Recent Content by sv651

  1. Limit orders in TS automated system?

    The underlying is a stock, so I really did mean "1 cent" ...
    Post by: sv651, Feb 12, 2006 in forum: Automated Trading

  2. Limit orders in TS automated system?

    Nope, it's an extremely primitive counter-trend system -- price drops, you buy; price goes up, you sell. Entry & exit efficiencies are all over...
    Post by: sv651, Feb 5, 2006 in forum: Automated Trading

  3. Limit orders in TS automated system?

    Whoops -- correction; gave figures from the wrong version of the system. Offsetting the limit price by 1 cent reduces the number of trades by...
    Post by: sv651, Feb 5, 2006 in forum: Automated Trading

  4. Limit orders in TS automated system?

    I'm familiar w/ some of the backtesting limitations of TS w/ limit orders & have tried to get around them w/ the following adjustment to my code:...
    Post by: sv651, Feb 5, 2006 in forum: Automated Trading

  5. Limit orders in TS automated system?

    I have a non-optimized system in TradeStation that generated a smooth equity curve right off the bat. The core trading logic is very simple:...
    Thread by: sv651, Feb 4, 2006, 8 replies, in forum: Automated Trading

  6. Wanted: TASC back issues

    Thanks for the suggestions. I already have an older CD; the upgrade would cost $150 unfortunately. I live in a rural area, so the public...
    Post by: sv651, Nov 20, 2005 in forum: Trading

  7. Wanted: TASC back issues

    I'm missing a few back issues, specifically: August & December 1999 January 2000 October 2000 thru January 2001 September 2001, and...
    Thread by: sv651, Nov 18, 2005, 5 replies, in forum: Trading

  8. Signature for V-tops & -bottoms?

    Thanks, fader -- I hadn't thought of using volatility-based channels. I'll give it a try. Thanks again for the response, NihabaAshi. I did...
    Post by: sv651, Oct 5, 2005 in forum: Technical Analysis

  9. Signature for V-tops & -bottoms?

    Thanks -- I hadn't thought of using candlesticks. I don't think they would work reliably, however. Sometimes you get dojis at market extremes, not...
    Post by: sv651, Oct 5, 2005 in forum: Technical Analysis

  10. Signature for V-tops & -bottoms?

    OK-- I've tried posting this over on the TradeStation forums, but they seem to be swamped w/ newbies these days, so I thought I'd give ET a bash....
    Thread by: sv651, Oct 4, 2005, 8 replies, in forum: Technical Analysis

  11. Stock screening by volatility?

    True, but RadarScreen is not primarily designed for scanning 1,000s of stocks & it costs $70/ mo. A better option might be TC2000, or something...
    Post by: sv651, Apr 23, 2003 in forum: Educational Resources

  12. Stock screening by volatility?

    Yup, that'll do it, but for a fee. So the search continues ...
    Post by: sv651, Apr 23, 2003 in forum: Educational Resources