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If you don't get it in 3 mins, you will never get it... comm for indices futures is only about $1.5...Duh All the terms were spelled out in the very first post. Please READ before asking

My turn to get some answers to the questions I posted earlier along the thread... I never said it was highly profitable...in fact it is definitely less profitable than directional methods but you need to be amongst the top 10% for directional traders to be in the game.

Please refer to my coin flip system: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102702

Have anyone automated a coin flipping (random but simultaneous entry) trading system on 2 accts? There was a thread for this using 1 acct. maybe can try programming this idea first... when NYSE or NASD TICK number goes above +300 or below -300, long one acct, short another at the same...

Have anyone automated a coin flipping (random but simultaneous entry) trading system on 2 accts? There was a thread for this using 1 acct. maybe can try programming this idea first... when NYSE or NASD TICK number goes above +300 or below -300, long one acct, short another at the same...

I called TT, Trading Technologies in Sg 2 days ago to inquire if XTRADER could be used with Interactive Brokers ....and guess what the representative replied? "Yes, you can interact with your broker" How do these companies select people?:mad: Are they highly paid like those QUANTman...

I have been testing this "blessing" EA ver 1.06 on FX trades with MetaTrader4 for the past 4 months... Is there a version written for IB so that I can test it on indices futures? Most MT4 brokers offers only FX and those that offer indices has high comm. What about a version with smartquant...

ES may not respond according to YM for very short term trading and during spikes movement... How would you pyramid and balance your trades then? What tools do indices spread traders use besides spread ratio chart for entering a spread and choose which to long or short?

short stock at $10, $20, $30 average of price=(10+20+30)/3 = $20, now stock price at $30 as in wait for reversion to $20 to breakeven How smart is this quant software? :D :D quants = PHDs..permanent head damaged who believes in market predicting models, losing billions of dollars...

The basic framework of this system is just averaging/position sizing,nothing else..., doesn't take more than 3 minutes to get the idea but programming it to work real-time might be a different ball game... Any program traders using these tools?: Can Tradestation easylanguage...

The whole point of starting a 2 sided trade and hedging at various stages instead of just adding positions in one acct is based on the assumption we have no idea where to start i.e. which direction the market is going at any moment in time and even after moving, it changes randomly all the...

If you are interested to do it, please PM me.

That sounds like a common problem for automated trading... anyone want to share their experience in this area? is panic button/abort program function available in automated api programs? :D

Are you saying IB datafeed may have errors when it is done on 2 accts? Can the 2 accts interface directly? How do you incorporate a realtime feedback api in 2 IB accts that trades on interdependent scaling conditions? If you have experience in trading 2 accts and would like to discuss...

This method is somewhat like a mean reversion grid- trading approach but it incorporates a little anti-martingale concept and partial profit taking along the way... so that it would not implode when too many contracts are accumulated...also, the algorithm closes both long and short sides...

it simply means real time market movement/direction ... i.e which direction are the tick values heading at that moment... nothing to do with trend lines or minute/hour bar,candlestick,etc my basic concept does not depend on TA at all...even though my improved version will include market...

This method is somewhat like a mean reversion grid- trading approach but incorporates a little anti-martingale concept and partial proft taking along the way... so that it would not implode when too many contracts are accumulated...also, the algorithm closes both long and short sides at...

A combined chart is not the same as a spread ratio chart... the plot of the value of one instrument divided by another.

Good question... anyone trading real money using automated programs? ...please share your experience here.:)

I have been using IB for 3 years but could not find a way to create a spread ratio chart... Can anyone guide me here? (A Spread Ratio Chart is created by dividing the price of one index/stock by another)