You need to figure that out for yourself. Did you try outputting each bar and value to a text file, for example a debug log or something? Then you...
Equities, ETFs and options. Mainly because of diversification, arbitrage, statistics, etc. I trade FX sometimes for fun, and SSFs and other...
As far as I remember, and I used the gateway last time about 1 year ago, it refused a connection several times from an external app that used it,...
Oh, i didn't get that part. Then it's not bad advice. gmst, download the link I gave you and install the thing.
I think you've been given bad advice here. I've seen a 700MB memory footprint on TWS too, but this is usually when I have more than 5 charts open...
lulz @ BAC ... I agree with the breakout, this thing rocketed just now at the open. Made good use of it (thanks FDIC).
Since so many of you are buying dreams (specifically jack's) let me tell you about my one I had this morning. It's the first trading related dream...
Why would you run 4 VMs? You should be able to use each of the 4 cores running 4 instances on a single machine. You'd just have to figure out the...
I have 2600K, 2700K and 3930K CPUs, all running 24/7 for months. For stability you need a good motherboard and PSU, as well as memory. So far I've...
I was converting some charts to synthetics and I remembered this thread. I did a quick test. Account equity: 100k Every day, short sell SPY...
i think i know that person. tragic. he wasn't HFT really, but he had a CTA going recently. more like MFT but automated. he didn't seem like an...
1) If you have less than 20k you probably shouldn't trade. 2) I know of CTAs that have used FX brokers like Crown Forex that tanked. The CTAs...
If you're after leverage, maybe the stocks or similar stocks have some options you can trade. You can lever up 100x if you like that way, in...
In my opinion, it is in the intrest of "free" websites (ie Nasdaq) to hold unreliable data so that they can cooperate with research firms who they...
Hmm, if by range you mean price range (price is usually around 17) and not delta price range (price is around 1700 and ranges +/- 17), then such...
One trade is a singular event, I do not understand what you mean by a trade with a "big bar". How can one event have a big bar? A trade is a...
The sell off really was priced in, it wasn't just retail that got squeezed. Looks like my limit sell at 22.0 would have gotten filled at one point...
Hehe, you guys playing video games. At first glance I'd wait 22.0 and sell it then. (21.50 if i had a long, i was talking about no position).
Interesting thread. I am experimenting with similar arbs on some of those ETFs. Looks good on paper. It's very useful to know exactly how the...
Nobody mentioned the fact that even with 20% ROI as retail, in contrast to a regular "stiff" job, as a trader you have unlimited potential...
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