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Sounds like all you need is a broker interface. You would need a 3rd party platform if you wanted aggregatiopn to bars, marking trades on a chart, calculating trading system stats, indicator library etc... The best thing is not to concentrate on Java. Find a broker that is friendly to...

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In brief, at a prop firm a trader gets higher leverage on stocks and/or lower commission on futures (futures firms usually get exchange member discount). Some firms don't require capital contribution and may even pay salary. Otherwise, benefits are intangible like sitting next to other...

I never realised having too many drinks could be a defense in a fraud case. Is it legal history in making or what?

If the Fed's objective is to prop up the equity market, I believe it has been pretty succesful in the last year. Maybe, they don't care (see above). For comparison, in the UK investing in residential property is considered an essetial part of retirement planning. For the last 20 years the...

I didn't realise you were the proud author of G Bot!

Fullautotrading, thanks for explaining how this works. Do you have any target you want to hit in order to start trading with real money? Or do you leave it to subjective judgement? I noticed G Bot is not on the Elitetrader software list. It looks good from your screenshots. Do you think...

IB offers unbeatable variety of international markets. ToS (which has been bought out by TD Ameritrade) has great platform for people who (infrequently) trade options. These 2 advantages are not easily bested. What does Lightspeed offer? Regarding the question "which broker" in the opening...

Hi Fullautotrading, I haven't found any info regarding the starting capital at the beginning of the thread. Do you mind sharing with what capital in the account you started?

Typical real data bandwidth is tiny... especially if you are not tracking hundreds of symbols with market depth. For trading a dozen of actively trade futures you will likely fall into below 100mb per month... unless you frequently load tick-by-tick history and the like.

ChkitOut is saying discount brokerages are the only beneficiaries of repealing the pattern daytrading rule.

You are welcome. Unless the system has particularly complex logic, you should be able to code the backtest in excel. OK, you will be able to test the system this way on just thousands, not millions of data points but that should be enough to figure out if anything goes wrong. Splice your tick...

First, you will need a xWindow (graphics interface for Linux) installed in order to run TWS or IB Gateway because Java requires it. You can install it on the server version of Linux but you can as well go with a desktop version. If you have xWindow installed you can either use one of many...

Godd point... but what about accounts held in Switzerland in foreign currencies such as Euro?

from http://www.cmegroup.com/company/membership/types-of-membership.html: Also note that in both rule 106.J and rule 106.H, it says For hedge fund and commodity pool member firms, only the proprietary trading activity of the hedge fund member firm is eligible for preferential Exchange fee...

In government policy there is no such thing as "greater good". Whatever the outcome is, there is always someone who wins and someone who looses out. So, ask yourself: "Who wins from it?" Who wins form high property prices? Who wins from people having to borrow for 30 years? Who wins from...

You are drawing very dark picture. The only way house prices can retrace to affordable levels without upsetting homeowners if they retrace in real (inflation-adjusted) terms while staying flat or growing slowly in nominal terms. The ideal scenario for debt-ridden homeowners is...

At least, in Belgium they enjoy zero capital gains tax. Or is it full of caveats too?

Absolutely agree. The same follows for any other tax planning. Perhaps only retirement accounts and the like are straightforward enough. It also helps to know what professional to ask for advice. There are a few stories on this forum from people who were unlucky to meet a tax adviser who was...

I presume they do pay interest on saving accounts (unless it's "Islamic finance"). It's not like Swiss law forbids it. How high this interest is in the current environment is a different question.