Inandlong, I agree with you : if we assume you get 50 % winners (whatever the trailing stop you might have included in your system), then this...
Profitseer, this is an interesting approach, but even if you are right 50 % of the time about the global daily market direction, you will most...
Hi, Looking at the Sharpe ratio is my first attempt to find an indicator evaluating the CONSISTENCY of the returns when comparing two intradays...
Hi, I am a bit puzzled about the Sharpe ratio calculation and its use. Here is the background : I am presently backtesting over 4 years some...
Kowboy, i did order separately the heat sink and the fan and installed them myself on the motherboard. The PAL8045 heatsink can be ordered...
6 months ago, I did rebuild from scratch the 2 PC I use for day-trading, having as target to make them as quiet as possible.. As this link was...
Vegasoul, you may have a look at : http://disktrading.is99.com/disktrading/ It looks like they are far cheaper than tickdata, but I don't know...
My personal favorite software for backtesting is Investor RT from www.linnsoft.com because it will allow you to backtest strategies with entry /...
Breakout, As he mentioned earlier in the thread, Acrary is backtesting the SP (250 $ per pt) not the ES.... On top of that, DraXon didn't...
I fully agree that the learning curve might be harder for IRT than on other packages because of the very extensive list of available features and...
Mark, I would recommend Investor RT of Linn Software for charting Three line break related strategies. You have the possibility to chart TLB the...
I have just been reading in one if the IB discussion forum that Market depth data were not accessible yet thru the TWS API. So, it looks like...
Hi, My initial post is just 26 hour old and I would like to thank all thread participants for their contribution to this discussion and the...
Hi, I just have been reading on a (french) trading website the following suggested way of improving the % winner of any standard trading strategy...
Hi, I was wondering if someone knows an easy way to chart realtime the evolution of the cumulative ask/bid size for the ES... Presently, I got...
OHLC : good call idea ! I am daytrading, mainly the ES, from Brussels on my own, not with a firm..... Any other future traders around ? Eddy
For the nasdaq 100 stocks, you will find there a list with premarket trade information (which are summarized in a comprehensive heatmap) You may...
Hi Martin, Did you have a look to Investor RT from Linnsoft ? http://www.linnsoft.com/ or http://www.linnsoft.com/tour/master/index.htm...
Hi, I have always understood daytraders preferred to use TRIN and TICK related to NYSE because the Nasdaq TRIN and TICK were less "reactive" and...
For information, on Qcharts, just type 3 when your are focused on a chart, and you will get 3 minute bars charts⦠3 will then appear at the...
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