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Have him do the trading system portion in something a bit more "mainstream" such as C++, C#, Java and let him code the GUI in whatever his little heart desires. In this case, if you get sick of your VB platform, you can always migrate over to another one since the strategy code is independent...

You guys don't happen to own any "Chinpokomon" dolls, do you?

Where's that come from?

So you are asking for a function to determine the coordinates of an arbitrary point on the line between (X1,Y1) and (X2, Y2)?

Yep. Titor does it better. http://www.johntitor.com/

Is the Y axis logarithmic?

What's the age of the bill's sponsor? I'll give you one guess...

Do the math if you are not convinced: 3% of $30 = $0.90 x 1 share = $0.90. 3% of $10 = $0.30 x 3 shares = $0.90 You get the same dividend either way.

Not sure, but I think you can export data with Ninjatrader...and since it's free unless you place live orders, that falls in your price range. Alternatively, you wouldn't have to completely roll your own with the API as you can just tweak the VB.NET demo from TWS. That demo already allows you...

As far as I know, the term "naked" applies when you do not have an opposing long position (which you do). Just FYI. In my opinion, it'd be better to lighten up on your position (say half) rather than selling the spread on the entire thing. If you want to see how it plays out, keep a couple...

Yep, you are right. I stand corrected. Incidently, the menu is Configure->API->All API Settings and it's at the bottom.

Are you referring to the popup that TWS displays or something Ensign is doing? TWS will prompt you if you want to accept a connection from an external API source unless you configure it otherwise. Basically, you just go to the API menu item and add the IP address 127.0.0.0 to your secure IP...

As someone mentioned before, don't bother selling the system, sell the signals. Post your signals in real-time or semi-real-time and allow free access to it (website, twitter, emails, etc)...this is the test-drive period. And I'm not talking about a test drive period of 1-week. You need to be...

I'm assuming you mean "sell a covered call." Normally you will have to wait until after expiration day. There's always a chance of being assigned early, but they go up if there is a dividend or some event that would make somebody want to own those shares immediately.

According to the article, he moved his money in to VTI in March 2009 (not bad timing for somebody who doesn't believe you can time the market)...which puts him in VTI somewhere between $38 to $42. VTI hit a high of around $62 just over a year later (Hmmm, I'm a fairly conservative investor and...

This depends on what you are looking for...do you mean learning as in learning a particular trading system? technical analysis? options?

I've decided to try and be a bit more detailed in my postings, so I started a Google Blog to track my progress. It will be easier to look back on my progress and also sift through my postings. There's not much on the blog at the moment, but if you want the link to it to follow development, PM...

No, the cash from your short positions is not financing your longs, which is why I said you are leveraged too high. You are still borrowing funds to initiate the short position, so from the example you gave, you have $25k total in equity (12k + 13k), which means you are leveraged about 2.5 : 1...

You probably want to take a look at this page to get a better understanding of margin. It also talks about auto-liquidation. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/p.php?f=margin (Click on the Example link on this page) IMO, you are leveraged too highly at the moment, especially if your...

If you have actually looked at the website and are still considering it, then God help you, because the market sure won't. Don't waste your time.