Recent Content by tradesystem

  1. Relationship of leverage and drawdown

    I think it is correct that if you double leverage then drawdowns are doubled. But as mentioned above drawdowns are longer when you are using more...
    Post by: tradesystem, Feb 5, 2008 in forum: Risk Management

  2. Ahh! Too many options, help for noob.

    You said in your original post that you want to be able to backtest against "all equities" do you mean all at one time or just a smaller list? If...
    Post by: tradesystem, Jan 30, 2008 in forum: Automated Trading

  3. Backtesting.

    I have had several connection issues. Servers unavailable, no response, empty response, etc. This is when requesting historical data during non...
    Post by: tradesystem, Jan 29, 2008 in forum: Automated Trading

  4. Backtesting.

    I have a number of systems that are automated through IB. I am currently using their intraday data and have not really had problems with it....
    Post by: tradesystem, Jan 29, 2008 in forum: Automated Trading

  5. A cool little strategy

    Amen to that! Listen to and read what others say but don't put any money on it until you can prove there is an edge. This has been my most...
    Post by: tradesystem, Nov 3, 2007 in forum: Strategy Building

  6. Automated Trading

    None of my systems actually use TradeStation Strategies. Those seem to be intended for chart windows where you have a window for each symbol you...
    Post by: tradesystem, Nov 3, 2007 in forum: Automated Trading

  7. Which open source Java automation software do you use?

    Thats a new one I have not seen before. It looks like it is just really for the FIX interface. What product do you use for backtesting and...
    Post by: tradesystem, Nov 2, 2007 in forum: Automated Trading

  8. Which open source Java automation software do you use?

    It looks like there are several different open source Java solutions to support auto trading. Here is a post that covers many of them:...
    Thread by: tradesystem, Oct 31, 2007, 4 replies, in forum: Automated Trading

  9. What do you think of IB data?

    Are you using the data from Interactive Brokers through TWS. If so how many quotes do you normally use and how good is it? I have systems that I...
    Thread by: tradesystem, Oct 31, 2007, 1 replies, in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  10. Recommended Options Analysis tools?

    It sounds like my needs might be rather simplistic compared to some of the other traders here. I like the free Options Simulator from OIC. The...
    Post by: tradesystem, Oct 31, 2007 in forum: Options

  11. Automated Trading

    I have 5 different systems that I run completely automated in TradeStation. I often leave it unattended during the day. I have had a small...
    Post by: tradesystem, Oct 31, 2007 in forum: Automated Trading