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
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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