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    Suggestions to Improve Automated Trading...

    Bespoke, Thanks for sharing your experiences here. Can you please let us know what backtetsing platform/prgramming language you use - that enables you to test tick data strategies on multiple symbols in minutes. That run-time is impressive! Thanks
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    Estimating Realistic Volume Limits & Trading Capacity Estimates

    Typical irrelevant, unproductive, myopic and daft response from a typical "Elite Trader". On another forum I participate in I just got a most insightful response. On ET insightful responses are becoming rarer by the minute.
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    Estimating Realistic Volume Limits & Trading Capacity Estimates

    A salient issue in system development is the twin issue of realistic volume limits and trading capacity; that is: 1. How much volume can you trade in a particular market and 2. Given the above for each of the markets in your portfolio what is the maximum asset capacity for your trading...
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    What do you think of TradersStudio?

    As I've posted elsewhere TradersStudio is a fine product that is constantly improving. I believe there will be some even more powerful features/functionality in the new version 3.0. Even in the current version there are very powerful features, I seem to discover a new one every week or so...
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    Deciding on a Backtesting and Trading Platform

    Yes, Tim one must truly cast a wide net. Please understand I am not trying to champion one product vs the other. My aim is to highlight the strengths that I've seen in one platform (or correct false impressions) while simultaneously encouraging the platform vendors as ET Sponsors to share...
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    Deciding on a Backtesting and Trading Platform

    Thanks again Tim for discussing TB pro here. I was initially attracted/still am attracted to TB pro because of the very positive reviews, the role of the famed Turtle – Curtis Faith and the quality of users as seen on the TB forum. However, I ultimately chose TradersStudio for three...
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    IntraDay Data for Electronic Futures Markets

    Thanks Frank, but it seems I require PATS to even access the intraday data.....Are you sure I can access intraday data WITHOUT PATS? From their website: . Real time quotes, historical data and market depth of futures of all major world markets * Real time quotes for Eurex, CME...
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    IntraDay Data for Electronic Futures Markets

    Can anyone refer me to an affordable and reliable intraday data source for electronic futures markets; apart from www.tickdata.com Thank you
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    Deciding on a Backtesting and Trading Platform

    Very nice. Thanks Tim.
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    Deciding on a Backtesting and Trading Platform

    Thank you. I'll investigate this.
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    Deciding on a Backtesting and Trading Platform

    Thanks Tim. Who do you recommend as an intra-day data source? I use CSI for EOD data. I don't believe they provide intra-day data? Thank you.
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    Deciding on a Backtesting and Trading Platform

    Very nice, Tim. Thanks for sharing. When will 2.3 be released? Any other new features in 2.3 you can share with us? I presume one can backtest intra-day strategies in TradingBlox using intraday data; is there any way to automate an intra-day strategy from tradingBlox. I assume that...
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    Deciding on a Backtesting and Trading Platform

    From Roger Rines' insightful comments here (see quote below) and on www.tradingblox.com/forum I see he is an experienced system trader and I've enjoyed AND learnt from his posts. Thanks for sharing Roger. Nonetheless, I need to point out a few things that have changed with TradersStudio...
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    The tax debate we need to have

    The tax debate we need to have A shrinking minority of Americans are paying most of Washington's bills. That's not good. By Geoff Colvin, senior editor at large (Fortune Magazine) -- Here's a cold reality that none of the presidential candidates want to tell you: a shrinking number of...
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    Why are you guys so biased to the bearish side? No difference between you and those with a bullish bias. These biases are dangerous.
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    Why are you guys so biased to the bearish side? No difference between you and those with a bullish bias. These biases are dangerous.
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    Backing up a computer

    On what drive do you install programs - the OS drive or the storage drive. What wuld you do with a laptop - laptops have only one hard drive.
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    Merideth Whitney on CNBC

    Frightening projections. http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=698017587
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    Obama CNBC Interview on Capital Gains Taxes/Economy

    He clearly seems to be a thinking politician – who attempts to seek rational balance...however, he does begin his thinking with a left-tilted bias not a rigid ideological premise/fixation but a bias nonetheless. For example, he is inclined to increase taxes first BEFORE thinking of cutting...
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    Obama CNBC Interview on Capital Gains Taxes/Economy

    http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/Obama_talks_capgains_rate_with_CNBC.html
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