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is it suppose to be rude? that is the reason I query about the entry barrier, is it worth the time and energy because the time it will take to learn and develop the auto run. and also I know that I can do multiple small quantities trades, but surely commission become signficant to...

thank you chabah, it is nice to have someone willing to share the knowledge.

well if you buy say a lot of 500 share that is $4.00 each that gives you $2k, so I think 5K will last about 2 go. $4.00 each is quite cheap no? indeed I am a programmer with stat background. I have not do on line trading before and I do have a few books on this topic. I just want to...

I think it is now bot vs bot, and it is exactly this exploitation of inefficiency that keep the market efficient.

okay 5K usd is about 2.5 to 3 k GBP, still a expensive hobby I think. if I have 5K usd in the account how many go do I have on the market?

a quick question, am I right to say that to enter this algo trading via internet broker (like interactive broker) one would have to have like GBP 5-6K to start? any thought?

I would think that broker would provide the data, so by that I am talking about broker (that provide data). do people actually have different data provider and broker? how can they assure their profit when / if there is differences in the info between data provider and broker (either due...

Help me to choose the right data provider Hi there, I am a programmer with background in math and stat. I have started to build an automated trading system. I already have sorted out the communication between servers and database and the next step is to choose the right data feed...

I think the system is just the infrastructure for the trading activities. the different that it make will be the rules that it use.

I think the % of return is the last barrier that I need to commence on the development. may be it is off topic, any free data provider out there?

I can envisage a automated system to work, but to what extend? this require two or 3 component, first is the ordering / decision engine that link up to the data provider / broker, this is where all the live rules are kept. (concern with speed and accuracy) second is the libarian engine...

hello there, I am looking for historical market data at the moment, I dont think I can get it tick by tick, but may be in 1 or 5 minute intervals is a good start. any idea where I can get data like this? I am building the mechanic of the feed by the way. many thanks

my back ground is in VB.net, vb6, vba and SQL (MS SQL Server, Oracle), I am also learning C++, (and I am trained in statistics) I agree that what you can do with SQL can be done with C++, and not the other way around. SQL is quite straight when it come to what can be done. what I want to...

I think the modern computer will only give you comupterised randomness, this is because I heard that in the late 80s the Casio calculator were using a square root method to get the random number: They would choose a number, and keep square rooting it take 2 digit from the decimal place. I am...

it is right to say that this system follow the random walk thoery, is which we assume that this system , given infinite time, follows a particular trend; this trend is more or less linear, and the variation between the beginning and end is due to the random walk property. given the price move...

hi there, I am new to this site and all these trading stuff. can you explain what you mean by 200ma xover on 10 min s&P500????!?? is ma MasterCard? do you mean buying 200 MasterCard share for 10 minute? S&P500 is top 500 company for standard and poor.... I am just confused. thanks

I think if one could make the stream sit on top of a database that link to an olap tool it will be wicked!! it will be live olap.

has anyone looked into Stream SQL. I discovered it today but as I am new to this auto-trading game I have not test it. I still wonder how StreamSQL can handle live matrix calculation. I think it will be real trouble trying to get it done properly. so is it true that everyone in auto...

Hi all, I am new to this forum; I work in the city in the back office and am developer (programmer) by trade, statistician by training. Some of the members in this forum started from on line poker, but I start from on line gaming, I was playing Diablo2, after so many years I started to...