Recent content by mrgod2u

Just a word of caution regarding Quantopian: I spent hours per day for a couple months learning python from scratch on quantopian, and now I wish I'd spent that time with C# at quantconnect. They're platform is open to forex, connects with multiple brokers etc. You don't get the perks of pandas...

I've used trade ideas, it's a pretty slick piece of software. Free if you don't need realtime quotes (offen,by say 9:15am it'll have enough data to give you a pretty good idea of what is likely to move). It comes with a load of presets, each preset has multiple scanner windows etc. I highly...

I just now received an email signalling an update to this thread, and read through it all. Lots of good points etc. I've since dropped ToS altogether, and am now using Interactive Brokers (for a few reasons). TD was charging $9.99 a trade, IB's start at a buck. The biggest reason though is IB's...

That's more then likely what would happen, wait for a signal and take it from there. I just found the idea interesting and thought i'd see what others with more experience in the markets had to say about it. I'm getting the general consensus, thanks for the reply.

I don't feel the need to really switch if I don't have to. TOS doesn't seem to allow for automatic trading, which is fine. If for some reason I decide to go that route in the future then I could always port it somewhere else. As I mentioned, this is all new to me, so if starting with TOS was a...

Stocks for now.

I computer program as a hobby you could say, and have some trading experience, but nothing crazy. I've done well on a few individual stocks but haven't had much luck in day trading as of yet. I'm looking for a place to start in creating an automated strategy. I currently have thinkorswim, and...