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I don't do walkforward testing. I know there are people who think I should be burned at the stake for saying that, but my reasons are: 1) I *never* have has much data as I would like anyway, and 2) I am trading my own money and don't have to convince anybody but myself. That said, I think I...

I know there are some TWS buffer settings that you can increase provided that you have plenty of memory available. I cannot remember where I read about it, and a quick search turned up nothing. I recommend searching the two most active discussion groups...

The first thing I look at when I have a new idea (my own or somebody else's) is: How well would this fit with my needs as a trader and as a person? I agree with lynx that are are many perfectly valid reasons why a serious trader would not trade the S&P500 add/drop system for a year. BTW, I...

Guaranteed capital has been around for years. I see it has masked leverage. All leverage is dangerous, but moreso when it is hidden like this. If you're making money, do you really need more leverage?

Well put! Trading is also not about making predictions, only seeing what "might" happen. Hoping need not be fatal provided that you never forget that what you hope for might not happen, and that hoping also has no effect on the outcome. Thinking trading represents fast, easy money need...

I suspect we're not going to make much progress on the Windows vs. Mac vs Linux question because it's too hard. Why don't we start by deciding something easier like Christianity vs. Judaism vs. Islam?

Larry Williams has always been very open about how he achieved that return, and that he has never advocated that others try it. He was trying to make a name for himself and regarded his starting capital as expendable.

Profitable doing passive index investing? Now I AM impressed!

I think you have created a bit of a straw-man argument here. You don't know how many ETers consistently outperform their closest index -- it could be more than you think. You're also confusing successful trading with managing other people's money. Money management a different business...

I agree that trading skill cannot so easily be taught/learned as more familiar occupations. Thare is no path that will guarantee success, and most who try will fail. But the notion that it is impossible to produce consistent returns higher than an index is demonstrably absurd. Most traders...

The more I read about Win7, the less impressed I am. Most of the reviewers either focus on the upgrade process -- does ANYBODY actually upgrade an old system, as opposed to buying a new system with the OS preinstalled? Or they talk about the nifty new features, like multitouch, that I just...

This is an excellent point, and one I had not considered. A 64-bit OS will address more memory than 4GB, but 32-bit apps will not. The 32-bit address space is only 4GB. Maybe there are some fancy tricks (e.g. far pointers) I don't know about that allow a bigger address space. So it sounds...

Thanks for the feedback. My development machine just turned 8, and that's ancient in computer years. I would like to replace it, and I want something that will last like the current one did. I skipped Vista because of all the bad things I heard, and I am seriously considering skipping Win7...

I was wondering if there are any negatives to going 64-bit?

This one is free and has a good reputation. http://www.malwarebytes.org/ You might also look at Avast and AVG/Grisoft.

Not if it is NYSE market-on-open placed with the specialist. It will be cancelled immediately or executed on the open.

Be advised that IB charges more for routed orders. I don't think they will rout an odd lot to a venue where it will be rejected.

Round lots and mixed lots are best because some venues (e.g. NYSE specialist) won't fill odd lots. I think there might be ECNs also that won't fill odd lots, but I'm not sure.

I used D4 (don't recall which version) until I discovered nistime. Nistime is also free and it comes with source code. http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm