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OMIGOSH SURF - this is so precious....and absolutely correct! I traded a sim e-mini account for 6 weeks, thinking it would be a breeze, given my incredible stop loss discipline. You know what ? I lost on 8 out of 10 trades...Yep: 20% win ratio. Reason: MY ENTRIES SUCKED....HUGELY. NO WAY...

EXACTLY....so it's all about the clock speed, and NOTHING to do with the multiple cores...that's all marketing Bullshit. Why ? : The software has got to be REWRITTEN to support multicore processors !!! It's so tough of a problem, that Microsoft, even KNOWING 4 YEARS AGO about this "issue", at...

http://www.prnwatch.com/prio.html Fabulous. Never crashes....and just keeps doing the job. WARNING: setting affinity with dual / quad processors at this point could be risky: Software needs to be written to handle this option. THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE right now with all Windows software. It's...

EXACTLY. I love this response. With Prop, YOU ARE CONTROLLED....and always UNDER PRESSURE. If you are not experienced, the chances of "blowing up" are incredibly high. BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. Instead: obtain a stake of $10k, trade 200 shares or 2 emini contracts, and learn the game....ON YOUR OWN.

Well then, that alone may explain their problems.

Ted, I think you are a bit confused....multicasting is still TCP/IP....it's just a more efficient method of distributing data: http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_IPMulticastAddressing.htm I am very surprised that such a once technology leading outfit like ARCA has not done this earlier.

Of course. But then again, you probably would not be down 90% from your equity peak. Risk and reward are intrinsicly tied together. Another idea for you: credit spreads...basically they have automatic "stops" built into them. They are basically premium selling strategies that have a loss "cap"...

Wait...your response is confusing...re: "ARCA problems"... so was the root of the problem with ARCA or Genesis ?

AGGRESSIVE ? ITM options on high-flyers near expiration cannot get any more aggressive !!! OMIGOSH...you've GOT to use STOP LOSS orders for these "bad boys". You did not and the result is no surprise.

I read this with great interest. I think the basic problem is that streaming data feeds are problematic because data can be lost one of 2 ways: 1) volume of quotes/prints exceeds the server's ability to send them....either because of CPU load or TCP/IP traffic load. 2) time-sampling of...

Yes, but let me add this: stops must be placed with some intelligence acknowledging break-out levels, support, resistance, etc. Otherwise, you can just end up with a horrible win percentage....especially tight stops on the e-minis. You'll stay in the game longer, but your account will just...

If it weren't random, this would be an easy game, wouldn't it ? Why not take advantage of this "dip" phenomenon ?

My only comment is: Windows has had such a checkered past in terms of performance, yet some of you continue to use a terrible operating system (O/S) for an IMPORTANT application that requires the performance of a REALTIME operating system. What's wrong with you guys ? Good realtime O/S's...

I acknowledge this....Exactly. As you can see, GUI design becomes OH SO CRITICAL when instant entries must be made. This is why advanced/contingent orders are so important...you place everything at one time....stop loss and/or profit taking limit order. Also, remember this: specifying stop...

Simply trap the LastPrice by coding into the Quotes_Change event procedure. Use Application.Ontime or the Win API SetTimer/KillTimer functions to build the OHLC interval

Well, trailing stops seem to be somewhat of an after-thought....strange, because the rest of Sterling has been designed just so well. From the Trailing Stop Guide: "IMPORTANT NOTE: Use of this feature is at your own risk only – no financial responsibility will be taken for malfunction of...

Any platform that supports advanced orders can do it....that would include Options Express, ThinkorSwim, and several others. Programmable platforms also can do it.....like Tradestation and ESignal. The issue of server-side vs. client-side stops is important to understand. Trailing stop orders...

They'll "eat shit". Bernanke has been handed quite a pile of it. No long term recovery without massive, and I mean MASSIVE government cut-backs on spending and cut-backs on personnel. Only when there are droves of homeless in Washington DC will we know the recovery is neigh. Until then...

Incredibly, I can't find the post, but last year some trader posted in the Traders Journal about a great day, which was for him, about $1500 net profit. He said he immediately went to a "gentlemen's club". A response from another trader was: "yeah, then you blew $2500 on skanks, net loss =...

Some of "it", is "in there" already. They have both SERVER-SIDE stops via their Level II STOP feature and CLIENT-SIDE (on your workstation) stops via the OMS module that is on the main command bar. Server-side stops mean you can shutdown or crash your workstation and the stops will still be...