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Monopoly position. Pure and simple. Much of media is like this. We have a newsradio station in our area. I complain about them a lot....to no avail, they don't have to listen: they're the only one. It's great to be working for a monopoly. How bout that Ebay ?

DISCIPLINE

Look guys, we're still in a liquidity bubble with Big Ben simply wringing his hands on what to do next. He's got quite a tough decision ahead of him.... Until interest rates start to go up, this market will continue in that direction.

Ugh....server problems = disaster. This should not have persisted for more than a few days or so. TOS's servers were flattened in the Feb market debacle which caused an enormous increase of the volume of derivative's trading. They upgraded their servers within 2 weeks of that event.

Hey Jango ! Good to see you are still movin and shakin.... care to enumerate any problems and quirks you've encountered over at IB with regards to their platform or their service ? As you know, IB is going public soon...and this could be a scary thing for them....Sarbox, compliance...

Exactly. This would kill 2 birds with one stone, so-to-speak....and provide that auto logon feature everyone is now so used to. Why doesn't IB ask "smart guys" like us before taking action on a technical change or addition ?

Exactly. YOU ARE ASKING FOR A LOT. What is your ability to pay for this ? I see the "I want a Ferrari, but can't afford it" syndrome at play here. BTW: Amibroker is pretty close to your requirements. Nothing will satisfy them all, but I think Goldman Saches or Lehman Brothers has something...

Will API system builders be able to call the device to insure their software is not being used on more than one machine ? Wow - that would be a terrific feature !

Regarding the TWS API.....would each sub-account need to be a separate "Client ID" to trade that sub-account separately ? Although "Client ID" is intrinsic to the API, it is hidden in the TWS front-end.

Or we could go sideways in an A-B-C-D-E zig-zag pattern.....as the Fed continues to talk and intervene on any market weakness as well as corps remaining profitable despite consumers becoming quite weak. Quite a conundrum here. Best strat may be to fade which ever way the market breaks. That was...

You forgot to add: In these market conditions Back in 1999/2000, volatility permitted excellent intraday profits....many dumb traders made it on luck. Likewise, when the Yen Carry-trade event occurred several weeks ago, traders here were posting daily profits they hadn't see in YEARS...

Wow - I love that story....he may be a funny looking guy, but there's nothing "funny" about the returns he is getting....not to mention the value-added to the economy with the 140 people he's hired to run everything. Overall, VERY IMPRESSIVE. Suddenly, he's putting John Henry's long-term trend...

Great idea....why don't you submit this as an enhancement ? I would call this an order "package" which is a predefined conditional order. For now, you'll need to use the API and have it programmed.

Which version number of TWS was this ? The brand new one which just arrived ?

YM ? A joke. ES ? A joke. When the VIX is consistently above 20, they'll be tradeable. In the meantime, real traders are trading ER2.

Wait ! "Bubble" Ben or "Bullshit" Ben ? This economy is "bullshit" and so is Ben.

Nice meeting all of you guys ! Whew, you'd think for this big metro area we could get a lot more traders rounded up. Sam - thanks for the beers ! See you all next month.

EXACTLY. Hunter lacks DISCIPLINE...and obviously was very successful initially partially due to LUCK. He got into a LARGE losing position and didn't and wouldn't bail-out. NOW he'll really need LUCK to make it as a trader in a new fund.

Art - you should be writing to Excel from Tradestation to insure integrity of the SUM of the "scores". Need help doing that ? Give me a ring !

Why should I be FORCED to keep my ATS simple ? Why should I have to spend MY TIME discovering and implementing work-arounds ? IB does a decent job, that can be done much better if they managed and marshalled their resources more efficiently.