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Well, we all know that x87 coprocessor and all the follow-ups were operating internally in 72-bit floating point numbers. Any floating point operation between 64-bit or 32-bit numbers involved conversion into the 72-bit format and back. Naturally, any code that relied on loss fo precision...

brokers and prop firms don't think they are rich enough to pay for gambling addiction treatment. So, they give "clients" a break.

Do you hint you were programming in assembly language as opposed to relying on an optimising compiler?

Before deciding on a new platform, give a (free) try to NinjaTrader, Amibroker and NeoTicker.

Are you sure it is not 1920x1080? If you are sure would you mind posting a picture of small text on such a screen taken with a camera? Juts a few word will suffice to see if the text is blurred. It is not about "space" as such, it is about the "level of detail". At 1920x1080 resolution a 120"...

I should start mentioning my favourite SciFi acronyms. Very few people will know if these are real (whatever "real" means in the SciFi world). On a serious note, liquid nitrogen is a very popular cooling agent. It has also helped a few computer types develop some serious muscule. Carrying...

Haha, very true! At least, so far punters have formed 2 opposing camps: those who believe in absolute superiority of "native" code and those who see advatages of bitecode and runtime compilation. Just 2 camps - it's a miracle of unification. Having a strong opposing camp isn't great for...

2 key differences: 1) In a bank there is lots of work linked with client business. So, the graduates are overloaded with spreadsheets, presentations etc. The graduates are a highly motivated workforce who are prepared to work long hours (and don't have family commitments that interfere) for a...

Looks like this thread is getting hijacked by SierraChart argument. (Remember the story of a passenjer on a small plain who walked into the cockpit and greeted his pilot friend "Hi Jack!". The dispatcher overheard the greeting on the radio and shortly after the passenger was arrested by a...

Sticky pieces of paper on the monitor bezel are leading at convenience by a large margin.

That's impressive return. I presumed he wouldn't charge more for leverage than mainstream retail brokers (which I think charge smaller clients a fortune anyway).

or even moving the mouse (virtual KVM).

Have you seen strips about fictional ISO 9000 certification in Dilbert comics? It's much more important to have a proces than what the process is. The thing is... what the process is depends on all the small details of your project. Say, if you have market interface whose code is a few years...

Anyway, I was thinking of giving this thread a shameless bump...

When you say platform do you mean a broker platform? (As opposed to 3rd party order entry platform.)

One may argue it's actually more difficult to write good code in .NET than in C++. It's juts much easier to write code. Out-of-order information (or messages) is an interesting subject. 2 examples: When an instrument is trading on multiple venues, it takes different time for the market data...

Thsi explains it. A computer has a cmos clock which keeps running when the computer is switched off. Normally when the computer boots the time is taken from this clock, not from the Web. When the battery runs out (or accasionally appears defective), the cmos clock may run significantly behind...

Well, price improvement only happens when the market has moved by the time your order reaches the market. It's ususally not solely from the goodwill of the broker. With CME, it takes an order some hundreds of milliseconds to reach the echange. If while the order is being placed it effectively...

Judging from 2 keyboards amd absence fo a KVM switch this isn't more than 2 computers though.

I think what TWS does is when it starts up it requests time from IB. They assume clock on IB server is correct while most users don't keep their PC clocks correct. Then IB calculates the difference and applies this fixed difference to the local time. So, if the local clock is half an hour...