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I was 19 when I took it, being German with limited english skills, I passed it the first try with about 3 weeks of study. So, go figure, how hard can it be...

FYI, NCompass is ready. The ex market makers that currently use it like it a lot. It doesn't have all the functionaliy that Thinkpipes (formerly ThinkOrSwim) has yet but I think it has already most of the functionality that professional traders need.

totally easy .. takes like 2 days to learn if you're familiar with options and futures. Had the STC script

As far as I know there's no FIX engine written in perl

well, high frequency and minute data is quite controversial .. isn't it? ;) But this really depends on the amount of data you deal with and what kind of analytics you want to run

kdb's evaluation version has a 100MB storage limit and 1000 messages limit. If you want to buy it prepare to spend about 100k for a base install. They do however, make versions available to universities. If you want to go cheaper, try ORACLE and it's Time Series analysis package which shows...

Hey everybody, I just wanted to let you guys know that I started a Blog. As I wasn't trading for quite some time I need get back into "the zone" and I think tracking my trades and thinking about what I did is the best I can do. cheers

I took my 3 couple months ago... it's a pretty easy test... studied two days for it with the STC prep material. Also, previous posters are right... you can take it without being sponsored but you need to hang it somewhere.

once again, both are based on Java

The J-Trader web and standalone are about the same and both are Java. There should be virtually no difference and yes i've been on both. Right now I'm on X_Trader however, having quite heavy lag in the depth of market. Need yet to figure out where the issues are. I like the overall handling...

and here's the link to the calendar on their website: http://www.eurexchange.com/market_trading/tradingcalendar/2004_1.html

no, why should it be closed?

Series 7 - $200 Series 63 - $70 http://www.nasdr.com/3445.asp + you gotta buy study material

Trading involves skill. Skills have to be improved and that can be done by only one thing --- taking trades As a trader you have to overcome certain levels ... be it profit limits, volume limits, etc. and this can be done by only one thing --- practicing by taking trades. As long as you...

J-Trader's API actually is $1000 one time fee, except in your case Velocity eats the cost

actually the OS is pretty stable, it's the drivers that cause issues. Useless to trading??? I don't know how you come up with the statement but the AMD is about the same price as the Intel though having better performance plus the ability to run 64Bit applications on windows in the future...

there's only a Windows XP 64-Bit Edition for 64-Bit Extended Systems right now which is beta stage. I doubt that they will release a 64-Bit home edition. Running the 64-Bit Version right now is pretty much pain in the ass as the 64-Bit drivers from other hardware manufacturers are still...

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I doubt it unless you're institutional, run a fund or similar

I know none that don't take IB's. The business is usally that the FCM's take on the big institutional accounts, whereas they leave the volume business to the IB's. I guess Velocity makes an exception but it's definitely the case for companies like merrill, recfo, ghco, rcg, etc.