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Hi Sc users. I am a SC newbie and have 20 charts open, each w a spreadsheet study to move values onto Excel. Issue is my Excel gets so slow since it receives new info every time a tick comes into any of the 20 charts. Is there a way to tell SC to just put values to excel every x seconds...

If I want to create synthetic index and chart it in an OHLC manner using MC SE and index has 4 components, will it work given the 2 ticker limitation. Thanks. ex ibm index=(goog+aapl+fb+CSCO*3)/4

Hi. I live in Ridgefield CT next to S Salem NY . Not currently looking for my own space since I trade from home BUT always on the lookout for a desk space to rent kinda situation. Our main street is gorgeous and have some small offices available and clustered around Main Street's...

hi Sierracharts has a nice spreadsheet study similar to Excel and was wondering if the cells in that study can be accessed by external programs. I am trying to build a basic autotrading system in Vb and need to access study values from the spreadsheet. Any experiences with Sierra on this...

Hi. Does anyone here have any experience dealing with MBT as it pertains to implementing MB Trading's SDK ? I'd like to code a rudimentary VB6 or Excel VBA auto program to submit opening orders, putting the brackets on it , monitor positions,etc . Other than some sample code in their site, are...

Has anyone tried auto trading with SierraCharts to MB Trading using the VB/Excel controls?

Thanks Mark2m. Only plausible reason why it is behaving this way is that the app is down since it is a Saturday. One would think that demo apps should work on weekends using fake or delayed data ...oh well i will try Sun night when fx opens.

OMG. This can't be this hard. Opened an account, got approved for fx account with an additional demo account number, downloaded MB Desktop and logged on using MBT supplied username and Pw. App defaults to live account so since check is still in the mail live account is zero. I went to...

Thanks c99. Will give it a look. Anyone here have any experience with Sierra charts wth index creation?

Can anybody suggest a way to plot an OHLC chart of a custom index? David22 , in your prev posts you mentioned using TOS DDE and Excel to create an index but do you try to capture it every x minutes to be able to plot it in a chart format? Amibroker and Linnsoft has addtocomposite and create...

Anyone here care to share their experiences with MBT specifically with their "pay for limit" plan in spot fx. Are the spreads comparable to IB with IB's commission ($2.5 min) factored in? A rep was explaining to me that if I enter a layer of bids under current market and it gets hit on the...

TD's rates seems way expensive vs. IB,MBT,etc. I think it is $1 / 10000 . Compared to MBT which is like 2.5/100k. Anyone have recent experience with them?

good point contra. I don't really intend to scalp forex (too many household distractions for that). I am aiming for trades in the 1-20 hour timeframe, scale in and out of trades maybe 4 layers into final position so possibly 5k units x4= 20k units. Don't know if I can continually sustain the 24...

if I get profitable, I'd like to eventually automate my trading system . Oanda charges $600 monthly to do autotrading which is too rich for me.

Hi contra ,etc. I am trying to compare brokers -IB vs Oanda vs MBTrading. As a newbie I would probably start small ( 5000 units of fx pairs). Oanda and MBT would be my first 2 choices with IB last due to their $2.5 min commish. Oanda does not charge comm and I think MBT is $2.5 per 100k so...

I am buying your book. !!

Just learned something new today. Spot Fx has no reporting to the IRS. Kinda strange? If I trade spot fx , I can run a report of all my trades Jan 2 and start on my taxes right away. No more hassles filing extensions due to late/delayed K1's or inaccurate 1099's that need to be matched with longs.

can prob do it but steep learnign curve Check their website for the mid to adv level backtesting tutorials where u will see the power of AB.

Is this the model followed by cTrader /c Algo where the platform is hooked up to banks making fx markets? How does CTrader make their $. Their website has demos,etc and partner links which I assume would be the banks where traders have to open an account. No mention of how much trader pays per...

Thanks nitro, maybe throw in a couple of long strangles or other cheap "explosion" positions there to really make your bots "knight " proof ..