Recent content by mechinvestor

I totally agree with these advices. Without knowing about them, my path to trading followed this path. Once I was able to develope a successful swing trading strategy, I took the same concept and applied it to automated daytrading. Real trading or paper trading your strategy is a must...

You should add ta-lib to trade manager. It will open up the number of indicators to use without writing them yourself. Plus give samples on how to do it.

I'm currently using Strategydesk to do EOD backtesting, realtime scanning, and real time charting. I use IB for my broker. Since StrategyDesk will not be support much longer, I'm thinking of switching to AmiBroker or Ninjatrader. Anyone using Amibroker or Ninjatrader want to recommend it for...

Does anyone know if there is a way to use StrategyDesk and have it execute the trade through IB instead of TDA ? I like StrategyDesk because it is easy to use and test, but I hate the TDA commission fee. Thanks.