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i think you confused me for someone else. :) But yea, thanks.

Thanks andy, so a day trader who makes his own strategy is considered a programmer, or a quant?

Nice, & thanks. Although C++ and trading are to completely things, i want to do both :) I have a cousin who works as a market maker at the NYSE and i was told by everyone there that C++ was the best for program trading.

Thanks for the answers, i really appreciate it. Ok, this is my main problem, i never took a class on programming, so it's hard for me to understand how some of it works. When i asked "where" i meant where do i actually start typing, where do i start writing C++, is there an application i...

Ok, so i want to start trading my own strategy electronically. What brokerage should i use? Is interactive Brokers good? But don't they charge per share therefore making high-volume trading a headache? Does the brokerage have Direct Access Trading? Where do i start writing my C++ trading...