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since noone wants to answer that... EFS is not very good for backtesting.. yet. Tradestation EL is much better, for backtesting. (going on a fine line.. both are sponsors you know. still I always speak up my mind so they can improve). eSignal has a great potential. I like very much the...

it's about time. still a surprise. it should be fired months ago ! double standard, half truth, fat liar.

ddefina.. LOL good one !

you've got to love capitalism. trade on the image of the reflection of an index which is arbed by another contract, which is a small electronic version of a big one. :D

funny, I thought 'scalper' was clearly admitted as : "an individual that makes dozens or hundreds of trades per day, “scalping” a small profit from each trade by exploiting the bid-ask spread". I'd agree liquidity trading is something else, although I think it is a variation of scalping...

there are also automatic orders. also, some may place orders based on model calculations. In that case the orders go at the calculated levels, not always at the inside bid/ask. When conditions change (and they change on a tick per tick basis with the underlying) these orders are pulled...

my understanding is that API extra costs at IB are for direct routing requests, instead of auto routing. that move surprised me though. on the hand, since it's not that difficult to enter the open orders manually. OK, a bit of work, but if you don't have to pay for it. also, I think the...

Originally posted by tntneo I don't think it's too difficult to get an edge. There are so many ways to have one. yeah ! if I put aside mastering self control and emotions, the psychological part. I know it is a very challenging part. but I wanted to point out that there are many 'methods'...

if in the long run you make more money than you lose, you do have an edge. 'long run' is vague. so with a statistically valid number of trades you should come out ahead if you have an edge. that is ahead in $, not more winners than losers or other meaningless ratio. you must make more than...

a sad truth. when the market becomes challenging, we get a lot of crappy threads on ET. A strong correlation there. I bet there is a tradable pattern there. see ? I am doing it too. PM me if you want this thread reopened because you would like to CONTRIBUTE to the topic. there is a chit...

why is this hypothetical short seller not using a bullet ? I am not so sure it's a short seller when I see this pattern. It can be. But I'd rather assume the market is going lower if no one hits him or the spread widens, weak bid etc.. Focusing on what is happening rather than why.. There are...

about to close this thread since we are not talking about the topic.

the power supply usually is also a surge protector so it does not matter. well, I would not use an extra surge protector anyway. yes, don't forget the modem, but don't connect on it devices you won't need (printer, etc..). keep on it only devices you will need to exit current positions in an...

get one powerful enough to power your PC AND your screen (at least one screen). If you have flat panels it's no problem, they don't require too much power, but regular bulky tubes do pump a lot. the small AC supplies won't be able to handle this. get the biggest one you can get (so not really...

randy, you must be the trainer, right ? :D

I think interesting answers are here : http://www.elitetrader.com/tr/index.cfm?s=17&t=74 and in the strategy forum, obviously. there is no one more important factors. or more precisely, it depends on the strategy type, the time frame. depending on these, the important factor is different...

no problem with OPG today. using 780.5 If you did not have an error message, did you try to switch the time in force in the order dialog or directly on the order line ? I usually switch from the order line.

each trader is different. I guess, what surprises starting traders is that the more you do this, the less you use indicators. and even those still using many indicators in a discretionnary way, are in fact filtering most of what they see with their brain. you should get many very...

aphie, don't play the offended guy here. several are only pointing out you are not doing what you said you would do. or said otherwise, you do the exact opposite of what you planned. this is the pattern killing you now. posting on ET or Trading. Sure you need a minimum of statistical...

I think the new hotkeys 'customize' feature is great. (not that new, I know). buy at bid, automatic offset etc... great. some little bugs on the way, but it's because new features are coming in. so it's OK. bring on the new features at this pace.