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I think here you make a strong assumption that each entry on a trend trade is manged separately... as if entries are independent trades. Suppose the price is $20 and the trader thinks this is a likely start of a trend, the price can move to a likely target of $50. The initial stop-loss is...

The disclosure is regarding your investments, not jobs. If you own a share in the fund or have beneficial interest in it in some other way (such as the right to receive 20% of the profits a performance fee), the disclosure is required.

It is federal regulation. However, financial companies tend to have their own rules (which follow the main regulatory guidelines) and these rules may be overzealous compared to regulatory requirements. Some companies are international. So, their rules may be strict enouh to satisfy regulators in...

I agree with most other posters. If there is a gripe with IB it's not the stability of their software. rew, your problem sounds like your machine runs out of memory. Advice from ids should help or you might be running to many applications on the same computer. If neither works, see if...

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Hoi, moarla, thanks for the reply! Is there a place in TWS or account management that I can see which Account-server I am connected to?

The "extended" login form in TWS (when you click "Show all fields") allows selecting a region. Does it actuially have any effect on how which IB server TWS connects? Or are you talking of an account open as a "US" customer?

If you are happy with slightly outdated technology Visual C# from Visual Studio 2005 compiles java source as well as executes java bytecode on NET. The lahnguge has non-java extensions to provide easy access to NET-specific features such as properties.

Because for S&P 500 (unlike, say, currency futures) the volume in E-minis is an order of magnitude larger than in "big" contracts.

If a firm pays salary this factor shouldn't be underestimated. Only a small proportion of traders that have reached long-term profitability actually make large enough sums of money so that their basic living expenses are small compared to what they earn. (You know most people spend more when...

Depending on the firm a trader also gets much lower commissions.

You tell me! Seriously addictive. For some posting P&L is a way to be recognised as successful traders on these forums. For others it's a way to keep discipline in check (trading as such offers no intrinsic limitation, so public forums are great for shaming for breaking rules).

It all depends on what latecy is acceptable... For example, Interactive Brokers (US broker) offer clients located in Europe access to their servers in London and I believe orders sent to European exchanges bypass the US completely.

Aero is visual candy enabled by default in Vista and Windows 7 (not applicable if you use Windows XP). Aero enables for semi-transparent windows etc. Read more here. If you use Aero it puts a heavy workload on the graphics card with higher screen resolutions. The "wave" effect you observe is...

If you develop an addon, it's easier to outsource the "rights management" to whoever developed the charting/trading platform. I would go for option 2 only if one of the following holds: a) The charting software or broker don't allow option 1 (you may want to allow for some flexibility like...

That's the best advise so far! As a broker you have lots of sales experience (that is experience with people, not with a product) and it's a good idea to capitalise on it. MBA from a leading school can open many doors including those outside finance. I am less optimistic about "executive"...

It looks like you are using a TV to display charts.

There are 2 ways: 1) Link the addon to something that already can only be used on one computer only. It can be a named broker account, specific license of the charting platform etc. Platform developers go a long way protecting their software from unauthorised use. Some packages require a...

By "hacking" do you mean figuring out what teh addon actually does or using mutiple copies with just one license?

The following pretty much explains (and with great detail) what I had in mind: The idea is you don't wait till retracement actually happens in force. Instead you wait for signal of a short-term top (such as congestion area or sharp move in your favour) and take profit on a part of the position...