Thanks ETN... If you don't mind - Limit orders should have zero slippage right? Only market orders. I want to double check as I enter limit...
I'm definitely going to forward test live. I'm just trying to ensure I have something worth investing the time and money to forward test live. I...
I developed an algorithm and I need a little help interpreting the results. I tested/optimized the algorithm with 1-min data on the ES from...
I'm an option trader and I'm used to TOS. I'm being forced to use IB to manage a different account and I'm watching the IB training video's now....
Hey OP, Any thoughts on this since you signed up for the trial? I signed up for his weekly newsletter when he had a big discount on....
If you use LiveVolX do you still have to pay the 250/mo for the LiveVol functionality or trade a particular amount of commissions? I thought I...
Hey, I'm interested in running some backtests based on the float size of a company. I don't think the data on Yahoo is updated frequently. Does...
I don't think there are any. I've purchased data for the RUT and understand why. Option data is pretty huge (4000 times larger than historical...
For grins, I tested this strategy with my backtesting tool. With no adjustments at all, and no stop loss, but either an exit at 75% of the credit...
Also, in Benklifa's case, he uses 25 point spreads. So that would lower his commission as well.
He did not say whether he had a long term goal. Only that he managed large pools of money, and was conservative. He could be doing other trades as...
Thanks. I'll definitely take a look at those. At the moment I am looking at the ADX indicator. (Actually, I am sidetracked looking at the...
Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I have a scanner that looks for particular trades that include deltas, time to expiration, earnings, volume and...
Good question. I am trying to determine safe(ish) ranges to enter into condors. Specifically, if I think a trade that is 12% OTM with a Delta...
Can you recommend something better than Augen for me to research?
This is so far what I am find as well, at least with my current test. I am back testing different iron condor positions over time, trying to...
Honestly because i thought it much more likely that people here would have read Augen's book
This is interesting. I will look into those numbers. Thanks
I'll look into that as well, but I would still have questions about timing for opening the trade
Hi, I'm currently investigation close-to-the-money (CTM) iron condors (for instance a delta of 25) instead of my usual OTM condors (delta ~10)....
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