Can’t agree more with your statement ( algos not being able to predict probabilities “narrow and specific”) as financial data is really noisy but...
The 1.5 mentioned in my previous post was mostly for mean reversion. For trending strategies I can get closer to 2.0. So maybe that bumps up the...
The analysis for each strategy gets carried out every day as it’s all fully automated and generates hundreds of trades. I wouldn’t be able to...
I have been running multiple ones mostly EOD so the profit factor differs by strategy but it’s on average about 1.5. Why are you asking ?
The kid is really focused and will do well regardless of how his hedge fund will fare.
I know it’s possible as I personally did learn it alone starting with absolutely no knowledge an no help. But I wish I had a mentor to shave years...
As you’ve created a synthetic call the margin requirement would be just the price that you would have had to pay for the equivalent call (IB...
I have been using the IB API mostly for stocks and occasionally for options and futures. As other have stated it’s not the easiest API to use (nor...
Have a safe flight then
What tools/technologies are you using ?
I have been trading fully automated for the past 6 years mostly EOD swing trading spending on average a couple of hours a week managing my...
Fully automated algorithmic trading with IB/AmiBroker/Norgate/AmiBroker/Alera Portfolio Manager as Broker/Backtesting/Data/TradeSignals/Execution...
The TA indicators are definitely not leading indicators but I wouldn’t generalize saying they’re worthless. I would be curious to know if you’re...
I don’t know. But I spend a lot of time trying to find reasons for my strategies not to perform. The nice thing about automation is that I have...
I am not 100 years old (yet) so just a guess: Easier to trade today. But harder to be profitable.
Not a solution for everyone but here is the way I went about it in my 20 years of investing: 1. For the first 5 years I mostly invested small...
As anyone would probably acknowledge there is no simple answer but I am using RSI, BB, CCI along with SMA on my EOD swing trading strategies....
The platform looks really interesting. I am using Alera Portfolio Manager for execution as I have to send hundreds of orders per day to the...
I implemented a fully automated trading platform about 6 years ago in Java using the IB API and R code for backtesting. Have been using it until...
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