The answer to the OP is it depends on the length of the optimization period. For example getting a Profit Factor of 99 is obviously an overly...
As NetTecture suggested... Grab NinjaTrader, signup for a forex (MB Trading) or futures (Zen-Fire) free demo account (no funding or credit card...
Even though its not perfect I would suggest NinjaTrader because you're less tied to a specific broker. NT v8 is currently being developed and v7...
No one has told you what quantitative trading is....it is not just backtesting trading ideas, that is only a small piece of the puzzle....
NoDoji nailed it in regards to the purpose and what resources are available on BMT. Big Mike runs a forum with civility which is much...
What are you trying to do and what do you want to do?
The short answer is it depends on your data provider and/or their software (the server) and your software (the client). Some providers may...
They are usually not powerful enough. Pretty gimmicky. All you need is compressed air. I've used air compressors without a problem, just be...
Thoroughly blow the dust out of your machine (while powered off and unplugged) with some air-in-a-can or compressed air and/or make sure your CPU...
FYI, I seem to recall reading that Interactive Brokers has created an opensource project for collaborative development of their API. I can't...
I would suggest using a VPS on Amazon EC2 as a baseline to determine if you'll want or need to purchase any hardware. Here's a very quick and...
We need to know what bar type you are using. If its a Renko bar (vs BetterRenko) then you can throw the strategy out the window.
Focus on your strategies vs trading platform. I personally enjoy using NinjaTrader. It got a bad rap years ago regarding stability and it...
IB tick data is sent in snapshots not true tick-by-tick.
What time frames are you analyzing will determine some of the answer. tick data, 1 minute, hourly, daily? From many brokers/data providers you...
I assume you want USB/bluetooth for an external keyboard? Cause the smaller you go the more useless/annoying the keyboard gets. Personally I...
I'm a big fan of OTA HDTV via a home-made or quality HDTV antenna. You get all the major networks in addition to a few extra OTA specific...
If you're Intel CPU has an HD4000 iGPU then maybe leave a PCI slot open in case the iGPU isn't good enough for you. Then later you could decide...
People seem to really like the Dell IPS monitors for the price and flexbility of being positioned in portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal)...
I'm a big fan of the benchmark results and price/performance of these hybrid hard drives though I haven't actually used one yet. Seagate has...
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