Here's a point of edification for the board's (and the nation's) "anti-speculator"/"anti--oil-company" conspiracy theorists: the US isn't the only...
Even many (my guess is, most) "clear plans" will almost certainly lose money in the long run. Without a real edge, any trader is simply toast,...
While I agree that "loving market" is a bad idea, one has to at least be interested in trading to try it and continue doing it. And I strongly...
That seems just awful to me -- so everyone who tries trading and is unsuccessful is supposed to run his/her entire life savings into the ground...
That is simply wrong, as a general statement. I'm sure you can construct scenarios in which it isn't, but these would be rare and/or contrived....
Java and C# are slower than C++, for almost all applications. C++ is simply closer to the machine, and no religious ranting and raving will...
Java and C# are both linked in with "platforms" -- Java's own platforms for Java, and Microsoft's for C#. You may find them somewhat easier to...
Fortune's Formula by Poundstone will probably tell you everything you need to know regarding Thorp's work from the Beat the Market era -- and a...
That brings up an interesting question -- why did HE choose to go into investing if he regards it purely as "selfish activity", as seems implied...
Penson introducing brokers can offer the full range of what you're requesting. Interactive Brokers of course has equities and some futures, but...
In my opinion, the open might be the worst time for your order if it's at market, since you have no idea what price you'll get. If that IB...
Sterling Trader Pro is also a decent platform with a good API -- it has a C++ API, but most of the example code is in VB, so that's what most...
It's true; Refco retail US accounts lost nothing (I don't even think there was an interruption in the client's ability to trade), even when Refco...
In my experience, infrared mice may jump whereas mice don't (at least not the better ones).
Far from being designed to manipulate prices, ICE was instrumental in breaking the previously-antediluvian NYMEX's monopoly on certain North...
Anyone know what the field OpportunisticTrade does exactly? Does it just enable/prevent routing out, and is it avail for all execution venues?...
Good idea for a thread -- it's nice to have all this info summarized in one place. I can also confirm Penson $550k for PB -- they also have a...
Practically speaking, I agree. But even a high-liquidity issue traded on all 6 exchanges COULD be subject to this scenario. It depends partly on...
Note, however, that this scenario would give Timber Hill/IB an incentive to post a worse bid/offer than they would otherwise in certain...
FIX is perhaps the best for version stability and cross-platform stability as it's an open standard, but good luck getting it from most places...
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