Recent Content by akawesson

  1. Alternatives To QCharts

    I've had good results using the following technique: 1. edit your "ContinuumClient.ini" file (it's probably in c:\program...
    Post by: akawesson, May 12, 2006 in forum: Trading Software

  2. auto-connect to the backup ISP when the main one is dead

    Even with a dual-WAN router this is not an easy problem. Simple test cases like disconnecting the cable from one modem and verifying that it...
    Post by: akawesson, Mar 27, 2006 in forum: Educational Resources

  3. A good trailing stop amount for ER2?

    How did you experienced ER2 traders do the past two days? With all those big swings, it was a great opportunity. I got caught going the wrong way...
    Post by: akawesson, Mar 4, 2006 in forum: Index Futures

  4. Requesting time to IB's TWS via Excel DDE interface

    Sorry, I don't have time to debug your worksheet, but after reading your last post, I'm wondering if an excel timer might be what you need. The...
    Post by: akawesson, Jan 29, 2006 in forum: Automated Trading

  5. Requesting time to IB's TWS via Excel DDE interface

    Do you specifically need IB's time, e.g. to verify synchronization with your computer's time, or might "=NOW()" do the trick?
    Post by: akawesson, Jan 28, 2006 in forum: Automated Trading

  6. Is this pairs trading or arbitrage?

    Regarding dividends, see also the following thread: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49871 Bottom line is, if you...
    Post by: akawesson, Dec 26, 2005 in forum: Strategy Building

  7. Anyone use my method?

    Those false upside breakouts at (EST) 11:10 Friday and 10:15 Monday must have been quite a shock for anyone with a long bias.
    Post by: akawesson, Dec 20, 2005 in forum: Index Futures

  8. Trading Stats - What do you measure?

    Have you thought of starting with a daily computer scan of the entire stock market? You could still focus on just 200 (or fewer), but they could...
    Post by: akawesson, Dec 13, 2005 in forum: Trading

  9. Trading Stats - What do you measure?

    A couple of other measurements I look at in both backtesting and actual results: 1) average drawdown , which is the daily average of (max...
    Post by: akawesson, Dec 13, 2005 in forum: Trading

  10. Anyone use my method?

    After a bit of trial and error, it looks to me like TS (with your settings) is building the channel using the 20-bar SMA +/- 2.5 * the 20-bar ATR....
    Post by: akawesson, Dec 12, 2005 in forum: Index Futures

  11. Anyone use my method?

    Hi, and thanks for posting your system! One question: the change from volume-based Chaikin to price-based CCI means that volume is no longer a...
    Post by: akawesson, Dec 12, 2005 in forum: Index Futures

  12. Alternatives to E-signal

    I've used ReakTick for 9 years for stock trading (actually, just their data, via TALDDE and their API). A couple of months ago I decided to start...
    Post by: akawesson, Dec 9, 2005 in forum: Trading Software

  13. Tax information/ resources

    http://www.traderstatus.com
    Post by: akawesson, Nov 30, 2005 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  14. Ex-Dividend, bad behavior

    I have actually run backtests involving thousands of data points. For instance, buy x days before ex-div and sell y days after ex-div where...
    Post by: akawesson, May 29, 2005 in forum: Trading

  15. Ex-Dividend, bad behavior

    It is legal, however, you have to PAY the dividend if you have an open short position on the ex-div date.
    Post by: akawesson, May 29, 2005 in forum: Trading