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    Dalio: Stagflation coming...

    Great interview, Ray dalio mention the prospect of stagflation becoming more likely. Hence we should wonder, what type of stocks are likely to be stagflation proof?
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    Backtest Tool (ideally in Python) that takes Bid/Ask tick level data as input for Scalping

    Hello Elite Traders, Some of you have rightfully mentioned the need to use BID/ASK at tick level in order to get more realistic backtests when scalping at high frequency. That is very much what I am trying to do but couldn t fin any backtest tools (ideally in Python) that would take this type...
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    How best to avoid slippage when automating?

    Hello, really interesting discussion. Some of you have rightfully mentioned the need to use BID/ASK at tick level in order to get more realistic backtests. That is very much what I am trying to do but couldn t fin any backtest tools (ideally in Python) that would take this type of data as input...
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    Oh no, not another python backtester...

    Thanks Traider, as you can see from the 3rd last line in the slack trace above I am running this on Python 3.6 already, any other suggestion would be welcome . It looks like a tool tool and I would really like to give it a try :-)
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    Oh no, not another python backtester...

    pysystemtrade seems to be a very interesting project and on eof the very few using IB native Python API. Great work. I have been trying to run one of the example file :asimpletradingrule.py, however I still get AttributeError: 'DataFrame' object has no attribute 'Instrument'. I was able to fix...
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    [IBrokers] From 0 to Algorithmic Trading

    Hi Jarjar, sounds like you were up to something, so 18 months later how is the strategy doing % return wise?
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    Nooby McNoob becomes a quant

    Sounds very exciting indeed, I am only starting that journey. Clearly not the "make some money fast" deal! Just out of curiosity (and keep me motivated!) - so 50k back in January, what are we talking about now? I am in genuine fear of this "90% of traders, lose 90% of their money on 90 days" .
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