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Late to the party, just my two cents. When I read Ernest P Chan books on automated trading he pointed out a couple of times that an algo that does not improve over a buy and hold investment should not be used for trading. It does make sense, why would you go for the trouble to set up a trading...

Forget the hard stop, just make yourself listen to this song every time your draw-down is bigger than $300

And now is when we all realize that limit stop orders are a thing. Why the hell would you like to set a hard stop on the whole account? if you had proper stops per trade you should be fine, regardless of any "algo" going mental. @s trader I don't use the Rithmic Trader Pro software, just...

You have to look at Risk Parameters -> Set By Trader -> Auto-liquidate Threshold

Yeah I know, the "illegal" recurring joke is just because the boys kept telling me that I will visited by the authorities because of my dodgy betting on both sides of the book.

It is fairly well known https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/calendarspread.asp Add this to the "illegal future tricks" list :D:D

I don't have those glasses anymore, neither that toupee

There is a table with opening times at: https://www.cmegroup.com/trading-hours.html#foi=F&search=MES&tradeDate=2023-07-22&pageNumber=1 Hours are in US Central Time Zone.

The Fed is still trying to fix the so called Reagonomics, assuming that they act in the best interest of US citizens. Because sometimes they look like they don't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics

On the main topic, if you like SMAs try EWMAs, they normally give better results.

No, for a fractal process to occur you need repetition of patterns, over and over. The FMH goes trough that and it has been proven, many times, that financial markets are not fractal. Read until the end. We as human beings tend to model behaviours and occurrences in a way that we can...

IB, that is why I know that it is a piece of shit

That sentence made me laugh :D:D Let me fix it for you: the IB's API is the worst piece of shit that a developer can get their hands on

Pinescript is not only inaccurate, it is a horrible language. I don't understand why people use it, having proper languages that can do a back-test locally

Level 5 is close! don't hesitate

Hint: I made it to recite poems with clues about the password, I asked for poems that would help me get married, like if the engine was some kind of a Cyrano de Bergerac.

You are right , first try a paper account. I am not familiar with the Canadian market but I can imagine that the natural way should be through futures. At least it is the way in any other country. Since OP is asking for help it must be a bit difficult to find the way.

:D:D:D:D love is the answer, actually. Just make the engine to like you, and you shall pass

There are many books about trading, as there are many bakeries and grocery markets, your book can stand as well as any other. My sister in law just finished a book and published it through an independent publisher. The book is not about trading. She found out that there is a huge market for...