There's a nudist beach about 2km from where I live, but nothing to get excited about. The bloke to pussy ratio about 100:1
I second this method, I used to trade this way; but found recently it is not as effective, so, I just subscribe to the one level top of the book quote so that I can ignore the ratio.
I haven't traded using the D.O.M. - for many years - since the number of contracts on the ES - the Bid_Ask levels - went from Hundred_Thousands on each Level - down to Tens_Low Hundreds on each Level. However - the Ratio is what was important for me - so - I suppose if the Ratio is right - it may still work. The Inside Bid and Inside Ask - also needs to be considered. And - I used it for Fast Scalping ONLY - see the Ratio - hit the Bid or Ask Market Order - NO Limit Orders. As I said in the thread - I used Tradestation at the time - I posted information in the TS Forum - which I think should be under VSTscalper - but not sure. I coded the Ratio on NinjaTrader - TS was too slow.
LOL just did a search and came across what I believe was your last post where you talked of shorting TradeStation's stock back in '09. Though I understand your frustration with their customer dis-service completely. Luckily I'm still able to make things work.
If I recall - probably my last post was something like - "if I had the money - I would Short Tradestion down to Zero - and shut it down" - is that what you are talking about? That is when the Cruz Brothers still owned it - think they sold out to a Japanese company. If many traders were having the same problem - TS would still blame the trader - wouldn't take responsibility. During that time period - I started using NinjaTrader and MultiCharts. I used NinjaTrader for Scalping Futures - but eventually stopped using NinjaTrader - still use MultiCharts. I think all platforms have problems at times - especially when they come out with updates. I am having that problem right now - with MultiCharts - and that does cause problem because I am also a Developer - with some big clients. Of course - I do screw up myself at times - and cause my own problems - but I am not going to tell anyone that I do that - especially in a forum - whoops - damn it - I did it. Actually - if I were to be Totally Honest - I did screw up some code one time - and the damn code worked better than before.
I was experimenting with an idea once, some code which I then shortly decided was dumb so discarded. Some weeks later thought I would revisit the idea - don't know why - just a niggly idea it might work, and it is now the backbone of my main algo. Been running it two years.
Not sure if you have seen my thread - but I had something similar happen. I eventually looked at the code again - decided to give it a better look. It is what I call my Bizarro Code - pictures are on my thread. I went back - took a serious look at what I had coded - now it is one of my favorites. I finally understood what I had done - but really didn't expect it to work as well as it does. After I first develop it - I almost threw it away.
Kind of funny - the trader that started this thread - "spudpei" - looks like he or she lives just a few miles from me. I sent a Private Message - but there hasn't been any response - unless I didn't do it right.
There is currently a huge number of new subscribers joining ET which seems to be some sort of campaign going on which are not genuine. You can spot them: Responding to posts from years ago. Stupid one or two liner new posts with dumb content. Mentioning fx. Mentioning fx brokers. Creating new posts and then not replying when asked technical questions.
Prolly they are unaware there is a message. Not sure if the forum send an email to let one know? But since they are a newbie here (2/1/21 join date) they're likely not in the habit of checking back here often? I notice though many topics started but new members that are drive-by posters. Here today gone .... today. Not saying OP is another.