yah but apparently due to fills the bid are skewed when you go live. is there anyway to replicate real-time trading in a demo account? ill give ninjatrader a shot. are there any other efficient backtesting systems?
OEC's demo is very realistic. With that said, any demo has limitations. OEC's is nice b/c it does not fill your limit orders if just touched, there is some delay mimicking the queue. Someone on TL asked a similar question awhile back and I did a test on the Russell. Click here to see it. If you want to guarantee a fill on a limit order, place your entry/exit 1 tick above/below where you want to be filled in real-time. Example: you want to buy the ES @ 1310.00 with a limit order. Place your buy on OEC @ 1309.75. If price touches 1309.75, your 1310 limit order is guaranteed to be filled. This only applies to limit orders. If you enter via buy/sell stops then price just has to touch your level to trigger your order if using a standard buy/sell stop market order.
How long have you been demo trading? Likely you just hit a hot streak. The market has a way of making horrible traders feel very smart for a while.
lol been about two weeks. lost first couple days. Then started avging $100-200/contract since. my contracts last about hr-2hrs on avg. don't be mad cause you suck dude.