Recent content by dwrowley

If you are just interested in converting a single number into a day of the week, then you can simply use: DayOfWeekName = StrExtract( "Sunday,Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday,Saturday", lastvalue( DayOfWeek() ) ); This will give you the name of the day of the last bar (day if you...

As an active trader, I'm clearly against any form of FTT, but I'm surprised that people defending an FTT don't see the unintended consequences to the average person who has a 401k, etc: - For every mutual fund they buy, presumably the fund managers will have to pay the FTT on every...

Amibroker might be a good fit - www.amibroker.com Very good (and fast) backtesting, inexpensive, great support, has an interface to IB for both quotes as well as trading. I've been using it for years. D.

Please remember to call your broker if the erection pattern lasts for more than 4 hours...

This is why I read ET religiously - to get the well-reasoned analysis and insightful commentary such as represented by this thread. Actionable advice with a strong thesis. Thanks.

Hi all - I have an automated system that trades long/short, and usually stays in the market overnight and over weekends. Does anyone have any good mechanisms to hedge long positions held outside of market hours to protect against catastrophic drops in the market upon open? (terrorist...

How about setting up a model on Collective2.com that your friends/family then subscribes to (you can comp them)? They can then autotrade the model using whatever broker they want (that is supported). Each person has their own account, but you only enter the trades once. Also, each person...