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I regret not getting more replies here, which must mean no one is using Strategy Desk. Someone has told me that if limit orders are used, they must execute INSTANTLY or the platform will revert to the other side of the trade (which already executed), so if a sell liimt order is triggered and the...

What that poster is simply saying is that you should know much about trading before you turn yours over to a computer. We can always develop new ideas and should.

Aok, you obviously know the subject and I don't, but do I really need to learn Excel to write formulas? I looked at it a bit, and it says it contains something called Visual Basic for Applications. You can bet I'll continue to trade. Do you know Excel was what was used for Strategy Desk? If I...

rosy2, you've picked out the challenge of my proposition (practical, not linguistic): how do you hold in abeyance the higher-priced buy unless the stock resumes rising? Perhaps this is a situation where one needs two triggers, and that isn't done in any existing platform feature. Perhaps this is...

In case no one has a book to suggest because that's not how you learned to write formulas, please advise from what you did learn, i.e., syntax. Let me give an example of an order I'd like to create NOT NECESSARILY IN AN AUTOTRADING FORMAT. Say I want to buy to cover at a price lower than a day's...

Since I'm new to autotrading, I'm not sure which category comprises the subject best. There is high-frequency trading, quantitative, and algorhythmic, for instance. In Amazon there are 124 books under automated trading, some off-topic. Note that I'm strictly stocks or options, no forex...

sledgeyum, yes, but you know backtesting is not realistic as it executes orders away from the strict formulas? Have you used limit orders? I've made improvements to enable limit orders. Do you know what offset means and how to use it? In a separate thread I shall request book recommendations on...

I would like your candid opinion of this platform. I have had problems with it but have never used a different autotrader, so I have no basis for comparison. Message me if you wish to say something privately, and I will keep it private. Recommendations for alternatives would also be appreciated...