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MB Trading allows me to trade 1k lots without a minimum commission. While at IB I had to pay a minimum commission of $2.5 which made it difficult to test run a live strategy like this.

I do not do much day trading these days. I do some longer term swing/discretionary/semi-automated strategies. However, trading is a second income. I am an engineer at a technology company. I believe the primary piece that has been missing from my strategy development efforts has been a way to...

For this round, I am primarily using NinjaTrader for the live trading and backtesting, combined with a C# application I wrote to perform the automated data mining. I have been with Interactive Brokers for essentially the past 10 years, but recently opened this $500 account at MB Trading for...

I have been developing automated trading systems since about 2003. I have learned a lot and made a lot of mistakes over the years. I have produced numerous "profitable" systems, however due to the large draw downs I do not trade any of them live. I have a good feeling about this go around...

Historically speaking, today was an outsized return day. Version 2 of this strategy which will go live on Sunday night, typically only averages about 150 pips for the whole week, much less in a single day. However, I will take it!

Great day today, the strategy made 16 trades for a gain of $13.40. Which equates to 134 pips and 8.4 pips per trade. Current account value is: now $516.40

I am trading 1k lots. So it was 30 pips or 2 pips per trade. This does not give a lot of wiggle room. However, it is after all slippage/commission etc in a real account. So I will take it as a starting point.

<b>Intro</b> The point of this journal will be to share my real money *fully* automated trading results throughout the process of iterative refinement. Backtesting results, while interesting, provide an incomplete picture. The only way to really know how a strategy will perform is to run it for...

Has anyone successfully ran an automated strategy on a "small" instance of EC2? This box will only be used for executing the strategy. I am trying to determine which size box I need as the prices vary greatly. Thanks

how do you use NT with MBT?

What is the commission structure at Mirus like for Forex.

I am currently using Interactive Brokers with NinjaTrader, however on Forex trades the minimum commission is $2.5. Are there any Forex brokers that will work with NinjaTrader that does not have a min commission? I want to ease my strategy into real time by trading small lots until it proves...

The strategy is sound and working well (however mostly on the sidelines as the market falls -- Shorting signals not as robust as I like, so sitting out). Posting here and to the blog was becoming a distraction. Too much time trying to keep everything updated and not enough on adding new signals...

Lots of trades so far today: Purchased 53 shares of FAST @$48.63 stop @$47.70 purchased 78 shares of NTAP @$40.33 stop $39.69 Shorted 86 shares of MDT at $37.92 stop $38.51 Shorted 142 shares of MU at 7.19 stop 7.75

Stocks for tomorrow: Long: ntap,fii,fast Short: cam,esv,jdsu,mdt,nbl,ne,r,mu,nbr,swn

Tomorrow I am watching the following: Longs - AET,KO,NTAP Shorts- txn,wag,mdp More info: <a href="http://www.mystockanalysis.com">Watch List</a>

I think there may be some confusion about my goal. Yes, I consider it a win at THIS stage if I am simply beating the S&P. At this stage, I am only taking long trades and entering the market at what likely may be the top for the year. Beating the overall market is a win. As I continue this...

Purchased 44 shares of APOL

Considering how many funds exists that do not even out perform their target benchmark such as the S&P, I place a high value on simply outperforming. To judge the success of this method requires looking at a lot of variables: #1 Does it outperform simply buy and hold the benchmark index #2...

That trade was placed due to my <a href="http://www.mystockanalysis.com/stocks-to-buy/trend-strategy/">Trend Following Strategy</a>. It uses 33 patterns discovered through data mining. I recognize right now is NOT the best time to be going long with the current market down trend. However...