Recent Content by elitetradesman

  1. Why no free automated trading software?

    Tradelink, Marketcetera, and ActiveQuant are all free and open-source.
    Post by: elitetradesman, Dec 5, 2013 in forum: Automated Trading

  2. How soon EOD price bars become available at Yahoo through YQL?

    Numbers sometimes don't match.
    Post by: elitetradesman, Dec 5, 2013 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  3. Trading algorithmically a folio without stops (with IB), real $$$

    I googled it, but nothing came up... Can you post the URL of your blog? Thanks.
    Post by: elitetradesman, Dec 4, 2013 in forum: Journals

  4. Future dividend payout on Yahoo Finance

    Does Yahoo Finance have the dividend amount of a future dividend? http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=msft has only the ex-dividend date, but not the...
    Thread by: elitetradesman, Dec 3, 2013, 0 replies, in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  5. How soon EOD price bars become available at Yahoo through YQL?

    I ran a test a couple of times. It was available at 7:30 EST on the first day and at 7:50 EST on the next day.
    Post by: elitetradesman, Dec 3, 2013 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  6. HFT Myths

    hft, Do HTF shops usually trading through a broker, or do they just buy a seat on the exchange? Thanks!
    Post by: elitetradesman, Dec 3, 2013 in forum: Automated Trading

  7. How soon EOD price bars become available at Yahoo through YQL?

    Usually, most data prividers do not immediately release EOD data after market close because they have to consolidate prices from different...
    Thread by: elitetradesman, Dec 2, 2013, 7 replies, in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  8. Trading algorithmically a folio without stops (with IB), real $$$

    Nice journal. What execution engine are you using?
    Post by: elitetradesman, Nov 28, 2013 in forum: Journals

  9. HFT Myths

    hft, I'm a software developer, so would like to ask you some related questions. What made your shop build its own execution engine, instead...
    Post by: elitetradesman, Nov 27, 2013 in forum: Automated Trading

  10. What do you synchronize local time with?

    You nailed it. Like you said, I'm using an old computer with a really old BIOS for trading.(Yet I'm using a high end computer for gaming!) I had...
    Post by: elitetradesman, Nov 22, 2013 in forum: Automated Trading

  11. What do you synchronize local time with?

    Thank you! I'm using Interactive Brokers. How do I find out which NTP server they use? Actually, I have a on-board NIC and was going to use...
    Post by: elitetradesman, Nov 21, 2013 in forum: Automated Trading

  12. HFT Myths

    What do you synchronize local time with? Exchange time, brokerage time, or UTC? Do you synchronize local time at the OS level or the trading...
    Post by: elitetradesman, Nov 20, 2013 in forum: Automated Trading

  13. HFT Myths

    Thanks. I suppose you use marketable limit orders for that?
    Post by: elitetradesman, Nov 20, 2013 in forum: Automated Trading