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Thanks WeTodd I'll check out the links you sent

Thanks a lot guys. So in summary, if you want to build your own coded system in a language more advanced than a point and click Gui i can't do that in Python without having to build everything from scratch? In terms of what I am trying to accomplish I'm a professional day trader. But I think...

Thanks ET will give the video a watch. But am still confused. Is there a software platform to write code for trading system? I don't see how writing code on notepad translates into charts and trading data

Hi, Ive been a professional trader for about a decade but feel in order to keep with the times I really need to make the effort and start exploring the world of algo trading. Its benefits are clear. Ive built "systems" on CQG and Tradestation in the past but want to use a more universal...

OP, Thats a pretty typical setup to be honest. Its a high risk high reward opportunity. I use the term "opportunity" because it isn't a "career". Its basically your own business. I've been prop trading about 10 years. Some years are very lean, other years you pull in big money. Its constantly...

In the interest of credit where its due I got a response this time and they were very helpful. Nothing like a bit of social media interaction ;-)

Thanks CALLColumbus. Worth a try. It's just I had 5 or 6 specific questions which I know they may need to double check some info on so an email was easier to send and lay it out. I expected a couple of days to get back to me. But it's been 2 weeks now

Thanks but this is where I have been emailing but often dont get any response. I will try again

I was talking to a representative from AMP via email and he just stopped replying as soon as I asked any questions that were in anyway technical, they just didnt bother answering. Had a few people say their staff are pretty rude/unhelpful. Want to get these questions answered as im seriously...

Hi, Im starting to get back into developing some systems, in the past i've used Tradestation which i found really intuitive and found there was plenty of quick ways to get answers whether it was going through the forum community, the online encyclopedia or example code. However I know some...

Exactly. You need granular data, i.e can look "inside the bar" and only take limit fills on the back test if your price has traded through and not just printed there.. not to mention adding in additional slippage for stop orders

The software isnt as important as the data you use. Most platforms you can pick up for $100 a month has pretty unreliable data. Probably doesnt make too much difference on longer term systems. But intraday youre probably not going to replicate anything close to back test

I used to love ZH, had/has some great articles but the constant conspiracy theory and "the world about to implode" rhetoric is getting pretty tiresome. Fair enough if you get a call right. But its been about 8 years of 10 articles a day calling the inevitable collapse of something or other

Of course.. never said they would use ET

The comments "a profitable trader wouldn't want to be employed" is nonsense. I personally know traders with track record looking for funding. However, they have track records of making 500k+ a year and are now looking to step up to the 10-20million account level and would be looking for 20-30%...

Hmm not sure I agree. I've always been a mean reversion trader. Trending markets are tough for me. The other 70% of the time markets are rangey I usually do well. Markets that are having quick reversals and stops outs are the best markets for me. I think markets are very much driven by trends...

Theres a big difference. As a professional i spend 12 hours, at least, a day trading. I pay in excess of £1000 a month for decent trading software and I pay under $2.00 a round turn on most products. A retail trader is someone that works 9-5 comes home and reads a book on technical analysis and...

Yeah fair comment. If you're being price sensitive and looking for 2 way trade to get a decent fill that edge has gone. Goes back to my point that market makers and bid/offer spread players out number institutional flow coming in and hitting the market giving us that 2 way price action we...

Not saying you're wrong. But what is it you don't like about HFT's? Most ppl just use them as a scape goat without really knowing what they do and don't do. If your edge is getting to the front of queue position or hitting a news release faster than the competitors then yeah algos have that...

Well I started trading in 2005 professionally. So can't comment on 2001. But the charts look pretty similar now to how they did then. In general terms of course. The micro structure of the market has changed a lot and second to second order book scalping has changed a lot. The biggest issue...