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    Trading with GlobalFutures

    why global? when i was trying to get my commissions set i felt i was dealing with a used car salesperson. why not transact, or open e cry or TS8 or IB. there is an advantage of using a FCM with their own platform so that don't have the added cost. consider that.
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    Austin Passamonte Challenges all at ET to a $10K entry fee Contest!

    im interested, but i dont want to read the whole tread so forgive me if this question has been asked. the pricze money is being helpd in what escrow account and with which independent entity?
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    Maximum DrawDown

    drawdown is your highest equity balance minus your present equity balance and you would keep track of those on a daily basis. max drawdown would be the largest drawdown you have ever had in your live trading or historical backtesting. it a good number to be aware of so that you can determine...
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    Free automated trading platform, for IB

    i would really be interested in your project with the following: 1)place an order at an exact time to be specified 2)allow that order to be good up to a certain time. for example, at 8am i tell the automation program to enter a buy at the bid at 930am and the order will be good until the...
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    What is the worst one day loss you ever had?

    it was a rainy day in april, i was only trading the big s&p. i was short and was short 10 cars with enough profit that i moved my stops to where i entered. I thought all was fine for the day. I was on a cruise ship enjoying my hotdog and diet coke then a call. greenspan had made a surprize cut...
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    Resetting NAV to produce fake track record?

    there is an old saying thateverything in the world in deductible on your taxes until "you get audited" sme with this. sure you can get away with it. until you have that first comtomer complaint and the nfa/cfct/sec/nasd come knocking at your door and says "show me the money". "show me the records"
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    TradersStudio 2.0 is Released

    i have my reservations as my first reaction. i just bought traderstudio. i took my easiest easy language code to enter the market at a buy and the migration tool wouldn't even complete the trick. am i going to have to take VB. im not a programmer i just learned easy language. easy language is...
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    Congratulations ElectricSavant!

    good going michael. ive been reading your postes for ever. and some from your wife. pat
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    Caffeine addiction

    i couldn't even think about trading in the moring with out my diet coke.i will have breakfast in the morning at MCD's with a large diet coke but that will do it for the day. i am in that category of people who if i drink a diet coke late afternoon, i have trouble getting to sleep. so i don't...
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    question to all mechanical traders

    there are a couple of reasons you should start out with TS8. 1)ts8 is the best at training and getting your learning curve reduced. 2)as soon as you can do 10 r/t's a month, the platform is free and you don't have to worry about back data because its all there. not extensive tick data but 1...
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    TradersStudio 2.0 is Released

    ON tradestation i use 600 days back from today and optimize that. i assume that is trading days. i do write in easy language. so after i optimize i look at the results especially the return on highest drawdown. when i consolidate all 10 systems into rina i get the combined report and again...
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    TradersStudio 2.0 is Released

    here is my question. at the present i have 10 systems, all with their own parameters and i input the results into rina and then get my portfolio report from rina. i then key in on what the return on highest drawdown for the entire portfolio. sometimes i will take 6 or 7 of those systems and...
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    Anti Virus Free?

    has anyone had any experience with the virus or malware that attaches to IE and auto directs the homepage to another location. its on the laptop that my son uses and cant get rid of it. used mcafee, zone alarm. any help appreciated. pat
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    Anyone used these systems with success?

    ITS OK for swing trading but if you are doing any type of futures day trading that requires fills in seconds, its the most unreliable system out there and the results CANNOT be relied upon. pat
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    Raptor Trading System...

    i know you have had only 5 posts so hopefully this will be a lesson for you. this is the LAST place you want to come and brag about a system (backtested) that you haven't personally traded. it just doesn't go over very well here. pat
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    TT Anouncement

    let me see if i understand this. i dont need to subscrib to the TT platform but i do have to go through a broker/fcm that has the TT api? is that correct. or do i not even need to do that. and the pricing for TT/tradebolt is? i went to your prices on your website and there is not a category...
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    Best Future Trader(s) in the world

    lewis borsellino's brother.
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    Tradestation easy language question

    the order will remain in effect for the rest of the bar. so if your using 15 minute bars that would work. but you have to consider if the condition will still be true during the next bar. if so its going to try to buy/sell every bar the conditions are true. i have a program i use that...
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    TradersStudio 2.0 is Released

    one more question. when the live version comes out, how easy is it going to be to automate the signals so that they go right into my brokers platform/api. is that in the cards at the present time.
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    TS 8.1 offline+Owndata 2.4 - can't get it working

    i think the hyper threading is a bios setting. TSsupport have came out and said that hyperthreading has to be turned off but ts support would be the people to ask.
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