c# examples if you search for them. There are numerical libraries available for download like Alglib, MathNet Numerics, GSL etc. some with .net or c# implementation. I do not...

I want to reiterate that choice of programming language for financial markets is dependent on third party software offers, API being offered, platform on which it will be executed etc. In another words it is not about picking and choosing best language but about having job done using what is...

Go with C# because productivity is better. .Net IDE is the best and intellisense will help a lot in learning new language plus support is unmatched (numbers of books, examples and web pages both Microsoft and others).

With Google another friend is also included - NSA

Since you are asking this question on trading discussion site then just check how you can access and interface with financial markets through brokers, data and information providers. The answer is there: Most of them offer either C/C++, Java or .Net technology (C# is the flagship .Net...

Do not forget that this new market microstructure replaced old market structure where commission was at least $100 and spread was often more than $1. Good luck with your intraday "lots of trading" trying to reach your broker over the phone who is on his 1 1/2 hour lunch break. And if things went...

You need to read HFT myths thread on ET to better understand HFT: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=266552 Very professional and informative. On the opposite: It is very interesting to see so many anti HFT rants on ET posted by people who are interested in...

Why would you rank profitable systems. Put them all to work in real time and enjoy the money they make for you. Use your math skills to add the profits.

I would get rid of the formula and replace it with 0 when your P&L is negative and 1 when P&L is positive. System works if the result is 1.