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    tax lien

    Here locally in Cali, at the last election for sheriff one of the candidates had had tax liens on his boat pretty much every year since 2002 (sad but true). It was less than $200/year, so I'd say in his case it was simply a matter of being sloppy.
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    Reasonably Priced Data Stream with API?

    I've been on IQFeed for close to a year now. Fantastic. Works well, their demo code actually works, and support is good.
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    Will TWS allow me to login on 2 different computers @ the same time?

    IB offers a second login to the same account. Check the account web pages.
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    Is there an easy way to improove this automated trading system?

    I would be careful viewing anything (PDFs, links etc.). The OP started by asking questions, and is now posting manuals, links etc.
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    We are hosting a party with us in LA friday after expo

    That's simply not true! Last year I met one other trader (Cash) :D I'm going to give it a try this year again.
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    How far to backtest intraday?

    Somewhat depending on trading frequency, I see no reason not to test on 2007 through today. That includes a wide range of markets.
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    TWS gridlines

    I vaguely remember hearing about CTRL-R? If you could, I'd much appreciate an explanation of CTRL-R and CTRL+ALT+R Thanks!
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    Saxo under probe in Denmark ?

    I just read the danish article. A few interesting bits of information 1. The Portuguese financial institution 'fortune' has filed a complaints with the danish police. 2. Saxo is being investigated by the regulator ('Finanstilsynet') according to the CEO/director of the regulator 3...
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    Logging, tracking, organizing your testing

    I keep templates in excel of the systems and develop, trade and track. Weekly I re-run sims against actuals to see if something is off. I've found excel to be the simplest way to aggregate the functionality.
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    Getting down and dirty is where the rubber meets the road ...

    It looks like you guys are working hard at this. Are you turning any of this into actual trading signals and making money with it? I just don't get it, so I'd be interested in seeing some real proof.
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    Can someone explain Danish refinance?

    Yes, that's how it works (or at least worked with I lived there). It's a bond and if you want to refinance, you need to buy the old bond back at whatever price is the market at that time. so as e.g. rates go down the price of your existing bond goes up, and you'll have to pay more to...
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    paranoid ? or is Google tracking me - and you ?

    Google's streetview cars now also scan for any WIFI CSID you may have at home as they pass your house, and store the info too Pretty scary! There are other links as well, but this is the one I could find quickly...
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    Is this a viable system?

    I'd say that PF=2.4 and %Win=78% are encouraging. the biggest missing piece of data, imo, is Drawdown and its relation to profit. I'd like to see Profit/DD > 3 but preferably higher and (avg annual profit)/DD > 1.
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    how to block your IP address ???

    Yes, the WIFI card will have it's own chipset including MAC address. Or I should say, that I don't know any devices where that wouldn't be the case.
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    how to block your IP address ???

    It's unfortunately a lot harder than finding an open wifi spot. Your MAC address is fixed for your network device, most browsers transmits huge amounts of data about you, your system, and operating system. Your best bet is a commercial anonymizer accessed at a public wifi spot using a plug-in...
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    better way to do Out-of-sample test?

    I eventually settled on a different way to optimize. In my opinion the point is not to "optimize" but to "stabilize" and I therefore approach the problem as follows: I break down the data in e.g. 1 year blocks and optimize each of those blocks separately. I am looking for consistency across...
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    Grinding it out, day after day

    May I suggest we return this thread to Corey. I think it's unlikely that he wants to spend his time going through the long off-topics posts on everything from ES (which he repeatedly has stated that he doesn't trade much), CL and random comments.
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    Back testing futures

    I've used Pinnacle Data for EOD data since the mid 90s. Solid vendor. http://www.pinnacledata.com/ The also have lots of market internals, which I find very useful.
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    Good training courses on strategies?

    O boy ... do I smell a sales pitch coming :mad: The better question is what sorts of things the OP wants to learn. There are legit seminars at some of the expos, and Bright runs a good program for beginning traders. Everyone wants to sell you something, (otherwise they'd be trading), so...
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