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I will absolutely run as many years as I can get with IB in MC.. running powerlanguage and not running on MC.net... I havent gotten there yet the calculations for the algo shouldn't be calling data farther back than 150 ish bars the big thing here is I just dont want to get a computer that...

Im not using MC.net im using regular powerlanguage... I wouldnt expect my code to be soooo taxing that i would need a cooling system? am i wrong?

thanks this was specific and helpful! internet seems like the biggest weak link..

So what are the things that are a must have? I have read that the 16 gigs of Ram is critical for backtesting and having multiple programs running I have also read that the i7 is great but the i5 is ok? anything i should consider here? the 500 SSD i have also read is a solid choice? could...

Thanks for all the responses!! Im not really manual scalp trading.. but i expect my algo to trade 5 times a day in chop. The reason for going for a hefty computer is the backtesting.. if i want to backtest a 5min chart of the last 360 days then I'm assuming I will need some heft?? am i wrong?

Sorry if this question gets asked every day... i browsed a few of the FAQ's some of them were pretty dated and im not really a hardware guy so i dont know if its out of date.... I want to backtest in MC as well as algo trades running run ib's TWS run TOS with heavy scripting and multiple...

Mushin, thanks very much for the response! I heard ami was up to the task but after reading previous replies maybe i jumped to my conclusion to quickly. I will look into it further... at first glance, I thought it was going to be like so many of the other first iteration option backtesters...

bummer, this thread has disappointed me. Whenever i see someone post about options backtesting i get excited and join the thread to find once again this technology hasn't reached the consumer yet. Also, if Im not entering and exiting a trade at a high frequency then theres no reason i...

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Hello all, quick question... the TOS backtester does not offer intra bar values does it? say i have a mean regression strategy im testing(close crosses above Variable1) and it flags a trade to short off a high variable i am constantly calculating. Then say the market goes straight up after...

lol, this guys must be having a bad day...with the star in the upper left too lol

yup, using this now.. would still be nice to not have to create an excel file of this data though. Thanks for the help.

ya i wanted a graph of my net liq. I know my current net liq.. just curious about the change in net liq over last "N months" thanks for help though

sorry if i misread your tone... my hard drive melted down that day.. i was frustrated. thanks for help

Hypothetical i think would be ok. Realized P/L would be good to. but the hypothetical would be what im looking for

TD does not offer any way to track net liq in a continuous form..... thanks for your help though... i suppose im (unsurprised) to find a response in a forum with a (condescending) tone It seems that the API into excel is the best option

sorry, should have been more clear... this is exactly what im looking for... the TD API into Excel may be a good option... it just blows my mind that TDA and TOS dont have a way to track historical net liq.... either a weekly or a monthly or even a quarterly... seems like a no brainer feature

I have a TD Ameritrade account. love the options trading there. I really want to track the Net Liq of my account without having to do it by hand. Many other brokers offer this feature. It doesn't seem to difficult. either way TD doesn't offer it. Is there a third party app i can download...

IB and Margin have come up several times in here lately. The corresponding Buying Power Reduction of a debit spread should be the price you paid for the spread. The BPR for a credit spread should be the width of the spread minus credit. However, at IB I hear they squeeze in special...

what does it mean with the *This is a current projection and is subject to change. does that mean they can change margin requirements for a position? thanks for the help BTW. nice screen shot for the walk through