Recent content by phg

Sam, You might check out RightEdge. It is a .NET trading platform. See also the rightedge-ats Yahoo group. In particular, there is a strategy being covered on the group that might be of interest. It does not sell a position at a loss, so ultimately success depends on stock selection. The...

I'm not quite sure why I am poking my nose in here, but I thought I would note that cash-covered put selling (aka 'naked'), combined with covered call writing in the cases where there is an exercise against a position, can be quite successful. The degree of suggest depends primarily on stocking...

While it is evident the RightEdge visual development facility has limitations, it also on the other hand has some interesting uses. For preliminary investigations of ideas using simulation and optimization it can be convenient and efficient. More usefully, the objects on the visual surface can...

Thanks yucca_mtn. I'm beginnig to see the picture. They are not very deep, they are way out and CBOE is giving me different prices than what you have shown. So, for GS at about 215 we have July 190/33.50 - 195/29.20 for a debit of $4.30. About 16% ($70) for half a year if you win the whole...

I have sort-of been following this DITM possibility (vertical debit call spread), with a good many comments about the ABC corporation. So I decided to find some real cases. I looked at RTP and GS. From what I could find, the bid-ask spread always ensures a loss. Does anyone have a current...

How does the offset work? That is (I guess) what bars are used to compute the triangular MA whose value is used to detect the crossover with the BB MA? (For my edification, formulas and parameter values would help me understand what is going on.) (Like the chart!) My thanks in advance. -Pete

See also the book reviews on this site. I agree with the favorable reviews of "New Trading Systems and Methods" by Kaufman. Also "Technical Analysis from A to Z" is an easy read and summary.

I know he plans to provide a more comprehensive usage example using Excel. However, I'm just as interested in whether someone gets an example working using VB.NET or C#.

eSignal has an easy-to-use DDE interface to Excel. Google 'esignal dde'. It is as simple as adding functions in Excel cells.

There is also a product called "Bracket Trader" (Google that) that may be of interest. I have not used it, so can't speak from experience. -Pete

It's still in Beta, which you can download free, but RightEdge is an ATS development platform that inferfaces IB. For non-programmers it has a drag-and-drop strategy creation GUI. That is particularly handy for experimenting with the behavior of an indicator. It has graphs and back testing.

I'm in the same game. Commissions can be a key consideration. IB has the best commission rate I am aware of. Besides, I am satisfied with the platform.