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    QuoteTracker Bought out by TD AMERITRADE! YIKES!

    Looks like what I had visioned is on its way ... so soon NYSE plan to offer free real time quote http://mostly.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/and-after-free-data/
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    Program Trading, what’s it all about?

    I am not sure I know exactly what you meant by saying "program trading isn't about predicting or forecasting ..", based on what I heard it's definitely what the program trading is all about. In anther news clip I posted here, http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=79698...
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    How a Computer Knows What Many Managers Don't

    By ZUBIN JELVEH July 9, 2006 IF movies like "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "The Matrix" are any indication, humans are not comfortable with the idea of artificial intelligence controlling their fate. So why ever trust a computer model to run your investments? Because, in the real world, it...
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    The trader is dead-long live the trader

    There have been two notable publications over the past year or so that were really worth looking at. Both capture the essence that massive change is upon us. Both suggest we are in the early days of the Electronic Revolution, a revolution that will change the financial markets industry beyond...
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    Program Trading, what’s it all about?

    September 24, 2006 Posted by Dan Gallagher Up until recently I had no idea what Program Trading was all about, other than the fact that anyone who has worked in the area tends to be highly sought after due to the nature of the business. Program trading can mainly be found in sell side...
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    QuoteTracker Bought out by TD AMERITRADE! YIKES!

    When I said: ---------------------------------------------- Fortunately, Bank of America has lead the way to offer free stock trading, then free quote data should be the next. mainwhile a new breed of trading software has started to emerge...
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    QuoteTracker Bought out by TD AMERITRADE! YIKES!

    The real value of QT lies in its numerous data adapters for different quote sources. How have they achieved this remains a secret until this day. Despite what QT has claimed, most of brokers don't offer programming interface for quote data consuming. It's a shame that providing real/eod...
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    API's

    It has been a tough battle to convince IB to fully open their API instead of launching TWS first, log on, then use your own software that consume the API. If it is authentication security related, what they've build into the TWS standalone, they can build into the API binary files distributed...
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    Is Linux a popular OS for trader?

    As of today, most traders use Windows OS for their trading activity, from analysis to trading. However, while the popularity of Linux increased overtime, will Linux ever become a viable OS for traders or professional in equity industry? One guess is that traders would only care about...
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    Best Programming Language to Learn

    From a pure programming language point of view, c++ is the one. The computing world is splitted between Java and .Net that is comprised of c# and vb. Campus of either world would not hire professionals from other campus. However, neither campus has ever intended to get rid of c++, they...
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    Best Programming Language to Learn

    3 months is good enough to get you started with any proramming language you favored. If you know how to "learn while doing it", it won't take long before you become a guru of any of these languages. Who said 3 months to create an effective trading system, or any effective business system...
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    Best Programming Language to Learn

    How long do you think it takes for those .com kids or indian contractor to learn asp, vb and become proficient with it ("proficient" means that being able to brag some home made projects with these skills in a professional alike tongue during the interview ):D There are way too many...
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    Neural Nets and Genetic Algorithms?

    Rather than using NN and GA to build a black box prediction model, the real meanful application should be in data mining area to classcify patterns and internal correlation between equity dynamic behaviors. Any above average traders (both pro and amateur) share a similar experience, that by...
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    Best Programming Language to Learn

    One thing I never understand about is, why it is such a big deal of which language to use, to learn, people hate each other because advocating Java or C#, or C++. Still remember in my data structure class in computer sciense, it only took me a overnight reading to learn Pasacal, then happy...
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    What environments are charting software programs developed in?

    If such an open source project is under way, what would be the ideal programming language to be used to develop this platform, and what would be the ideal language/script for trader/user to use to build trading system? For question 1. the candidates are: C#, Java, C++, when consider the...
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    What environments are charting software programs developed in?

    There has been a C# compiler for Linux since a long time, ever heard of "Mono" project? Open source, lead by a major Linux community leader, big time, made plenty news a few years ago, aim to port .Net framework to Linux, it has the whole deal, c#, vb.net, asp.net, ado.net, check it out...
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    TWS Stand Alone or Browser Based?

    In fact, you have no choice but the stand alone version, thanks to IB's API requirement of the stand alone version to be running on the side, or your VB appl won't work. Is the web version for people from office? The truth is "Not a chance", not because their boss won't let them, it's the...
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    Here is the way of making $million

    The opposite doesn't mean it will win. Failure has many forms, but success has only one result.
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