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    HFT vs Small Traders

    --"HFT is just another market participant... HFT is just another excuse for you losers to whine... blah blah blah...".--- it's sounds simple,but reality is a bit more complicated. it is another participant. who happens to have ALL POSSIBLE and impossible TECH advantages + all SEC rules on...
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    The era of TBTF is Over. Bail-in's are the New Normal...

    well..if you read it from multiple credible sources such as Bloomberg,Reuters and so on-you better believe it. that article published on seekingalpha while ago was spot on.. achilles28 was right. It's every man for himself. specially people with deposits at the banks
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    Interactive Brokers TWS Bug Thread

    ---The sweet spot is 8Gb RAM (in this config you might want to turn off os pagination for better performance) with Core i7 CPU and SSD or hybrid drive.--- nice...the evolution of TWS. decade ago it was small and will run on any PC. now the sweet spot is a setup that will cost you at least 1K.
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    Earnings website

    looks like all sources i've posted here-earnings.com,fulldisclosure and msn page that powered by thompson are gone now. anyone know-is it permanent or temporarily down? those was the best sources and use them every day. looks like there is no place left where public can find earnings dates...
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    What causes moves like this?

    it would be nice to know what security + market you are talking about. and time on the chart. or it's a secret?:)
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    TWS ActiveX C# programming how to get historical values high/low values

    probably done by someone else. ask at TWSAPI yahoo group. or search thru examples
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    Is anyone here profitable?

    --My point being, not many here are profitable in relation to long term cost averaging into the s$p.--- you probably correct on this one. my biggest mistake is that i didn't invest my profits from daytrading(cause i'm scared to death of losing it and spoiled by steady returns) like your...
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    HFT vs Small Traders

    wow! aren't you just asked,if anyone here is profitable? what about you,bro? what's the point to ask,if you are making killing? i never asked anyone about it. i don't need to know,my tax return is enough for me :) http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=265633 try to...
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    Trading with a Stop Loss in the Futures Market is for Losers

    which one? we had one yesterday.according to hftvol he made a fortune off it.after the fact and without any proof obviousy :)
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    Is anyone here profitable?

    btw-according to latest stats-savings at the banks are at all time high levels.which makes me think that your grandma aren't buying this market. probably cause she lost it all back in 2007-9
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    Is anyone here profitable?

    IMO-that's not the point. i prefer boring, steady returns.regardless to direction of the market. yes,everyone is king now(including your grandma),but where they are back on 2007-9? crying in the pillow in the night? where they are in 2000?
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    HFT vs Small Traders

    exactly.being on ET for over a decade only to post fake statement? what for? and i honestly admitted several times that it' not as good as it was before. I'm not making 100% evry year. but I'm still in the game and still profitable.
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    Is anyone here profitable?

    I did post my statements several times herel only to hear that it's fake or photoshop :) That particular system worked without single change forat least 7 years and made money every year and every month. Still profitable, but as I said before- profits just getting smaller and smaller. To the...
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    computer time synch lost - the Twitter hack ?

    nope, no problem here.But! I 'm trying to run ''update internet time' now and it's ain't working. you probably got some combo-when your soft wasn't able to synchronize-it did messed up your pc time. just a guess time.windows.com is working
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    computer time synch lost - the Twitter hack ?

    One should use ntp server closest to location of pc. Googe for a list of servers. http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi
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    Explosion at the White House Obama hurt?

    having a twitter account for any serious company and specially for a news agency-it's just RETARDED. AP-read this-you are RETARDS. pathetic following it-is even more retarded. we are living in f** up world,where WORLD markets can be manipulated by posts on twitter. they better be prepared...
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    WTH flash crash

    some just got raped and some one made a fortune off it. fair and orderly market :) what a joke. couple mil shares and IWM drops 1%. where all those 'liquidity providers'? SSDD. as it was at the flash crash of 2010
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    Online colleges accelerating at a "crazy fast" pace.

    ---The testing may come when you apply for a job.--- that was the case with IT jobs decade ago and still in place. no one cares about where you graduated. but they do care about what you can do. demonstrate it ,and you are hired. but once again-you can't apply this 'model' to any field. the...
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    IB - cash withdrawal - CHECK? WHERE?

    ---Anyone else deal with the same crap from them with regard to cash withdrawals - by check?--- you got what you are asking for. if your OP is like your last one-the answers might be a bit different. but still- it's most likely in their agreement between you and Ib(which you...
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    Unofficial TWS bug thread

    well..if it's required by exchange(as it says on the message)-it would be safe to assume that there is should be some defined 'rules',specifying, WHEN your broker have to modify your order. i like to know them. i'm asking too much?
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