Porc, thanks for your comprehensive reply. I'm using TradeStation and I don't know if it would maintain the session or auto-reconnect. I would...
Cisco pretty much "owns" the router market at the high end. But for the SMB market I have not heard good things. Either you get the rebranded...
Porc, I have a few questions I hope you can answer: 1) Why did you select Peplink as your router? Just curious, cause I never heard of them...
I am researching dual-wan routers for trading. Thinking about using two ISP's (cable and DSL) to ensure high availability for my internet...
Just for comparison, I am attaching the same chart I posted previously but with the daily timeframe changed to 5-min intraday bars over the...
(1) Good callout on seasonality. You'll certainly have seasonality factors for intraday prices based on time-of-day session dynamics. But same...
(1)You can certainly use intraday prices for beta calculation, and probably should if you are trading intraday. Use whatever timeframe is...
Using beta in conjunction with a dollar equivalence multiplier is an example of a minimum variance technique. An alternative technique...
That's good advice for home defense if you are not an experienced gun user. Revolvers have several advantages over semi's: - You simply pull...
Attached is a chart showing beta calculated for XLK and QQQ since the beginning of this year. These ETFs share the computer technology sector, are...
I'm interested to hear thoughts from others about the optimal approach for calculating a hedge ratio (HR) between two trading instruments. HR's...
I'm hardly a veteran of spread trading flies, but I really like the concept of mean reversion trading when you can find the right setup....
Actually, there is a nuance in equity curve trading that separates it from the basic concepts of trending/ranging markets. The equity curve is...
So using your chart to time or size your trades, you are effectively using the equity curve as a mean reversion indicator. Interesting approach...
Natenberg and McMillan are great reference books for options. A lesser known book that addresses many practical aspects of options trading is The...
Here is a link to MRCI's published results for hypothetical seasonal trades, including spread trades, for 2009 (access to more recent results...
Most traders already know that the Dow Industrials index is price-weighted, meaning that stocks with high share prices account for a larger...
FWIW, a few years ago I spoke with some energy traders at a trading conference on some of the differences between these two fuels. They said that...
Thanks for running these numbers. Results are consistent with the put/call skew often seen in equity options.
Always that risk, too. My feeling is that the single-stock event risk is not symmetrical, with the downside scaring me more. It's a judgement...
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