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    any traders from Beijing, China

    recommend a mainland trader forum: www.hylt.net
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    any traders from Beijing, China

    i'm your neighbour : ) from hongkong.
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    Newbie qn on timestamp of IB market data

    1. according to my experience, ib does not deliver exchange timestamp data. 2. ib timestamped data will be further processed. eg. open a 5-min ib chart and you will see no trades at any start hh:mm:ss:000 of any bars. i.e. ib data is "the cleanest data" you could get from ib. 3. using...
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    Any Good Books on PropFirm?

    do you mean that the business model of proprietary trading firm doesnt work and that selling unrealistic billionaire dream to people is the only legal way to make money for them? well, i'm more interested in knowing about those proprietary firms that generate contstant revenue from decent...
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    Any Good Books on PropFirm?

    Want to know how this industry make money out of traders/trading. Thanks!
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    any reliable data provider for Korean makret?

    Thanks! i shall call them tmr.
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    Kospi 200 futures

    yes but IB doesnt provide opening and is not stable recently. i've got esignal. looking for a second/backup data provider.
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    any reliable data provider for Korean makret?

    hi does anyboy know which vendor provides reliable quote for Kospi 200 futures? I'm looking for a second data provider. IB and Esignal excluded. an asian/local broker the best. Thanks!
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    Kospi 200 futures

    hi does anyboy know where to get free or cheap realtime quote for Kospi 200 futures? Thanks!
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    3 seconds executing stop order on HKFE -- IB

    it just comes into my mind that, will it be better if we use a stop limit order with tools like bracket trader? maybe it's naive to think IB server would be faster in transmitting lmt order. but i think just try try. no loss. btw, i have similar experience and my tickets already 100 years...
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    IB programmer needed

    i use amibroker. a widely adopted professional s/w that supports IB platform. www.amibroker.com programming in amibroker simple language cost much lower than other solution. unless you want a FIX connection. it'll be more than enough for you. good luck. http://www.aflwriting.com/
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    Disappointed at IB: HSI Index qoute wrong for hours

    today TWS's HSI index price being totally wrong for more than half trading day. there's a hundred point discripancy between hsi.com.hk correct data and ib's quote. and it was not corrected until about 15:00, one hour before market close. and when i called them they were not even aware of it...
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    solution to avoid Profitable Strategies Copied by a Broker?

    Thanks for sharing this valueable experience! i think one must do some precautions with small brokers. that's what i'm trying to do. in regard to software writing, besides nda, my expeirience is to only give him the structure without reveling the details, also add one or two useless...
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    solution to avoid Profitable Strategies Copied by a Broker?

    also Thanks loanfinder, Vector101, Mike805 and others who give helpful replies.
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    solution to avoid Profitable Strategies Copied by a Broker?

    you r right. although i'm mainly concerned with small local brokers, big brokers dont really care about how much their clients make. i feel not so worried now. Thanks :)
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    solution to avoid Profitable Strategies Copied by a Broker?

    if i repeat a successful strategy everyday and profits piling up quickly, my broker will eventually duplicate and thus destroying it. but it's also unrealistic, in terms of capital utilization and risk management, to split one position into two accounts. this way you spend huge capital to...
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    Lehman Sees `Material Hit' to Europe Investment Banks

    Americans... genius!!! :eek:
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    How to become an Investment Banker or Economist (humor)...

    hahaa, pretty true :D
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    Looking for 50% daytrade margin HSI Hang Seng brokers other than IB. Please help.

    hi Jesse, i also use chiefgroup's SP trader besides IB!! but i dont know CHIEFGROUP can provide hsi TICK BY TICK data! can you tell me how to get it? Thanks!
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    IB's 4% Intraday Initial Margin Req. for Index Futures

    Good point! it seems that some of the index futures have already been back to 50% intraday margin req.
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