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    Ninja Platform

    I would not glorify it by calling it an algo. I simply wrote the code to execute the strategy 1-5 trades per day If it loses early it does not try to catch up If its winning it keeps going Entry, Exit, Stop are all market orders
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    Ninja Platform

    Good post. My 2 cents (FWIW). I started on NT years ago because it was free and I could get the zenfire feed at nominal cost. Regarding the SIM - I run 2 machines side by side. One making live trades and the other letting the Ninja sim algorithm decide on the fills. Both machines run...
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    Dell Optiplex 9010 Desktop (Small Form)

    IMHO that is a good way to proceed My backtest system has 2x the capacity of my trading machine
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    how to do web scrapping

    Have fun!
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    how to do web scrapping

    Not so much buggy as quirky i.e. - it takes a fair amount of effort to learn their interface Once learned, it handles a pretty good variety of things you will find on individual web sites
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    how to do web scrapping

    ahhhh.... just wait until you encounter the vast number of different ways web sites are implemented :)
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    how to do web scrapping

    Ive done some work scraping specific data for people in the bond markets. One useful (though quirky) product is djuggler www.djuggler.com After much tinkering around with this and other products - I finally decided its easier (for me) in the long run to simply use the C# APIs and write my...
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    Buy some AAPL $450?

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324445904578285743931137664.html
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    Dell Optiplex 9010 Desktop (Small Form)

    Agreed with ofthomas. IMHO this is a better way to use the money to get more capability
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    BAC short.

    Yeah, I'm just poking fun I have no idea where aapl is going :)
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    BAC short.

    aapl :)
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    Can someone explain the difference between slippage and spread on the ES

    Now, Thats what I'm talkin' about !
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    Dell Optiplex 9010 Desktop (Small Form)

    Whenever you do this its a good idea to envision how you plan to use the machine. What trading platform - what are its cpu and memory needs What additional software I run large large optimizations with NinjaTrader 7 Windows 64 Bit on a home-made box with an AMD Phenom 2 and 4 gig of...
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    Partitioning a Drive - Pros & Cons

    Hardware is hardware Choice of OS will not change your MTBF on the hardware
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    Millionaires only exchange - WTF?

    same rules regarding accredited investors not a very high bar
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    FB a 280 P/E stock. Portfolio stuffing?

    http://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/greaterfooltheory.asp
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    Partitioning a Drive - Pros & Cons

    If you want to separate the OS put it on SSD
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    Unsupported Ninjatrader Programming

    Try this: #region Variables // Wizard generated variables // This sets the path in which the text file will be created. private string path =Cbi.Core.UserDataDir.ToString() + "A0TestTradeStatistics.csv"; ----- **** on bar update outputstring = "foo" File.AppendAllText(path...
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    Why do white people pay so much for oranges??????

    Do you really want to share your strategies so openly here? This one sounds like a big-time moneymaker Might want to keep a low profile
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    0-100

    The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is the only number anyone will ever need. It contains all other numbers in any possible combination ever created or ever to be created but it is not random hmmmmmmmmmmm
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