What are your Inputs ?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by K-Pia, Feb 4, 2016.

  1. K-Pia

    K-Pia

    You may have a fairly detailed picture of what's going on a each price since you were talking about non linearities and asymmetries. Must be some fairly complex results that you get from that multiplication of an EMA with an average. I Actually trade via the DOM, so don't worry about me. I think that picture ain't that unfamiliar to me.
     
    #11     Feb 6, 2016
  2. d08

    d08

    Why do you assume things. If I want to know intraday equivalent then I use intraday data, for EOD signals I use EOD data. Trading via DOM, you would use T&S data anyway as all the averages don't matter much.
    Volume/(H-L) is only applicable in certain scenarios. If you enter at the close of the bar for example, the range is irrelevant.
     
    #12     Feb 6, 2016
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  3. toucan

    toucan

    This could be an interesting discussion so here is my two cents:

    Things that I consider when deciding which futures instruments to daytrade

    Bid ask spread
    · Is the bid/ask spread greater or smaller than what I want to risk
    · Is the bid/ask spread narrow enough for market and stopmarket orders, without incurring excessive risk​

    Actual trade spread between 2 adjacent trades
    · How often does the trade spread between 2 adjacent trades exceed what I want to risk
    · Is the trade spread narrow enough for market and stopmarket orders without incurring excessive risk​

    Order book and trade activity
    · Is there enough order book volume to trade my maximum number of contracts without incurring excessive risk
    · Is there enough order book volume with deep levels to minimize wild price swings moving from one level to another when order book volume is eaten up by trades
    · Is there enough trade activity for daytrading​

    Speed of trades/Time of trades
    · Are there enough trades to minimize wild swings during the time I generally trade
    · Is there enough price movement during the time I generally trade
    · Is the average daily trading range large enough to daytrade
    · What are the best times to trade this symbol​

    Price volatility
    · Are there enough price trending moves to generate more than 2:1 reward to risk
    · Are there too many price turns greater than my stoploss risk
    · Is the average bar size too large to daytrade within my risk parameters​

    Generating entry/exit signals include an additional set of analysis/entry/trade management rules and also may combine some of the above in real time in finer detail.

    cheers
    toucan
     
    #13     Feb 6, 2016
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