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Eventually, after all is backtested and optimized ,the strategy has to connect to a broker to pull data and execute trades. This part of the strategy is often overlooked, but is very significant because some brokers allow to implement some strategy logic using their API. A simple example would...

Any good ideas regarding ETFs with low correlation to equity ? My portfolio is 80% equity and I would like to reduce equity exposure using ETFs, Any ideas regarding ETFs that have near 0 correlation to equity? Thanks

I have decided to go with detecting bid ask spreads over different platforms and convert to quote immediately, now i see that the pair I was tracking does not generates the spreads it has for many weeks, any thoughts?

Thanks for the reply. The issue is that in that scenario I lose conversion to stable + transfer fees + conversion from stable, right? My challenge is calculating the precise loss in order to know what's the minimum arb profit

There are still arbitrage opportunities, I wouldn't say it's wast money, but it's still out there

The bot is fast enough, it just has to trade cryptocurrency that displays arbitrage quality on one platform and then the other frequently

Hi traders, If you have some experience trading crypto arbitrage I would like to discuss rebalance issues arising from asymmetric trading like selling one side but canceled buy on the other which creates imbalance challenge, If you can help us figure out how to battle such issues, it is much...

Hi, If you have traded crypto arbitrage, you probably noticed that most often the arbitrage favors buying/selling on the same specific platform almost 99% of the time , In that situation, when the next arbitrage opportunity present itself on the same side, you can't take it since you haven't...

The condition is a daily drawdown, that part is easy a kill signal is too violent... I was thinking the API might have a switch to "Read Only" mode or something similar...

I have a client who trades multiple accounts manually, sometimes he wants to stop trading on one of them when a specific condition is there, but in the heat of trading, he forgets that he is not supposed to trade that account, I offered help but was unable to find a way to disable manual trading...

Hi all, Does anyone know how to disable manual orders executing on TWS using the API? Can I somehow shutdown manual trading in TWS by a command from the API? Thanks.

I completely understand the need to protect the secret sauce and I also appreciate automation to a trading strategy, instead of eyeballing the screen, I can automate the trading process so you have more free time, I would like to work together with a trader, in an honest and positive way, That's it.

Hi, I'm looking for a pro fx trader who trades manually and would like to automate their strategy, I can provide my coding experience to develop an automated strategy, Reach out if you have a profitable strategy that you wish to automate, All work is free of course, not selling anything here, Alon

Want to backtest commodity futures with python, which backtesting python framework do you recommend? Where can I get high-quality historical quotes? Thanks a bunch.

Thanks again, I'm learning... I didn't consider binary options as ab alternative because I heard it's too risky but I will definitely take a look at it, binary.com has a demo account with API so it's a good fit for me

I was trying to trade these but couldn't find how, can you please provide a lead?

I do think there is predictive information in gaps, it's just a matter of finding it and turning it into a tradeable strategy, it's a price anomaly that means traders are engaging in an unusual activity, don't dismiss it

Thanks, What do you mean by OTC bucket shop?

I have just notices I misspelled strategy...

That's super helpful, thanks for the info, that's another great option to sell fx option, I hope the liquidity will not reduce the performance of the strategy, but the info is very helpful