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    duped!

    Well, this is the problem. Nobody talks like this to someone in person, I know you wouldn't if were in front of you.
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    duped!

    I recently reached out to active participant on ET, who offered me programming services thru his partner. The overall result was a disaster, they provided no deliverable and refused to refund the money I paid him. What's more disturbing is that they have my strategy logic and refuse to sign a...
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    Hedge Fund New Money Troubles

    Your investors are there to jump aboard your equity curve. The timing of jumping in and out is why i assume your investors are willing to participate in either a formal or verbal "lockup" period. If 3 old investors own xyz @ $20 and new investor comes in @ $25 and you decide to wait for better...
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    NinjaTrader7 and Sterling

    Does anyone have a solution that would enable NT7 to execute trades with SterlingTrader. PM if interested please
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    Is there an easy way to get forex tax info off of IB?

    When I asked them a while back the fella said it was simple..."Just give it to your accountant" = comforting.. Take 2010 statement end balance - begin balance Net out deposits and withdrawls then subtract 1099 (reported) transactions = Forex I believe that option transactions might not...
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    TradeLink Data Import Problems

    I remember with great pain hiring the Tradelink guy to do some automated stuff for myself. I also remember that according to his tutorials and from speaking to him, that his tick converter app could easily convert Esignal data to be used in Tradelink. It didn't work then 2 yrs ago. Sad to...
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    echo trade question...

    I cannot speak for any prop firms out there as a comparison. But just over a yr. ago I worked off site for echo trade. They were friendly helpful and gave me my money back, very professional. The reason I left was my own fault. I made a commitment to Echo in that I could expect to generate x...
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    FX broker to run Ninja ATS

    You might be better served asking what frontend to use with IB for forex. 1. I say IB bc I have had good experiences. TWS, however shuts down @ 12AM est. and your strats will stop working in NT. TWSstart is a workaround. 2. NT recently screwed up big with IB...
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    Need tips on developing my own ATS to trade FX

    6 strategies on 5 pairs. It's rare but if all strats had a position simultaneously my total risk entry-stoploss would be 4.4%. Test and Live results are attached.
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    Need tips on developing my own ATS to trade FX

    I keep it small 0.02%-1% max risk per strategy. Correlation is a moving target, often youll notice pairs are correlated on 15 min and uncorrelated hourly, daily etc. For me I try to be profitable every month (Which I am not). But I can track each strategy backtested and realtime on a...
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    Need tips on developing my own ATS to trade FX

    -1 It can be done. Trend, counter trend < daily bars. Combine many strats and pairs, keep correlations minimal for the timeframes considered, keep bets small to allow for when non correlated strats become correlated (they will). I agree you cannot beat the banks everyday, but if you can go...
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    The Rise and Fall of Mechanical Trading Systems

    Mechanical systems do work if done properly. By properly I mean it must match the traders temperment and of course be robust. Correlations are constantly changing and expect drawdowns to be @ least 2x your tested models. Attached is my latest program. It consists 6 models trading several...
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    Ninja and IB for autotrading

    http://www.ninjatrader.com/ConnectionGuides/Interactive-Brokers-Connection-Guide.php NT ONLY supports 906 version (standalone) yesterday to my dismay IB stopped supporting 906.8 and subsequenlty logged me off from TWS. Luckily someone in the user forum provided a quick fix. As for NT...
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    2010 Survey to the users of open source ATS software.

    All I can say is that if your considering using Tradelink, make sure you are a good programmer. I am not, and I did contract with tradelink to do a 3 week project "remember"??? well the story is long but the pain has re-emerged as I recently hired a programmer to fix the unoperational code that...
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    CBS 60 Mins.

    http://dailybail.com/home/jon-stewart-vs-larry-leibowitz-brother-of-daily-show-host-is.html http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-may-10-2010/a-nightmare-on-wall-street
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    My experiences as a Hedge Fund Startup

    So this fella, a self described man of faith has a goal to manage assets of others. Not only does he get rejection for yrs. but also blows up and comes back for more. On paper HFstartup is a nobody but so am I! I started my fund 2.5 yrs. ago and recently got my first customer. Look at our...
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    Unattended Automated Trading

    I have been trading unattended 24/5 w NT 6.5 and IB w forex. Just crossed the 6 month mark, works fine. Use a battery backup for brief power outages. Some early snags were PC related, automatic updates from MS once rebooted my machine while I slept. Flash crash my screencapture software snagit...
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    need a trading engine

    Thanks but no thanks. Would it be possible for you to post or PM me ytd. results of current strategies you trade. TY
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    need a trading engine

    Would you be willing to work on a P&L split + 100% bonus of your quoted daily rate.
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