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I had never really looked at these values until now. What do you usually do with these values when you're designing a strategy? I know there's a book called MAE but I don't have it (yet) and don't know if it's worth buying. I've heard one tip. Finding the max adverse excursion of your...

I'm using the Sterling API because that's the platform I use at the office. I would rate it just okay. I think the last time they revised the API was in 2004 =/ I download my historical data from opentick. It takes.... forever. The worst part is that it only downloads at about 30 kb/s per...

Like someone mentioned, a lot of these systems can only test 1 stock at a time. What use is that? And since you are doing a basket of stocks, its important to get an idea of your max drawdowns at any given moment in the past on your basket. I like knowing what my drawdowns (or favorable...

The only way to have no limitations is to write it from the ground up. I wrote my own and find myself making revisions everyday as I want to add new features. It's great. But writing from the ground up is very time consuming but I feel its well worth the effort in the end. I originally wrote...

I use Sterling API and it suits my needs for my ATSes which are written in VB6. I have nothing to compare it to though. The documentation is seriously lacking.

If you know how to trade, why does it matter if they know how to trade? Use their capital and enjoy yourself. Don't blame your failure on others.

Why are you always so against BBs? What exactly does "the markets can do better without them" mean? What is a better market? A place YOU can make money easier? My BB loves this type of market :D

shortie = tim sykes

Scalping for 0.01 a share 200 times a day (or for most, 0.00 a share) or Trading for 0.20 a share 10 times a day That is why they want gamers. Although I suppose it doesn't matter that much since they also take 65% of your profits.

Why are you asking me? I don't know.

I will only be convinced if he posts videos for every day he trades. He only posts his winning days, and when asked why he doesn't post losing days he says something along the lines of 'losing days are rare'.

Why don't you just use opentick? I download all intraday tick data at the end of the day for equities. It takes a few hours so I do it overnight then I join the data the next morning (cause you unfortunately can't download multiple exchanges together) On a side note, I don't believe you'll...

Have you checked out Timothy Sykes? He had the second best short-biased hedge fund out there for a number of years. I hear hes doing great these days. He is also a personal hero of mine.

Yes, they are random. Just ask every unprofitable trader as they know the truth.

Don't give up on the CCI. One of my automated systems trades using CCI on equities without any other indicator and it produces great results (PF of about 4). The secret to making it work is so simple, yet I can't tell anyone what it is. Just keep looking and you may find it. I don't know how...

Fine. Here's the setup since you aren't willing to put in the screentime. Use 5 minutes bars. When the 200, 50, and 20 EMA cross each other, go in the direction of the 500 EMA. But only go long if the moon is waning, and only go short if the moon is waxing. Okay, where's my percentage?

its 1195, not 700. you've been registered since 2000. for shame....

Also, make sure they aren't watching over your shoulder when you trade. You don't want them to see you entering a trade when your 3 EMAs cross each other.

If he's talking about Sammy, then it's not a lie (though it may not be the complete truth). It's funny how a guy in his mid-20s is referred to as a senior trader :)