You sound fearful of new technology, like those who were once afraid of mechanical/programmed trading, or trading over the internet. Technology...
Nitro, Although difficult to trade, it IS possible to prototype, simulate and demonstrate a ultra high frequency system without all the costs...
What if you have multiple feeds from different locations? Would you not need multiple PTP T1s? By choosing collocation centers close to your data...
I have Windows 2003 Server Web Edition which includes MS RD. It came pre-installed on the serverbeach server. I believe XP and Win2K contain the...
I put software in a rar or zip archive. Then upload and install it. Yes, itâs just like being there. I find it faster to switch between my...
I believe the network reliability and low latencies with collocation can match or outperform PTP T1s, at a fraction of the price. You can also...
It is easy to get low latency data from IB TWS, Esignal or Realtick, provided you donât request too many simultaneous symbols than your network...
Win rates donât tell the whole story. Need to look at win rate and profit factor together. Why not just judge systems on Sharpe ratio, or...
Its not only cheaper but better. It allows superior quality archival ink. Prints from my old HP inkjet with genuine HP ink always faded...
I recommend a continuous flow system like this: http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/cobra.html Apparently they work best on Epson...
Yes. I believe it's possible to write an entire charting and quant system backtesting and trading application using mostly Matlab code. However it...
Yeah, tick-by-tick analysis is much slower than typical bar data. I try to digest the tick data into a lower frequency data stream or make the...
It can be fast if you use the C and vector Matlab code for per-tick analysis, then higher level operations on some slower interval, say every 10...
Yeah, a lot of canned programs don't handle tick data well. I wrote my own analysis, using a combination of Matlab at the high level and C for low...
Yes. The purity of the equity charts deteriorated over time, not uniformly, but in an unpredictable way. Risk increased. Perhaps this is because...
Good question. I know a trader who did very well in the late 90âs through â01 trading extreme daily deviations of pairs like QQQ and INTC....
I agree completely. I believe it's possible to develop a system, then distribute it either to improve one's winnings or to fade the effect of...
Like I said earlier, how can you expect something to stop working when itâs highly subjective and the win probability isnât high enough to...
So what if Forex has more volume? So what if there are no formalized market makers? There are still bids and offers. Itâs just a very different...
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