They say they do trade. They are just not allowed to trade on the basis of the calles they post live calls on the Web-site. For example, such...
Also consider https://grapholite.com/Designer (requires Silverlight. It's one of the showcase application for the technloogy linked from Microsoft...
A couple of reputable sites clearly state that any trades they post are not real trades. In fact their lawyers advise they shouldn't post any real...
An important consideration is most people are not comfortable with loosing money even if they say otherwise. Their idea of a trading account is...
"Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most." ~American Proverb "Don't lend money to a friend, you will lose both."...
A good guidline to the future of the Prime Minister is the fate of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson who resigned over hiring of...
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Perhaps, intradaybill is referring to datamining bias. Properly done, backtest can be considered a difinitive proof that that an algorithm doesn't...
I think posters mentioned Octave and not SciLab because Octave is much closer in syntax to Matlab. Read more here.
Well, no one posts a complete trading system that makes money every week... However, a number of people write about ideas with strong postive...
you can backtest with a free version. You only need a paid-for version if you intend to place trades through it.
In fact, if we are talking of longer-term trades based on fundamentals, such discussion is more often beneficial than not. There is so much actual...
A person who posts a refernece to public and freely available edge is the first to get "flamed" in this thread :( Indeed, at the very least it...
Modelling fills in a realistic way is a subject of it's own. There is certainly more to it than assuming you get filled at the next trade price...
When forward-testing, yes absolutely. However, it's worth being aware that historical data from most data providers is different from their own...
I agree there is no "ideal world". In particular, in an attempt to privide higher-quality historical data many providers "scrub" both historical...
Thanks for the pointer! I will give it a try. Maybe there is a mess-up in my charting software with contract codes, such as using 1-digit year...
Given the history goes back to 2000 for many instruments, this is more history than most popular data providers offer. Do you know if there is an...
What you say is true. However, I stand by my comment that it is totally irresponsible to delay delivery of the stock one sold indefinitely. (I...
Then it is not so bad. As long as the firm can switch off algorithms on a day when these don't work well and there is no penalty or fine is...
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