Recent content by 65Matt

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    Strategy design game

    Here's something I found the other day: www.tradersmashup.com Enjoy :D
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    Successful automated trading with Excel + IB TWS

    I also have an excel sheet that makes trades. I took the sample workbook, added a sheet to record market data, chart, and provide some controls (buttons) that stop and start the program. Travis, I am curious to know how you keep track of your P/L. I am having a hard time with this. I...
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    Stop Limit in Tradestation

    You may find a better answer here: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MrEasyLanguage/messages or on the TS forums.
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    advice on automated trading tools

    Tradestation is some powerful stuff, don't be fooled into thinking that EasyLanguage is limited or for beginners.
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    printable IB API document

    edit: wrong link - couldnt find it
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    Let's collaborate - components of a good ATS

    Grob - the master of the swing trade. :)
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    Have the skills, but lost and all alone.

    I'll put in my two cents. I started programming with IB with their excel sheet. It works great and costs almost nothing, but you cant backtest strategies and IB's reliability has been crapping out lately. It seems like the most logical place to start is Tradestation. They give you the...
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    ib server down as of 11:55 Aug 16

    Samson, I have had the same problem - I was trading EUR (order was placed with Excel but I watched it activate in TWS). I had the stop in (not stop limit) and I watched in disbelief as the market ran past it. I had to manually close the order for a sizeable loss. I sent them an email...
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    Let's collaborate - components of a good ATS

    Let's talk about some components of a good ATS. I think we can each contribute something without divulging our edge. Im not trying to sell anything, just trying to share and learn. Well, here goes my contributions. Based on my lmited experience, I think a good ATS should: - Be stable...
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    BUND >> looking for a simple intraday system

    Can someone explain what spoofing/ flipping is? If you are not watching the market depth, will you even see it?
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    How can I track the 40-day historical vol. on a stock?

    Im curious, where does the 250 number come from? I want to calculate intraday historical volatility, not daily historical volatility. Thanks alot!
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    Whats the main difference between FX futures and FX?

    Sorry, I dont have any more. After I saw it happen a few times, I knew what was going on. The spot broker that the chart is from is fxcm I just thought it was fascinating to overlay the two in photoshop.
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    Whats the main difference between FX futures and FX?

    Spot FX - mysterious upward spike right before an downtrend that stops most of their customers out FX Futs - downtrend This pic is from 1/7/05
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