What's "real" backtesting experience? 50k or 100k doesn't matter. % return matters. Out of sample testing matters. Whether your strategy can...
SPY is *very* liquid. Check this: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=215945
Either of those are valid words, so autocorrect wouldn't help you there. But don't sweat it, people worried about your spelling have too much time...
Nice call!
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If you know nothing about the future, then execute now. Otherwise, you know whether you should execute your 1 share at the current bid/offer or...
I'd like to know as well.
Forget the whole morning, often times trading just the open hooks me up.
This is good if you have a fast connection locally. Otherwise, VNC (particularly "tight" VNC) is a heck of a lot faster/lighter than native X...
A while back I had a UK-based VPS from openitc.co.uk. Top notch. You'll probably want to install a VNC server (on Debian/Ubuntu this is as...
To anyone criticizing HFT: You know that if you could do it and make money doing it, you would. Think about it.
To be fair, computers can just as easily be programmed to commit "financial rape", and to do so consistently.
I think you're just bitter, 777. Maybe you need one of these: http://www.rattraders.com/
Anyone know where Bear Trading went? Google doesn't even turn up much.
Actually, it's "for what it's worth". http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/FWIW http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fwiw
ES just made lower lows. :confused:
Are you using it for trading decisions?
If I'm not mistaken, you've stated previously that you don't backtest, due to unavailability of historical data that you would need to do so. Is...
This is why I find relative-value trading so attractive.
Why wouldn't you just use a paper money offering from one of the better brokers?
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