Search results

If you need to go to that extreme to make money on non HFT trading then it's sounds to me like your trading strategy is not very good and you're relying on milliseconds to try and make up the for the performance shortfall. That might work for another 12 months but eventually everyone else will...

Unless you're high frequency, a few milliseconds here and there is not going to make a difference. Human response times are at about 300 milliseconds. Probably closer to a full second when tired from starring at a screen all day. Any automated system no matter where the servers are is still...

I think you're mistaken about TT. They run their own data servers and the data is distributed to customers directly. Brokers sign up to offer the TT front end product but they do not provide their own data for TT front end. I have a attached an image of were TTs servers are located. This is from...

Locating close to the exchange only works if you're getting data directly from the exchange. If you're data is coming from a commercial data provider or broker , like say esignal or TT, then being close to the exchange will not help much. You want to closer to the data server of your data provider.

I use non alcoholic baby wipes. If they are gentle enough for my kid's ass, they are OK for my LED screens. Seriously, they are awesome for this purpose. Runningbear

The Old Skool is always better than the new Skool!!!

If you have no previous programming experience,you will have virtually no chance of learning C++ from scratch. Just to hard. Start with something a bit easier.

The problem is that there is no event that can make government bonds of the PIIGS less risky. Hence the problem the region finds itself in.

Frostengine, Thanks for your feedback. The phantom trades you are talking about have been a long standing problem with Ninja. I have heard a number of traders report the same type of problem. It's a real shame Ninja doesn't commit 100% to fixing these issues.They let another wise decent...

Hi FrostEngine, Does your 1.7 gig ram allowance on EC2 include the server software space? In other words, when you check in resources, do you have 1.7 gig of ram left once your running the server instance? Also, does EC2 offer any kind of auto ping functionality? So you can be notified if...

Set up a corporation in a country that is not considered a tax haven but has a low corporate tax structure - like hong kong. This will not look as dodgy.

At least at 50:1 leverage, it will take you twice as long to lose all you money.

With the wide spreads on CFDs, it would be impossible to trade the same product 50 times a day and make money. It's just not possible. Sorry for the reality check. Runningbear

Rani, Im assuming that DTN Sat is just a historic name. It still comes in via the web right? Is it the same company as IQfeed or a different company that repackages it?

This has no bearing on anyone's trading performance. If you're a winner, they will piggy back your trades and push the market in your direction. if you're a loser, they will fade your trades and you will still be a loser. Runningbear

The best advice ever given to me by a successful money manager. 1. Find a system. 2. Prove it works. 3. Trade it. Traders find step 1 and step 3 easy. Almost everyone fails to achieve step 2. Most traders fall down on step 2 because of over-confidence or self delusion or information...

Frostengine, With your EC2 instance, how many cores are you running and how much RAM? Also does your RAM allowance include the RAM required for windows server or is this separate? and how much is EC2 costing you approximately per month? thanks in advance, Runningbear

I was the same as you once. This is what I did. I jumped on amazon and did a search for beginners guides to programming. I identified a series of highly recommended books. From memory "An idiots guide to programming' was actually one of them. I also downloaded a IDE that was recommended for...

I don't know about your specific needs but the $350 I spent on my i7 chip was money well spent. It is simply amazing compared to the core 2 duo I was running. It feels about 10 times faster.

Frostengine, Great thread. Hey do you think you could tell us a bit more about how you designed your pattern matching software and how you integrated it with ninjatrader? How long it took? Any problems you encountered? Without giving away specifics of course. Do you use your custom...