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  1. I need a program to ID HDD activity

    Is there a simple program that can identify the program that is creating hard-drive activity as it is occurring? I need one that will work with...
    Thread by: J.P., May 10, 2010, 10 replies, in forum: Trading Software

  2. IB stop limit order for cme queued on the exchange?

    Maybe a year ago or so, IB's pop-up over the Status field would state, "Submitted to and acknowledged by the exchange" for ES Stop Limit orders....
    Post by: J.P., May 8, 2010 in forum: Order Execution

  3. is this a great country or what...

    jackflash has quite the imagination. Thanks, the1, you own this thread.
    Post by: J.P., May 8, 2010 in forum: Trading

  4. Monitor Resolution - 1680x1050 or 1920x1080?

    I have a 30" HP LP3065 with native resolution of 2560 x 1600. It's excellent. You just adjust the sizing of display items one time in the OS...
    Post by: J.P., Apr 15, 2010 in forum: Hardware

  5. what is your favorite browser?

    Unfortunately, you need different browsers for different tasks. Firefox is best most of the time. But, for example, if you want to copy ES'...
    Post by: J.P., Apr 15, 2010 in forum: Trading Software

  6. Building your own trading computer

    Thanks for all that detail, Bolimomo.
    Post by: J.P., Apr 7, 2010 in forum: Hardware

  7. Reporting IB's TWS bugs

    Shortly after IB released TWS v. 903 I reported a bug by filling out a ticket that contained all the information needed for replication. Two days...
    Thread by: J.P., Apr 6, 2010, 13 replies, in forum: Interactive Brokers

  8. Bid/ASK quotes are wrong in IB?

    Unfortunately true
    Post by: J.P., Apr 6, 2010 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  9. Isn't it illegal for brokers to scam their customers with this account statements?

    What broker is this?
    Post by: J.P., Apr 5, 2010 in forum: Professional Trading

  10. Would I have been better off with a single or dual core rather than quad?

    I said the Processes tab (not the Performance tab as you state). As I said before, if you have a quad, look at the Processes tab (sorted on the...
    Post by: J.P., Apr 2, 2010 in forum: Hardware

  11. Would I have been better off with a single or dual core rather than quad?

    I said Excel was multithreaded. You said it supports multi-threaded recalculations. OK, you are correct. My only point was that some areas of...
    Post by: J.P., Apr 1, 2010 in forum: Hardware

  12. Would I have been better off with a single or dual core rather than quad?

    Thanks again for your post. But no, I was talking about AFTER everything has downloaded, whether it takes 5 seconds or all day. See the steps of...
    Post by: J.P., Apr 1, 2010 in forum: Hardware

  13. Would I have been better off with a single or dual core rather than quad?

    Thanks. Although I conceptually can't grasp how a 2.5 GHz quad CPU running a single thread in one core and maxed out at 25% of TOTAL capacity...
    Post by: J.P., Apr 1, 2010 in forum: Hardware

  14. Would I have been better off with a single or dual core rather than quad?

    Wait. Let's simplify this. Say you have two CPUs, both the exact same speed; a single core and a quad. You are processing a single thread. You...
    Post by: J.P., Mar 31, 2010 in forum: Hardware

  15. Would I have been better off with a single or dual core rather than quad?

    That's right. But 99% of the time I'm only doing one thing, along with the OS's background tasks of course. So it would be far better for me to...
    Post by: J.P., Mar 31, 2010 in forum: Hardware

  16. Would I have been better off with a single or dual core rather than quad?

    Yes, that's right. But I didn't realize the ramifications before this. As even though Excel is touted as being multithreaded, it's not...
    Post by: J.P., Mar 31, 2010 in forum: Hardware

  17. Would I have been better off with a single or dual core rather than quad?

    Just to clarify: I have Task Manager running continuously on a separate screen and it's been an education. I have the Processes screen open...
    Post by: J.P., Mar 31, 2010 in forum: Hardware

  18. Would I have been better off with a single or dual core rather than quad?

    I don't understand. One example: when I load a 1GB spreadsheet in Excel 2007, Task Manager shows Excel maxed out at 25%, with almost 75% idle,...
    Post by: J.P., Mar 31, 2010 in forum: Hardware

  19. Would I have been better off with a single or dual core rather than quad?

    Thanks, EllisWyatt for sending a PM suggesting I look at the i7 chip. But to the best of my knowledge it too has four cores and would also be...
    Post by: J.P., Mar 31, 2010 in forum: Hardware

  20. Would I have been better off with a single or dual core rather than quad?

    Thanks, Pocket, for the info on Excel and cloudcel; I'll look into that. But it's not just Excel as just about everything seems to run at only...
    Post by: J.P., Mar 31, 2010 in forum: Hardware
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