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FWIW, I trade ES US hours everyday for years. Price will stay in a range until there is a big enough imbalance. The imbalance impact is not linear, but more geometric. The "key" is to see when the threshold is reached AND maintained. So for example, a 3 point move in under a minute is OK...

No Problem. Just be aware the C2 backtesting engine does "auto-Magic fills" which gives you the best fills that in reality would not fill at all most of the time. The easiest way to get around it is pad your orders with an extra 2 ticks, (not one). Also C2 does not really work well for...

https://plato.stanford.edu/ and check out the standard analysis as a starting point. Back to work here. :D

The other option is to place your strategy for others to use as a subscription. There are several of these services around that "host" your strategy. C2 is one, but I noticed there are others. Check the places that offer co-location services.

Hmm, I found them detailed (enough) to proceed with testing on a paper account. The help files only provide an overview, but if you actually try a lot of the features on paper, it becomes clear, there are many additional details to be learned. e.g how a stop loss can turn into a "fixed...

That model is overly simplified, FOR TRADING. Instead of getting "pissed off" on something that is not understood, consider getting up to speed FOR TRADING. There is plenty of information out there, that might get you to think you got the right model on earnings, but it is mostly aimed at buy...

You are missing a lot. There is a mixture of entry rules, exit rules, capital allocation rules and capital risk management. If you take each category, you basically got a couple of rules at most. The problem is even if your P/L goes up, or down, it will still be indeterminate about the...

While it is obvious that the negativity can cause a lot of damage, consider it an emotional pendulum swing. The other side is bragging or being full of happiness when a positive trade occurs. Are you kinder and nicer when things go your way? Same issue, imo. Either way, imo, it is a sign...

Ditto! But it happens. Wealth changes people expectations, and view of what they should have, do, or be. Most of it is a projection from other people's thinking. I guess that is the point. A lot of people on this forum seem to be working out someone else idea, which they have adopted, on...

Haha, How much? This is a question a lot of people never ask. "When someone says if I had a million I would... " it is a clue. The first thing you do is pay the IRS! Make 10 mil ST gains (bitcoin included) you pay about 350-400K in tax in Fed. Then you pay your state tax. You are maxed...

Money is money, but time marches on. I left my co workers last century. Many are still working and are in the 100mil range now. I was never going to make it to that range, so I decided to do different things, work on my health, family and personal life. Looking back, it was a better choice...

What is with the "blame" as the "go to" reaction in the first place? Work the problem and get it solved. Move on to the next issue. Wasting time blaming is sophomoric at best, stupid on par, and destructive at worst. If you don't know how to deal with problems and issue, PROPERLY, no matter...

Everyone seems to like the TV. Personally, I use the Dell 5k monitor 40" Dell U4021QW. I find it's as wide as I can handle. I prefer a monitor to a TV.

Because P/L is not what "serious" people watch, it is ticks. P/L is a distraction. The market does not recognize where you entered or exit when it comes to moving the price. The faster you get over "trading the P/L", the better, imo.

There are a lot of factors that cause gaps. I worked several strategies. They did OK, but I found that it is not as consistent or frequent as needed to keep doing. Case in point, is when does the movement occur that results in the gap? Asia open, Europe open? Although the open times...

Ditto to what virtusa said. Going on 25 years also. Although algo trading is different from manual trading, the basics of handling orders and signals are the same, but it is significantly more complex to make an automaton that can handle dozens of situations aplomb. I think what people are...

Yeah, being able to code is not that much of an asset when you don't know what to design. Coding and development are the least of your worries, and probably a distraction. Trading by code, as a baby step, means getting a FIRM grasp of orders, order management and execution. This says...

And the help files answer this sort of question. Also you can configure a "custom" close button to enter a marketable LMT order. I.e. an order that is below the current executable price, which is effectively a MKT order with protection.

OP is on tilt. Another to the ignore list

One thing would be to update the bracket-trader by Sy. An old tool that is no longer in development but it covered some the frequently requested features that are not in the IB TWS, but available in the API. E.g. scaling, and BE +1 instead of BE at 0. It would be a good place to start and...