Truer words were never spoken. P.S. Thanks for the laugh.
Excel is a good choice no matter what else you do. There are free data sources and XLQ (not free but reasonable) can help get data into Excel...
Has anyone used "Shrink My Taxes", an accounting firm in Florida for setting up a LLC for trading? I saw some articles by them on Trading Pub....
Thanks, I will try to remember to post this information next year in November (and Keep it alive by replying). This is an incredibly simple...
Is it true that closing all your positions and not trading during the month of December solves Wash Sales Rule tax problems? Thanks, David
I am considering trading an account for a relative via an IB "Friends and Family" account. I am fully automated day trading over a universe of...
O(n) should be read as "On the Order of n" meaning that the time it takes to preform the lookup increases linearly with the number of items in...
IQFeed comes in as a single stream. I look at each line and determine what kind of message it is. If it is a new tick message I get the symbol...
You are of course correct, IQFeed is not meant for polling historical data during market hours. I was just pointing out that you can stream tick...
Actually IQ Feed has an 1800 symbol limit, you just pay more. I have my limit at 1300 symbols and I regularly watch 1000. If you need more than...
Sorry I wasn't clear. I am using OPG Market orders which are Market On Open orders. IB won't accept the order on some symbols like SPY. Thanks,...
I am trying to experiment with Market On Open orders in my IB paper trading account using TWS. I am getting a message "Warning: At the open order...
I haven't noticed any problems with IQFeed. I use it every day. -David
The timestamp originates on the IQFeed server. David
I agree with ssrrkk. Java is definitely not a problem and I run TWS every day, all day, no problems. FireFox, I have given up on. -David
I use a old i7 (1.8GHz) laptop for trading. It is auto-trading with no charts. Watching every tick (IQFeed) for 1000 symbols takes about 14% of...
>>Dude - get 2 UPS backups for your router & switch and computer. If your FIOS or CABLE is above ground, flatten your positions BEFORE the storm...
Thanks, I went to the "How Do I Trade at IB?" page and they made no mention of phone orders. I have been trading at IB for years but am usually...
Hi, If I am in some trades and enough goes wrong (power, internet, backups, etc.) so I no longer have a connection to Interactive Brokers, how...
Assuming you are not a programmer, you are probably not going to write your own platform. That is a major undertaking even for an experienced...
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