Search results

First, for normal use even 15 ms response time is totally adequate and in trading you won't see any difference whatsoever between 10ms and 3ms. The only area where repsonse time makes tiny bit of difference is the 3D monitors where one eye is supposed to see odd frames and the other eye sees...

Is it the name of a South Park character? Regarding Calman filter, if we ignore all the theory behind it for a moment, isn't it just a weighted moving average? We know moving averages are popular and some traders make them work. So, why deny people the opportunity to see for themseves that...

From what I guess you don't really need intraday data going this far. What you want is to draw support, resistance levels, trendlines etc based on data going 10 years back and see these drawings on current intraday charts. A number of charting packages will accomplish this for you. You can draw...

Take time to explore NeoTicker trial. It's one of the most comprehensive charting platforms. Though it is great for auto-trading, manual order entry is even more rudimentary than IB. On the monthly basis it's not cheaper that NinjaTrader but you can get a "permanent" license which is a big saver...

The length of history you demand is the problem. Not even popular paid datafeeds such as IQ Feed or eSignal offer this much intraday history. The thing is... A common convention is to classify historical data as daily, minute, and tick. So, if you want 30-minute bars, the convention dictates...

As a discount broker they are trying to get away on the cheap. How else would they maintain high margins while keeping commissions low?

The data keeps coming (after a brief break). It's TWS (or your charting app) that fails to recognise the data servers are up again and re-request the data.

Haha, there may be a caveat to this. In many Muslim families, every man is given the first name Mohammed. If they are having a family dinner and a phone rings "Can I speak to Mohammed?", every one of 8 men would say "I am Mohammed". Naturally, everyone has a different second name so that they...

It is too much hassle for an average person to go through the hurdles of the immigration laws + learn the Dutch language. Although every local in Amsterdam speaks very good English, I'm sure most restaurnats in the Netherlands request that employees speak good Dutch.

Good link. Thanks! I believe transaction tax in Germany is politically motivated. It is some way to "punish" financial institutions for the cost of the bailouts. As with many "best intentions" the collusion of interests has led to something that has no benefits, only drawbacks. The...

I believe with Ninja-Trader (like in general use) you shouldn't upgrade TWS to the "latest greatest" whenever an invitation to do so pops up. Ninja is supposed to be used with the "recommended" build. The current build for Ninja 7 is 911.

It's part of a bigger picture and feminism is not necessarily the primary reason. Women work because one income is no longer enough to maintain lifestyle modern culture dictates. People live in bigger houses, "need" a holiday a few thousand miles away. They don't mend clothes any more...

RBS to offer bets on house prices to rise Barely two years after exposure to subprime mortgage products caused its near destruction, Royal Bank of Scotland will launch a range of residential property derivatives aimed at retail investors. The bank, which is majority-owned by the UK...

What is "correct" tick data?

Even they "slice" bid/ask prices. For example, bid/ask may only be quoted at a time of a trade. If over a few seconds (or, sometimes, minutes) there were no trades but bid and ask fluctuated, this won't be reflected in historical data. The main advantage of a datafeed that sends every trade...

Because anyone who took too large a position in commodities has to deliver the physical commodity (or take delivery). That's a serious limitation.

Because his business - stock buying advice - has slowed down. The main characteristic of teh market top is everyone who wanted to stock up on stocks have already done so.

Mighty conviction doesn't proves you right. However, we indeed need to see if and when the transaction tax is intorduced and what exclusions the final version has. I concur. Let's reopen this discussion in 6 months.

Mighty conviction doesn't proves you right. However, we indeed need to see if and when the transaction tax is intorduced and what exclusions the final version has.

Enquire with MB Trading. They are automation friendly and provide inexpensive colocation. They are not the actual ECN though. They execute foreign exchange trades via 3DFX