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    what else in Amibroker shall I pay attention if I want to backtest futures?

    When software shops build software, they have alpha version first for internal testing; then beta version for users testing. The reason using beta version to let user test is because there is liability issue. Software producers are liable for their Software causing damage to users. IBConnector...
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    what else in Amibroker shall I pay attention if I want to backtest futures?

    IBConnector, a very simple program, is still in Beta version after many years. There is good reason for it.
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    Trader's right attitude

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2876198/Germans-caught-romping-in-road.html :D
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    minutes ago iwm spike down big
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    Also, n-tick charts has a lot gap-ups, panic short cover.
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    low volume indicates short squeeze, given sudden jump in puts today.:confused:
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    Monday supposed to be mundane, why this volatility?
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    Ag+bond symbols for IB/Amibroker

    limit ordor: if(OrderType == "MKT") orderID = ib.PlaceOrder(sTicker, "BUY", pContracts, "MKT", 0, 0, "GTC", True, tickMult, "outsideRTH"); else if(OrderType == "STP") orderID = ib.PlaceOrder(sTicker, "BUY", pContracts, "STP", 0, price, "GTC", True, tickMult, "outsideRTH"); else...
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    Ag+bond symbols for IB/Amibroker

    i used to use iqfeed data for backtesting. i only do realtime paper trade testing now. i give two ticks for slippage plus round trade commi. amibroker has a lot of funky and misleading way of caculating p&l in backtesting, e.g. if limit order is out of current's bar range, you get best from the...
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    Ag+bond symbols for IB/Amibroker

    found it ECBOT futures symbols have length of 21 characters with 3 spaces between contract symbol and month name and one space between month and 2 digit year Contract 3 spaces Month space Year - E C B O T - F U T Z B J U N 0 4 - E C B O T - F U T Z...
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    Ag+bond symbols for IB/Amibroker

    somewhere on Internet says it should be zn MAR 10-ecbot-fut zw MAR 10-ecbot-fut But they do not work. Please advice if you know. Thanks.
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    Price action leading up to the dump at 10AM

    You can tell manipulation, such as stop raiding, accu or distrib, by watching volume and prices. which is very attention intense. I did trade news with stop-limit order before with limited success and I gave up. Here is in my mind to trade news some day with a high risk account. Bet on...
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    Price action leading up to the dump at 10AM

    I also need to add that he said stay with the trend even if you are wrong on news move, it will retrace back and continue the trend in a couple of days. I also noticed often a few hours before news price bulge in opposite direction of the news move -- may indicate manipulation to shaking out...
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    Price action leading up to the dump at 10AM

    One of the traders, who trades eur, posted on t2w and says he can trade news before its release 90% of winning by following trends and subtle moves just before the news release. The subtle moves are often in the direction of the big after news move. Another theory from "Study of Tape Reading"...
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    new short sale rules next week?

    Some rain makers are expecting the market to have a big drop or crash soon:D
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    Ron Paul, the Man Has Spoken: US has no business in Mid East

    Ron does not have what it takes to do what he wants to do. He is more like a grandpa figure. u.s.'s top foreign policy priority is Israel's security. E.g. China treated U.S. and Obama like dirty until it came to the issue of sanction against Iran, which China does not want to do. U.S. launched a...
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    Have a look at these amazing stunts ** While our stunts are war and bankruptcy

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVMXEnL8liM&feature=PlayList&p=142F94836EF0AAD3&index=7
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    I would think when sign of a bear market is more clear, we will have more commitment from traders and thus volatility.:D
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    sideway again. :mad:
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    Just speculate, if I'm the FED and owns 50%+ percent of U.S. national debt. I would trash all other currencies, such as EUR, and jack up U.S. dollar big time. Steal of the century.
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