Recent content by WheelsOfSteel

Yes, I tend to agree with Jelite. From your earlier post it seems you have at least some exposure to programming, regardless of the language you will still have experience structuring algorithms. IMO, some of the discussion is overstated when considering infrastructure. I have worked with...

I think if you wanted to run a strategy using for example JForex you would want to lease a virtual private server, unless you have commercial standard IT infrastructure available. Running on a broadband DSL connection, you may get intermittent outages yes. However, you could also write your...

Yes, via a Java 'JForex' api and FIX. You can run your strategies within the JForex platform or directly using the api's. Also,there are back-testing capabilities within the JForex platform plus an optimization tool; however, this doesn't utilize any AI/genetic-algorithms, simply brute...

I would imagine that regardless of how you trade, some benefit could be gained from having even a basic grasp of programming. The only negative being that your thinking may shift in a more analytical way. If one is using 100% instinct, presumably they could still save time and therefore...

I use Excel (VBA) and mySql to automate my order creation. I then send these orders to my broker, who places them at the market open and that's about all there is to it. Order management is taken care of by SR as I specify brackets and trailing stops, which come into play once the order is...