I don't know of any traders or quants that fear any indicators - LOL. The only "fear" I have is that my edge will disappear or diminish to the...
Austinp: could we just focus on Lescor and his trading? You're welcome to start your own thread and see what following you can build.
ddav, I think it is time for you to start a journal and stop "selling" the system. If you have a system to sell, we have a classified section...
do you have any idea what the basic concept is? I think that is key to deciding if it's something you want to trade live. If it's a...
Actually not - I was not being sarcastic. If the developer believes in his systems and they stats are that good, he/she should be willing to put...
Those numbers are good enough that you should borrow 20k and trade one of each of ES/NQ/YM. You can pay back the loan in less than a year and...
A few thoughts: 1) It's very easy to fool yourself with back-testing (I've successfully done it multiple times). Unless you have actual...
it's likely an initial partial fill.
Trading is asynchronous in nature. I would most definitely never try to layer a synchronous layer on top, as you essentially lose all the benefits...
It's hard to put a price on experience, imo. An expert knowing a particular infrastructure such as IB/TWS/Java with multi threading, and has solid...
A sneaky one I've seen is rounding to nearest cent (or tenth of a cent) for some of the fractional cent fees. I believe that e.g. the SEC fee is...
depending on OS, here's a little trick: copy the CD/DVD content to the remote server and use the assign command to create a "fake" drive...
A related issue is that non-programmer often don't appreciate the level of detail required to fully implement what's being specified. It's...
The white-listing is generally available as part of the parental control of most internet security software. It's generally considered the "kids"...
The things about trademarks and copyrights is that the owner needs to enforce them. If the domain is available, you will likely prevail, as the...
That's what I was thinking, but being a teacher is a fantastic idea and pays extremely well. Here's how it works out. A teacher retires with...
One other thought: since your win rate is very low, I would try to remove the top 5% of the winning trades and see how the system does. Unless the...
Here's my take: I think the intention is the pollute the limit book, and move the VMA of the bid/ask away from a true mean. This will trick...
FWIW: I did not get an email from IB on Friday. On Friday I definitely far exceeded 1:10, as I got very few fills early in the day. I would be...
One of the challenges with the TT patent is that it seems obvious to everyone today, but it likely wasn't at the time of the invention. I'm sure...
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