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I'm using 1 minute bars, so i would want the order to be active for 15 bars in this example. From further reading it looks like i'd have to re-submit the order at the close of every bar if i didn't get filled. Seems a bit odd that i can't just specify the order to be good until cancelled.

I'm write a strategy in Tradestation and want to implement a limit order that is only valid for (n) minutes. E.g. enter a limit order at the low of the close of the current bar and if i don't get filled in 15 minutes cancel the order. From what i understand from the TS documentation, if an...

How much minute data does TradeStation have for ES? eSignal only seems to have about 6 months which limits my testing.

Sounds good. Do you have plans to make this an open source project?

Has anyone had any experience with the pagetrader product. They have real time signals delivered via instant messenger. Just wondered if anyone has any good or bad things to say about their service. Thanks!

Would be interesting to test some strategies based on the move after the FOMC meeting minutes are released. There are not many times when a trader knows that a large move will almost certainly happen. Obviously direction of the move is not known but i would imagine having a couple of OCO orders...

You could check out a historical data provider like price-data.com ... they sell data on CDs which is ideal for back testing

Thanks!

Can anyone recommend a free web site or software package that allows simple scans of stocks? E.g. stocks closed above 50 period MA etc

I'm currently back testing ideas with tick data from the regular S&P 500 futures contract which spans over the last 10 years. I don't have any eMini S&P tick data for the same period though. My question is does the eMini contract basically mirror the big contract, or do they trade differently...

Great, thanks for info.

The money was just an example. My question was about taxation.

Thank you for your totally useless response.

So i understand that the Cayman Islands have no tax on income, property or capital gains. This all sounds great! My question is how accessible is the money that you make there? Could i live there and have an account with Interactive Brokers and still have the tax advantages or would you have to...

Can anyone suggest a software package or add on for eSignal that detects different types of triangle formations?