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Day 3 – Trade 3 Total Gain of $282.80 including slippage and commission I have to debate whether to let the blackbox run tomorrow since most of the traders are already leaving early and will be taking tomorrow off for the long weekend holiday, will be a tough call. I will post the trade...

because like a good scientist, for this experiment, i would like to rule out as many variables as possible so that only the single theory gets tested, if that is actually possible.

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Day 3 – Trade 3 Gain of +6 handles = Total $332.80 including slippage and commission Good news, after yesterday’s loss, the block box did me proud today. It’s not as amazing as some of the systems I’ve seen but it’s holding it’s own. I’ll Attach the chart of my black box...

Chart for 8-26-2008 trade. Don't ask me why there's a buy and sell arrow, i think it's messed up coding from open e cry, don't get me wrong i would have loved to get those buy's and sells. But the real ones are in yellow.

Day 2 - Trade 2 Lost 104.70 including slippage and commission

god, this journal is such good laughs, lol

It's mine. Firms I work easily throw away 200k at some crazy idea, I am a poor chap, so 5k is what i'm willing to risk.

Chart Picture to 8-25-2008 Trade: I'll learn how to combine them on the next trade.

8-25-2008 - Day 1 - Trade 1 So good so far, 1 short trade for $332.80

I usually write black boxes for other firms and usually in the equity options market. This is my first attempt at writing a fully automated trading system for futures S&P eminis. I will be using REAL MONEY, no simulation. (of course I’ve done background testing on it) Here are the specs...

Can anyone recommend some great equities order routing api's? I prefer it from a big and reliable company with great support. Thanks

It is somewhere between simple and not so simple, it is no where near complex/difficult. If you think it is try finding a cure for cancer/aids or building a spaceship that could travel 100 x the speed of light without killing the driver or a pill/drink that would make people beautiful and young...

Yeah, it's funny how the govt, cftc, public wants to go after someone no matter what for the high cost of gas.

http://in.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idINN3134161920080731

It’s best you seek a lawyer’s advice. There are just too many variables, whether the managed services will be private or public, equities, futures, or cash. However, if you insist on doing it your self, call these people and they would love to help you CFTC and NFA for futures and SEC...

Bright is decent from the people I know that have been in it, just be careful, there are shops in chicago that make you wait a year to take your money out and there are shops that just plain won't give u your money back.

Bell Trading, LLC is currently hiring traders, they'll let you be remote if you know what you are doing. They only trade cash and futures though, no equities.

Hi, I really don’t know which section this would fall under, but, I have a dozen of black boxes. My choices of collocation is the Montgomery ward building, Equinix, or 440 south lasalle. (they are all in the downtown Chicago area). The only market that concerns me is the CME. I’ve...