If I understand you correctly, that's quite a bit more interesting than what I did, which was to use only the API calls rather than intercepting...
The C++ examples are minimal, so I suggest using VB instead (which is what I did). Even though I've barely ever worked with VB, this actually...
TM_Direct, Would you mind sharing which clearing firms you feel are on the edge? Or maybe a rough, subjective ranking/grouping (by risk) of...
The focus in Switzerland being private and commercial banking, you might be surprised at how small the hedge fund world is there as compared to...
I can't see anything but a secular bullish trend for oil into the indefinite future. I'm not saying that $127 oil is going to hold now, or that...
My bad..I was thinking of a different IMC! :eek: It appears challenging, in any event! Good luck to those taking it.
What country are you in? In the US, that seems to fit the description of an "investment club" almost exactly. If that's the case, just Google...
Forgive my naivete (and curiosity), but is this a joke? I can't imagine a management consultancy asking questions of that level. Where's this...
Batman28, Very informative post, thanks! I agree with almost everything you've written. The only thing I think we were disagreeing on is how...
WealthLab, Ameritrade StrategyDesk, and CoolTrade all seem to offer this. I can't comment as to how good they are as I haven't used them. A...
The ioDrive the OP refers to isn't what most people would call a SAN card -- it's a card with a bunch of flash memory on it, touted as a...
I've run into some local amateur traders who used Advanced GET and they didn't seem to be doing well, in the long term. They spent thousands, or...
I agree that R won't do well with huge data sets. R's relative slowness in such cases has very little to do with the actual floating-point...
I've heard that Schwab's clearing costs are not competitive with the true high-frequency shops (Genesis, Assent, RedSky, IB, etc.). Similarly,...
The answer depends on what volume you're trading. Here are some suggestions that are probably most suitable for "moderately high-volume" traders,...
I can't speak to the quality difference between the Dell computer model names, but I will say that the Q6600 is an excellent chip, PROVIDED you...
I'll venture to affirm that; it SEEMS to be working fine for me on ECN's.
Shreddog, You might be interested in knowing that you CAN in fact modify orders through the Sterling API. The command is ReplaceOrder, and...
It's actually pretty easy to do -- once you can decide on a universal interface. Then you can write all the "strategy code" in whatever language...
Hey Shreddog, Have you considered coding a little server for each brokerage's API that creates a common interface for all your brokerages?...
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