Recent Content by Bigchazza

  1. Diary of an LSE stock trader

    Hey Mo08 nice trading week again! Do you have any idea what your annual returns are, ball park?
    Post by: Bigchazza, Aug 21, 2021 in forum: Journals

  2. Trading as a hobby

    You don't need to know about Stocks on the Move because you have strategies working just fine! But FYI it's by Andreas Clenow who previously wrote...
    Post by: Bigchazza, Aug 10, 2021 in forum: Journals

  3. Trading as a hobby

    Hi HobbyTrading. Just letting you know I have read this entire thread and find it endlessly interesting - particularly as I am following the same...
    Post by: Bigchazza, Aug 10, 2021 in forum: Journals

  4. My stab at an automated trading system

    Don't suppose anyone reading this has experience of the python zipline library (I think it came from Quantopian)? Got two examples of strange...
    Post by: Bigchazza, Aug 5, 2021 in forum: Journals

  5. My stab at an automated trading system

    Just letting folks know that I am still here and still busy with this project - in the spaces between my life obligations at least. But things...
    Post by: Bigchazza, Jul 28, 2021 in forum: Journals

  6. Diary of an LSE stock trader

    Hi again Mo06. What about spread-betting? From what I can see it is conceptually the same as CFDs but just measured differently. I.e. it's a...
    Post by: Bigchazza, Jul 11, 2021 in forum: Journals

  7. Diary of an LSE stock trader

    Cheers Mo06. Subsequent to my question I have gone through this entire thread and understand your approach better (rainy Sunday)! I like how you...
    Post by: Bigchazza, Jul 5, 2021 in forum: Journals

  8. Diary of an LSE stock trader

    Hi @Mo06. Am I right in thinking you only trade the FTSE100 index and a handful of large caps? How have you come by this universe? And pardon my...
    Post by: Bigchazza, Jul 3, 2021 in forum: Journals

  9. Price for an Edge

    You sound bitter. Do you know for sure that a retail trader cannot develop a profitable algorithm or do you just hope it?
    Post by: Bigchazza, Jun 11, 2021 in forum: Automated Trading

  10. Advice for aspiring algo-traders

    Great nuggets here. I haven't caught up on all responses so I don't know if someone has already said, but another danger of writing your own...
    Post by: Bigchazza, May 30, 2021 in forum: Trading

  11. My stab at an automated trading system

    MTM = Mark to Market? TBH I thought I was doing that anyway in an unsophisticated way but I am probably being incredibly naive. Have you covered...
    Post by: Bigchazza, Apr 27, 2021 in forum: Journals

  12. My stab at an automated trading system

    Here is is promised (brief, unfocussed) update - with a question at the end for those who make it that far. As hinted at, my auto system has...
    Post by: Bigchazza, Apr 25, 2021 in forum: Journals

  13. My stab at an automated trading system

    Right you are! I'll give that a go. I'm working off EOD data in principle but there are some things I want to code up such as watching my...
    Post by: Bigchazza, Apr 14, 2021 in forum: Journals

  14. My stab at an automated trading system

    Hey userque you sure you can get intraday at tiingo? I had a look at their API and it looked like just EOD.
    Post by: Bigchazza, Apr 14, 2021 in forum: Journals

  15. My stab at an automated trading system

    Great to see it themickey. Kudos re the small caps but I'm staying away from that stuff for a while. I've had my ass burned pretty bad by a couple...
    Post by: Bigchazza, Apr 13, 2021 in forum: Journals