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Hi cabletrader, Thanks for your response, I realise that you trade through a market maker. Yes Iv heard those stories as well. That's why I would trade through an ECN broker, like EFX/MBT, you pay a bit of commish, but tight spreads, great executions, top customer service, and they dont...

Ummm, not exactly what I was hoping for, but thanks for your responses, gents. Well i always thought scalping means small profits. Some people are happy with small profits full stop. I hear of a thread titled 10 pips everyday. Not exactly reaching for the stars if you know what i mean...

Hi, Does anybody trade Fx through a strategy which would best be described as high frequency scalping? If so, id like to know: *Do you trade through a mechanical system or is your method discretionary? *If the former, have you automated your strategy? Through which broker? And...

Nice one, i will be keeping an eye on it.

Ed Seykota once said: "The markets are the same now as they were five or ten years ago because they keep changing-just like they did then" Well that's a given IMO.

Aruba sounds nice. Below is from wikipaedia. Aruba enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the Caribbean region and the lowest crime rate; low poverty and unemployment rates are also positives for Aruba. Unlike much of the Caribbean region, Aruba has a dry climate and an arid...

WHat does it mean exactly, that most traders cannot pull at least 20 cents a share out of stocks daily? "stocks" is a pretty wild generalisation. Some of the stocks I have traded are in the 10-20c range. But im in Australia. In the US, most stocks are in the $50-100 range?? Still a pretty...

Thanks for your responses gents, but i dont use tradestation (it cant backtest at the portfolio level) nor do I plan on trading with a market maker/deal desk, so that rules out MT4. Where do NeoTicker users get their forex data from? Thanks.

Gnome, Great thread. I only have two questions. 1/ How have you diversified your wealth out of the financial markets? Property? Bonds? Just cash? and most importantly, 2/ What do you drive? :D

Thanks for your response. I have sent Bruce an email.

Hi, I need some historical forex data for testing purposes. Pretty much as much 1min data as I can (a few months would be nice) on as many pairs as I can get (the majors would be a start). Which providers offer this? Thanks.

Hi, Im looking for a software to develop a system that can be autotraded through an ECN broker. I have heard NeoTicker hooks up to EFX group for this purpose. Can anybody here share their experiences? Thanks, Nizar.

Well said bro, well said ;)

Has anybody had an experience with these guys? How is their execution? Their spreads mostly 2-3 pips on the top 6-7 pairs is not bad. How is their service overall? Has anybody used them for automated trading? Any opinions would be much appreciated.

I went on this thread expecting people to share their systems. But it seems when it comes to Autotrading, people trade strategies they got off their broker or off some website?? Why is it, when traders want to design a mechanical system that they will trade, they create and develop and...

http://www.tradestation.com/automated_trading/howitworks.shtm

Does anybody here use Tradestation 8.3 for automated trading in Forex? What are your experiences? It seems nice having a broker + historical data + backtesting platform all coming in the one package and potentially for free (if you trade more than 10 round lots a month).

Further to Alex's question, how does Tradestation 8.3 compare to Metatrader 4? Thanks.

I only use a Price breakout and rate of change filter (and liquidity). The latter especially is a very robust parameter and while it works to increase profits and decrease drawdowns, it also makes your equity curve smoother.

Hi Bo_D, This system has too many rules and uses too many lagging indicators ie. uses moving averages too much. Try to make the system as simple as possible because the more rules it has, the greater the chance that it will be curve fit to the in-sample data. Obviously, the walk forward...