Hard-coded parameters or not, the algo itself is already a huge anchor ... I'd say from a flexibility point of view, you should have all...
There is no war here that I know of ... ... that said, and despite all the love I have for C# (read my posts again if you are not convinced),...
Sorry I didn't mean to start a pissing contest. I just said C# main limitation vs C++ is the single inheritance, and there is no point going...
The fact that a class X can inherit (be derived) from a single base class B: // C# class X : B { ... } contrary to C++ where a class X can...
I'd say C++ is more open than C#, but in everyday terms that means more opportunities for uncaught (by the compiler) mistakes. C# provides a...
Speed to implement comes from an adequate programming language (I'd say any object-oriented language fits the bill, but obviously some are better...
For learning C# from the ground-up (novice to intermediate), I recommend Rob Miles's C# Yellow Book: http://www.csharpcourse.com/ Ninja is...
A couple more things I forgot in prior post: If you are using the Managed approach, and rely of Ninja to manage OCOs (using SetProfitTarget() /...
Thanks ... since those kind words were for me, I feel allowed to warn you about what's know in psychology as "confirmation bias" :)...
I had to do a lot of this in the last couple of weeks, because of Ninja's bug with IB OCOs ... if you want to take-over the Ninja default...
Sorry for the delay, here is the story about this IB-specific bug on Ninja: IB offers broker-managed OCO orders - I was told by Ninja Support...
I would say if your strategy is about BE in "bad" (for that strategy) market conditions, and makes decent money in "good" conditions, then your...
All of the above, and more: - usual holding time (weeks / days / hours / minutes / seconds) - avg win-rate vs avg win/loss (generally...
I went to the Ninja trace file, which has timestamps to the millisecond for everything.
Agreed - I am using 2 of these for over a year and half. It is very dependable. In really fast markets (CL on Wednesday at 10:30:00 for the...
Of course, there are ways ... first you need a decent automation platform ... NinjaTrader / Multicharts / Tradelink come to mind. Second you...
Are you sure of that? To my knowledge (I admit, limited, and even possibly plain wrong), IQfeed provides updates every 200ms or so, regardless of...
There's a saying around about "you need 10,000 hours of screen-time" (watching then trading live markets), for this to happen your finances have...
The tool that I use the most when I am trading is my office door. Seriously. Any trade my systems take & I don't feel comfortable with, I...
Just like in many businesses, R&D is at the heart of the value creation process. What you call 'proprietary analysis' I call R&D, that's really...
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