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be careful. although I am very pro automated trading and use it myself, AI systems have a major flaw. They use past data to extrapolate the future. Although some argue trading is about that, I disagree. Trading is about placing bets with good odds while following the market or going against...

there is no doubt that if you have more information or this kind of information you can profit from it. Specialists do that everyday on NYSE. With other markets it is 'not' or less the case although there is something to be said about wholesale of equity orders while another division of the...

where are the moderators when you need them ? hehe ! just kidding.. maybe you want to continue this nonsense.

Even a simple trading plan takes several pages (if you really explain on paper what you are supposed to do in all conditions). It does not the entry and exit fundamental concepts are complex, they can be very simple. But indeed, you should imo declare in which conditions they are valid etc.. A...

what I don't like with european and therefore DAX futures are the intraday gaps.. it is not rare (usually caused by US reports). I guess you can go around them by checking the time but I never liked that when I was there.

some data vendors do create separate symbols for day and after hours, and even a symbol with a combination (24h) of all sessions. the exchange do not, that's right. but your chart or quote system might. tntneo

Robert, are you talking about hardware ? software ? and for what kind of trading, how many markets etc.. ? otherwise it is quite a vague question since trading is different things to different people ?

tymjr that was the one I meant. My point (ok, not great one I admit) is that JTrader still needs to check with the broker, so there should be a delay between what you want to do and the actual order, despite the fact you are maybe directly linked to CME. That was only a remark. What is...

very good posts ! @janko : really forget XP with an older computer. My desktop computer is a Pentium Celeron 500mhz too, so no offense. You will be much happier with W2000. Really. XP runs well on the new server we installed : AMD 1.4Ghz with 1GB or RAM (I told you it was a monster). You...

yes, tymjr, JTrader must check with the broker your margin limits etc.. because my understanding is, when you talk directly to Globex with FIX this information is not available there. So your program must check ANYWAY your broker, otherwise there is something I don't get. If not, I guess you...

well, anything thing JTWS or JTrader can order. it is nothing magical. if you follow rules and a trading plan, it can be coded into software. that's what we do. no more no less. tntneo

Originally posted by Eddy Let's hope Neo will be able very soon to offer us such a first class system :) Hi Eddy, it won't be first class because IB does not offer JTWS API (for now?!). However, I can tell you, we are progressing very rapidly now. and we have already the system sending...

that's also what I understood from JTrader's doc. I can hardly believe it ('cause you could ruin yourself with a mistake, if allowed by the software) but that's what they claim. IB has a direct connection too, but you must first relay your order through IB system, if I understood their platform...

Here we have 98, W2000, NT4 and XP.. no hearsay, just the real thing. 98 sucks for memory management (some tools available, search this website for analogx ) W2000 is NT5 (or NT4 + USB and Com+ ) It is very good. XP is very nice and very different. the way to work with it, is really...

yes, thank you all

I hesitate to comment 'cause I should stay neutral. But really I think everyone is right more or less. I do think IB should sponsor ET just like other brokers. It would only be fair considering the number of customers ET attracts to them. In all fairness too, some threads about IB are very...

Hi Kirk Thanks for the reply. It is good to see you are the one using it. Is it still possible to call an external DLL ? Are signals evaluated tick by tick or at bar's end ? Orders for BUY STOP or SELL STOP do they work on the same bar or only next bar ? I don't think you can keep global...

OK, OK, eSignal was down for futures 50 mn and that's bad. But it is very rare. (at least I could reach their help desk and find out what was wrong and an ETA on repair). More seriously I know Tradestation Online was not good in the beginning. But this is normal (BTW I used...

yep, that's what I meant with 'TS going brokerage'. so it is really difficult to get a good backtesting and simulation tool. I should look at Wealth-Lab desktop, but because it uses quote.com I am not in a hurry. But still, heard good things from people I respect a lot (including a software...

ehlaban I meant RavenQuote, I know it does not have backtesting, but you can build it. Backtesting is not very difficult to code if you have proper language scripting and good data. For my backtesting in Ensign I do not use their built in feature, I rather export my trades and let them analyze...