Thanks everyone! I will look further into those suggestions. For those of you who suggested demo accounts. If you are receiving data, aren't...
I have a friend who is not a US citizen, but is in school and interested in getting into algorithmic system development. He really needs to start...
Thanks for the suggestion. Do they have the capability to split the bid and ask order flow data? Do they let you bring up earler composites of...
That's what I want to find out. From what I can see comparing my ToS platform to what it looks like Jigsaw had to offer, these are the...
I'm glad you brought up Jigsaw. This was the webinar guy's DOM of choice. Is it something that can run on its own, or does it need to link up to...
I've been looking into using depth of market ladders to support the execution decisions for my trades (I focus on futures markets). I currently...
apologies. I lumped you in with the conversation that seemed to be focused on "edge" equating to unfair advantage. When I started the thread I...
SMH I really want to change the title of this thread. "hey profitable discretionary traders, why do you think you will continue to be profitable"
Ok, I see. This all really does come down to semantics. For me there are two approaches to trading discretionary and non discretionary. Both...
@Redneck ....well you're an abrasive SOB, aren't you. (Not that I don't appreciate the response). Look, I actually don't think we have schemas...
You can write back testing code to account for all kinds of things. My partner and I would factor in closing trades on Friday, closing trades...
ok, right. I need to stop using the word "edge" because I am being misinterpreted. What I really mean to discuss is why a trader thinks they can...
Well, that's a bit jaded, yes? On a forum for retail traders, you are basically saying retail traders don't have a chance.
This book is excellent. The Evaluation and Optimization of Trading Strategies by Robert Pardo It provides a great schema for understanding...
Indeed. This was not meant to be an example of the kind of discretionary trade I would do on a regular basis. (There was no technical context...
Well, in the direction I intend to go in as a trader I plan to disregard any fundamentals and only build context technically. That is a decision...
This is my generic way of saying: what is the big picture (long time frame ----> intraday)? What is the underlying status of the "auction"? What...
Well yes..... "edge" is a little silly. However, when there is a discussion about knowing what your's is as a trader, the context holds more...
I am a developing trader who is just coming out of a phase of experimenting with algorithmic non-discretionary trading. With that approach,...
I did read that article the other day. I having trouble assimilating the difference between what I see in the chart above and what is depicted in...
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