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Hmmm....I don't believe either of those platforms are programmable, are they ? I last used Lightspeed 10 years ago. If so, please provide some links to their API or language.

TOLD YA. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/5-big-reasons-for-oils-plunge-monday-2015-07-06

You mean this firm ? : http://avatarsecurities.com/ What platforms do they support ? Equities ? Futures ? FX ?

But Murray, can it connect to other API's like Interactive Brokers for real-time trading ?

If I want only historical tick data, I do not need to add any exchanges, correct ? IOW, for $55/mo, I can get up to 100 symbols of history at a tick level ?

Understood. Please post your results from trading it back here in 7 years.

You cannot say that until you've backtested it for at least 5-7 years with a few thousand trades.

DEFINITION of 'Stop Order' An order to buy or sell a security when its price surpasses a particular point, thus ensuring a greater probability of achieving a predetermined entry or exit price, limiting the investor's loss or locking in his or her profit. Once the price surpasses the predefined...

Slippage should be minimal for market orders in a liquid instrument that is not violently volatile. Stop orders definitely cause the need to account for slippage.

Shanghai Composite now below 4000 level.....the China bureaucrats better step-up their rhetoric soon or we could see the index at 2500 by the end of the year. That's HALF of what it was 2 months ago.

One thing you did not mention: Your trading platform has your model buying at the Ask and selling at the Bid, correct ? You are using at-market or stop orders ?

Why even bother with bid/ask ? Why not use the actual prints ? For your holding period, I don't think bid/ask makes any sense. For someone who's algo trades for seconds or minutes, then maybe.... The more important question is what type and what level of aggregation are you going to...

Today, Bloomberg online had a great piece on base metals.....prices near 5 year lows......

Crude oil down 4% today alone. Has the rout started early ?

Just use your head....commodities go up when there is inflation. Inflation occurs when there is more money chasing fewer goods. There is more money when people are getting paid more. THAT IS NOT HAPPENING. All of the jobs growth has been in the $15-20 per hour range. Salary increases for white...

Iran will be bringing on new supply by the fall.

Exactly, and this statement "....“Spoofing” is a technique used to manipulate prices in equities, futures or options by entering large orders that trick others..." clearly was missing a key word : “Spoofing” is an illegal technique.....

Likely a temporary supply glitch. Just wait, it'll be coming down a lot.

likely due to prospects of upcoming slower worldwide economies.....and even China now looking shaky-at-best.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/five-years-after-flash-crash-committee-to-fix-markets-can-barely-agree-an-agenda-2015-06-30?page=1 When will we abolish the SEC and CFTC ? These people are highly paid and accomplish nothing. One would have thought there would be an improvement after they got rid...