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y, you can do it, but if you drop below 100k in your IB acct there goes your portfolio margin. So the main thing to figure out is how to constuct a delta neutral portofolio that pays a high rate of interest. The second thing you should work on is the optimal amount of leverage to use...

I'm looking at the pro-picks from online trading academy here: http://www.tradingacademy.com/student/Pro-Picks-Tour.aspx and was wondering if anyone was having any success with them. Thanks, kztdr

What would happen to the Greek shippers?

The idea is that you buy a put for protection and pay for it by selling an OTM call. You end up collaring your long stock between the 2 strikes until expiration. Good luck! kztd

Ok, but then do I need a paid Ninja Trader acct to access it? Step 1 to connect to Kinetick is 'Start Ninja Trader' kztd

Seems like step one is connect to ninja trader From https://www.kinetick.com/support#Connect Connect to Kinetick Prior to setting up a Kinetick account connection, you MUST have installed the NinjaTrader 7 trading platform. Download NinjaTrader 7 here. Kinetick Free End of Day...

That's true, easylanguage is easier than VB if you can live within their ecosystem.

It looks like you also have to get a ninja trader subscription to access the Kinetick data. So how much is all that together for just stocks? kztd

>120 days tick, 2 years minute, $50 per month excluding exchange fees. KInetick has no phone number to call and it looks like a $300 monthly trap if you set it up and then don't use it for a month. I'm actually only interested in stock data right now, do I have to sign up for CME, CBOT...

well for an 80% certainty there is an optimal bet size as a percent of your stack. It's important to understand the formula before you start using it. kztd

This topic is really about position sizing. I haven't read all the comments so I apoligize if this has already been said: For mathematically correct position sizing, you should study well: Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall...

VB6 is / was the easiest language to learn and be productive in that I ever saw. kztd

> Thanks for your reply savagemp5. Iam not running any algos or anything of that nature. All I just wanted to do is to be able to monitor the 5-min OHLC of say about 100 stocks on an excel spreadsheet at quick glance, that's all. Cheers < I think I would just get the real-time data and build...

It's been done over and over. Why do we need another one? kztd

MACD -> "If you can't write out your edge in 3 sentences or less -- You probably don't have an edge" So what's your edge?

Use IB's API, you can send orders and auto-trade if you want. For anything but the simplest system, if you don't know how to program, you'll need to learn. kztd

I just got off the phone with Metastock and E-Signal, they offer 30 days and 10 days of historical tick data, respectively. I'd really like to have more data and I'm ok writing code and using API's. I saw the Tick data website and they were like $50k for data, and that's not going to...

I don't really want to dig myself a hole here, but suffice to say, posting what could be construted as a stock recommendation here would have my compliance dept unhappy. But if your compliance is ok, feel free to promote your longs I'll take a look and might even buy a few shares.

It seems there are always a few stocks that just go up no matter what. I'm looking for your best pick to go long for a year and why. Being licensed, I can't personally give an example but I have a few in mind. Thanks KZ

Casino? It's not gambling if you win every month. $3k is very undercapitalized.