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Hello, Is it possible to reduce risk to zero or nearly zero by using an entry strategy that is favorable to obtaining some profit (every an extremely small profit) and then placing a stop loss at or near the entry point? Norm

Is there a way to obtain and use Bid and Ask information for common stocks in a TradeStation strategy?

Hello, TradeStation is not designed to trade multiple stocks within a single EasyLanguage strategy. But, can a single strategy be written so that it follows indicators for multiple stocks and executes trades for those individual stocks where trades are indicated? Norm

I believe that using historic data has severe limitation for use in back testing. What happed in the past may not occur again. What is really needed is contrived data that runs an automated trading strategy though its paces so that the strategy's performance during different market...

Hello, I am implementing an automated trading strategy for IB's API. Actually, I have an experienced programmer doing this. My strategy requires about three months of historic data. Ideally, this should be 1-minute bars. Can historic data be obtained via IB's API? If it cannot, how...

I wanted to trade women, but my wife said no.

I currently use TradeStation. Although I am very happy with TS, they do not provide much tick data. Their tick data for stock only goes back 1 to 2 months. If anyone is away of any source of free tick data that goes back significantly more than two months, please let me know. If anyone...

Runningbear, I have a strategy that I am satisfied with. However, I am still trying to determine how to proceed with the implementation. The strategy is alive and well as written in EasyLanguare and running on TradeStation. I want to execute trades with IB because of their lower...

I have provided a list below that attempts to rank different ways to automate trading according to their degree of sophistication. That is, the list is meant to be ordered with the least capable systems at the bottom and the most capable systems at the top. I appreciate that the...

This is all very new to me. Thanks, Norm

I called IB tech support today. They stated that they do not offer web services for trading. I understand that web services are a better way for computer-to-computer information exchange as compared to an API. Does anyone know of a third party that offers a web service for either getting...

Can you test/backtest options strategies with TradeStation? I am particularly interested in testing options/stock strategies. If not, do you have any recommendations? Norm

I am considering using OwnTrade from TS Support to connect TradeStation to Interactive Brokers. This program is supposed to let me use unmodified EasyLanguage strategies within TS to trade stock via IB. I am currently using HyperOrder. But, it will not support limit orders unless I modify...

So, from the responses so far, it sounds like there is simply no way to get TS to talk directly to IB (such as by putting IB's API DLL calls into TS's EasyLanguage strategy).

Hello, Can I use a TradeStation strategy, written in EasyLanguage, to execute orders with IB, without using an intermediate program (like HyperOrder or TradeBolt)? I know that I can insert DLL functions into EasyLanguage so that it will talk to HyperOrder in order to get HyperOrder to...

I suspect that several companies offer software for running strategies on IB's API. Any recommendations?

Anyone know where I can get a list of at least a few hedge funds in Orange County, California. If a list is hard to come by. is there some other way for me to find hedge funds in Orange County? Norm

I am about to learn a programming language so that I can use APIs, like the one provided by Interactive Brokers, to automate trading. I was leaning toward C++, but a friend who is a programmer pointed out that development time can be shortened significantly using Borland's Delphi. I...

I am presently setting up HyperOrder to execute a TradeStation strategy through Interactive Brokers. I was wondering if HyperOrder could be made to execute EasyLanguage instructions without running TradeStation. For example, can EasyLanguage be compiled and then be a custom application...

Hello Syswizard, I have the EasyLanguage part done. The strategy works fine in TradeStation. But, I want to trade through IB because of the lower commissions and ability to daytrade an IRA. So, HyperOrder is the link, at least for the moment. I got the TS to talk to the HyperOrder...