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  1. What are typical annual returns?

    A great systematic trading should return 15-20% annualized and has a Sharpe Ratio of 2 and above.
    Post by: vita, Mar 6, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  2. Is IB's TWS good for trading Futures?

    Good Question. Trade Execution is exclusively through IB TWS but I'm not sure about the alternative data source.
    Post by: vita, Jan 31, 2009 in forum: Trading Software

  3. Is IB's TWS good for trading Futures?

    Look at ButtonTrader made exclusively for IB. It's an amazing order management tool. http://www.buttontrader.com/swf/ButtonTrader_Videos.html
    Post by: vita, Jan 31, 2009 in forum: Trading Software

  4. Any Dependable cell phones you can day trade on?

    Verizon Wireless Broadband is quite robust in NYC. With a USB modem on a laptop, you get ~1.5Mb/256k download/upload speed.
    Post by: vita, Jan 29, 2009 in forum: Trading Software

  5. TV Show: Million Dollar Traders

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZc0fLZ4EQM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KpqOePUXn4
    Post by: vita, Jan 22, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  6. Is IB's TWS good for trading Futures?

    Alex, is there a problem with TWS's high-frequency data quality or its order entry and management? What broker, data provider, and order...
    Post by: vita, Jan 17, 2009 in forum: Trading Software

  7. Foxfire Help

    You don't need directory location. Do these steps to transfer bookmarks! From "Bookmarks" menu option choose "Organize Bookmarks". Once in...
    Post by: vita, Jan 5, 2009 in forum: Trading Software

  8. C++ programming for noobs

    Stay away from C++ if you have other choices. Although powerful, C++ has a steep learning curve and takes many months of good programming...
    Post by: vita, Dec 30, 2008 in forum: Professional Trading

  9. MS Office... Product Activation

    If you activate electronically too many times (possibly due to PC/OS crashes), you'd reach a maximum number of activations after which you cannot...
    Post by: vita, Dec 27, 2008 in forum: Trading Software

  10. Sound Of Price Behavior

    I've integrated 4 short sound clips (<1s) into my setup. Three are for the neutral, uptrend, and downtrend regimes. The 4th alerts a significant...
    Post by: vita, Dec 23, 2008 in forum: Trading Software

  11. trend following & dealing with retracements

    Thanks. I do consider higher time frames and totally agree with you. I've also found, painfully I must add, that the damage of being "tagged" in a...
    Post by: vita, Dec 21, 2008 in forum: Risk Management

  12. Firefox 3 uses cpu when idle

    Agree, you may have some spy processes using firefox to broadcast information. I'd suggest downloading a trial version of Zone Alarm Internet...
    Post by: vita, Dec 21, 2008 in forum: Trading Software

  13. trend following & dealing with retracements

    All feedbacks are appreciated. It's great to see various suggestions although this makes the answer rather subjective. It seems there are multiple...
    Post by: vita, Dec 20, 2008 in forum: Risk Management

  14. trend following & dealing with retracements

    Thanks guys. Based on your suggestions, exiting a winning trade immediately after a swing high is not a good practice and one should take the...
    Post by: vita, Dec 20, 2008 in forum: Risk Management

  15. trend following & dealing with retracements

    I am looking for some suggestions on how to deal with retracements in a trend following setup? Lets assume you're long the market which is...
    Thread by: vita, Dec 20, 2008, 37 replies, in forum: Risk Management

  16. ib usually good---usually

    order ticket --->
    Post by: vita, Dec 14, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  17. ib usually good---usually

    It does not make sense to me. A typical sell order ticket has a (mkt or stop) order to sell the market + two child orders connected through an OCA...
    Post by: vita, Dec 14, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  18. ib usually good---usually

    This is odd but similar cases happened to me with IB market orders by getting filled 3 ticks outside of the bid-ask range to my disadvantage!? I...
    Post by: vita, Dec 11, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  19. Real-Time Software that Supports Multi-Variate Regressions

    I'd suggest MATLAB connected to your data source provider through their API particularly if you consider making your analysis more sophisticated....
    Post by: vita, Nov 27, 2008 in forum: Trading Software

  20. Inherent weakness of the Sharpe Ratio

    Profit, although your higher returns has brought your Sharpe Ratio lower (due to the increased volatility in your PnL histogram), if you wait...
    Post by: vita, Nov 21, 2008 in forum: Professional Trading
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