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probably you were refering ComputTrac: http://www.traders.com/Documentation/FEEDbk_docs/2011/04/Interview.html

Or use bracket order to initialize a position, then just modify the target order in the bracket order for closing out position. In this way the popup will not show up.

Kelly formula originated in gambling in which how much you bet is how much you lose in a losing bet, so what the formula gives can be understood as the optimal amount you can lose in a trade.

From Kelly formula (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_criterion), the best bet is f* = (bp-q)/b, where: f* is the fraction of the current bankroll to wager; b is the net odds received on the wager; p is the probability of winning. If you receive 1-to-1 odds on a winning trade, i.e. b=1, then...

the moderator should impose requirement for one to be able to write product review, such as broker or software review. the requirement can be the number of post or the registration length. hopefully this will keep some spammers away. also one should not be able to post more than one review for...

I'd like to share my setback with Comodo disk encryption, hope it will help those who are using this encryption tool. After using Comodo disk encryption for some time, today I decided to get rid of it, so I removed the encryption from the encrypted drive, but the drive became unaccessible after...

Thanks, restart TWS solves the problem.

I use the volume event to keep track of trades, but today I cannot receive any volume event from IB, though I can still get the lastSize event. Is there anybody else has the same problem?

There is no such thing as current trend, there are historical trends, one can define the trend for past ten years, ten months or ten days. Trend-following traders anticipate that the historical trends will not reverse in the near future, and position in their directions.

Edward Magee Elliott (don't remember their first names)

reqExecutions returns which order is filled via the execDetails() method, reqAllOpenOrders returns which order is open via the openOrder() and orderStatus methods. If one of your submitted orders is not currently open and not filled, then it is cancelled.

After each reconnection, fire reqAllOpenOrders and reqExecutions, then you know the up-to-date status about your submitted orders.

You must use an auto-save feature, so the screenshot software needs to scan all file names in your image directory before saving to a new file name.

Here is a quote (http://www.gladwell.com/2002/2002_04_29_a_blowingup.htm) on how he wiped out his account: A year after Nassim Taleb came to visit him, Victor Niederhoffer blew up. He sold a very large number of options on the S. & P. index, taking millions of dollars from other traders in...

http://daytradingfordummies.blogspot.com/

Peter's Ultimate Alarm Clock Google it for links.

Probability is a way of prediction.

I upgraded to the latest TWS release, but this release prevents my app automatically connect to it even I set up proper IP address in Trused IP Address option, now I have to manully click the button for connecting to TWS. It worked with prior relese I used. Anyone experiences the same problem?

Speaking of weekly scale, SP and DJ are posing to go much lower next week. Either a black monday or an up pop move in at most daily scale, but markets will reverse back to down.

There is a price spike for April Gold contract in my application with IB as data streaming source. The spike happend at 12:43 EST, Feb 21, and last about ten seconds. I checked CBOT website and didn't see this spike in CBOT gold chart. If anyone follows the contract and also uses IB, would you...