Reducing Latency and Increasing Bandwidth in Your Trading Environment

Marissa recently created a YouTube video titled “Reducing Latency and Increasing Bandwidth in Your Trading Environment.” https://trade-ideas.54solutions.com/VideoHelp/YouTube_Index.html?date=2010-02-19#id36. We’ve gotten so much response to this, I want to elaborate on a few points. First, a quick picture will show the path your data takes using HTTP mode vs. a TCP/IP socket. There are more network hops.…

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Don’t get Mad, Scan the market with ease!

It can be frustrating, trying to scan the market on your own to find that set up you saw while you were trading. That is where it helps to have market scanning software that can also be your trading set up search engine. We listened to our customers and as a result we have a…

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Take the Name out of the Game

Why is trading so difficult for so many people? For myself and the millions of others who engage in the market the quest to be a good trader is an elusive one. Countless books could be dedicated to answering this first sentence. To get to the point consider other professions where you can make millions…

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Hi, I'm testing out…

Hi, I’m testing out the new technology offered by Jott that allows me to make posts directly to blogger without typing but by simply calling Jott and having my words transcribe directly to a post. listen Powered by Jott

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Hi, I’m testing out…

Hi, I’m testing out the new technology offered by Jott that allows me to make posts directly to blogger without typing but by simply calling Jott and having my words transcribe directly to a post. listen Powered by Jott

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Insight Trading Software acquired by Kershner Trading Group

According to the Insight Trading website, Insight Trading Software was recently acquired by Kershner Trading Group. We congratulate the owners of Insight and Kershner Trading Group on this acquisition. Insight Trading is a scanning and filtering software company and one of the only pure play competitors to Trade-Ideas in terms of a software offering. Insight…

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3 Ways to Measure A Trader’s Technology – Part 2

Today we continue with the 2nd in a 3-part series that draws the trendline on the art of trading itself. Part 1 discussed why scalping, the way the veterans know it, is a tough business to maintain and even tougher to teach to another. Today we’ll describe how active/day trading with a positive, repeatable edge…

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Are You Testing a Strategy or a Stock?

Goldman Sachs hedge fund Global Alpha and Trade-Ideas have something important in common: both use quantitative mathematics to count cards in the marketplace. Mark Carhart, 40, co-head of the quantitative strategies group at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., uses his July speech to poke fun at the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chief executive officer’s penchant for investing…

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It’s a Hard to Short for US

As time goes by we continue to get better and better working with The Odds Maker . Many professional traders who use our software ask us to help them find good shorting strategies. As we consult with them and work on creating these strategies, we find is that the market has a strong long bias.…

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