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    Grinding it out, day after day

    Lescor, You mentioned earlier in this thread that you currently trade about 6 different strategies. Do you mean it's 3 long and 3 short or 6 strategies tat go long or short. Thanks
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    Grinding it out, day after day

    Lescor, Do you trade ETFs? How many stocks do you trade on ave day or on a day like today?
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    Grinding it out, day after day

    lescor did you trade CPO and/or V today? It worked for me on the short and long side, I'm curious how it was for RTM traders.
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    where do I start?

    Can Ninja can and execute 10-20 trades at the same time via IB?
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    where do I start?

    Is it possible to automate my strategies without knowing C# or other programming language? Which software can I use for it?
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    when enough is enough?

    there is a fine line between improving results and curve fitting them imo. How do I know if I'm curve fitting?
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    when enough is enough?

    I seem to have a problem with constant backtesting and improving my results. It never ends as there are 1000s of ways to adjust buying and seling critirea. When do you guys stop testing and start trading system in real time? Thanks
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    need help with IB API

    I never used API for IB. Need help placing this order: buy at market when 10 and 20 ma cross on 5 min chart set stop at previous bar low and set target at 10 and 20 ma cross. How can I write this order in Excel for IB? Does API updates prices in real time? Thank you in advance
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    picking trades vs taking all signals

    My system generated about 3000 trades over last 6 months with good results. In real time I won't be able to trade this often and will be forced pick and choose. Is it fair to say that I will be trading with similar ratios as my system shows or because I'll be trading less my results could be...
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    Grinding it out, day after day

    Lescor, You've been trading for a while now. Looking back, do you trade the same strategies you traded 5-7 years ago ( at least one or two) or is your trading now days completely different than it was 5-7 years ago?
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    how to exit at 20 SMA?

    Thank you, Can I send order like this to IB through API or do I need manually eneter is if I want to exit at 20 SMA? I don't use API right now and enter orders manually but it gets tough when things are busy.
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