I am not so sure. 8 hours is about 250 trades minimum, and if all 8 hour runs show negative results, it should be statistcally significant.
I planned that already, and I agree it should result in 50/50 minus 1 tick for the spread
1) I tried several - 75 ticks, 800 ticks, 1 minute, 5 minute. It never made a difference, and I think it shouldn't, because my trading program...
I think you are right. Because I already randomized the entry direction (long or short), there is no point in letting two strategies run with...
Commissions are not an issue, was trading on simulator. In real live, they would do an overkill, that's for sure. Concerning the bid/ask...
I hope someone can help me solving this mystery: I wrote a little trading program that enters and exits trades randomly, without any...
I would go with NinjaTrader and their free simulation platform. You can try out your strategies on sim, and not lose any money while you find out...
I am having a dispute with my broker because his trading platform let me accidentally open a position that was about 10 times larger than my...
Problem is, the world (internet) is full of trading programs that promise to make money like your hypothetical program. Many people who tried auto...
What about real live trading? I wrote lots of codes that make tons of money in backtesting and flop in live trading.
I wasn't aware that the term HF is exclusively related to the ms realm; I thought everything under 1 min would be called HF. Thanks for the...
The success of my trading algo is critically depending on how fast limit orders are filled, for example when the prices touch the limit price just...
What my trading algo does is placing limit orders and preferably complete the trade after a fill in less than 30 seconds. Obviously, getting my...
Which technology should be used for the highest order and data processing speed? What are the HF trading pros using?
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