Anyone program their own systems/program?

[CalTrader]

Originally posted by marketnoize


"Probably" going to use some libraries, implying that its not implemented (and the system has not been finalized), yet you state it will be available in a week? And with all of this code slapped in together, its still "stable as hell"? Hmmm....

Systems that are stable, especially distributed systems, are not slapped together. Please post the url to your system when available.

Looked at your site markethackers.com : Doesn't inspire my confidence. Its not even finished. If your site isn't complete then why would I assume your software systems are ? Distributed systems are indeed not slapped together. Automated decision support / pattern matching / AI-like systems are very difficult to get right.

Do you have some hard statistics that validate the performance of your systems ?

Audited results would insprire more confidence. There are a number of big players in this space: a couple of groups around los alamos that I know. Please post your URL showing third party audited results and then I would be more interested .....

 

[marketnoize]

You're right, the site isn't finished, but the system is. The data (candidates/open/closed positions) is constantly being updated in real-time throughout the day. I only posted the url to drum up interest and receive some feedback on our day to day results.

You bring up some valid points; I will immediately look into providing third party validation of the system. Please continue to visit www.markethackers.com; we have backtested our trading system extensively and think we have a lot of potential.

Thanks for your comments CalTrader.

 

[GATrader]

Can anyone here suggest a way to get study results i.e. stoch,MA,etc onto an Excel sheet so I can base my entry/exit off of those values. I currently have an automated order entry/exit system but I still have to plug in the buy/sell candidates. Before I had this system, I had a filter in Investor RT which spits out a list of buys/sells, I then key in order manually. Now it is the other way around, I can auto the orders, but would like to load the list onto Excel where my auto orders emanate. any insights? Thanks

 

[jaan]

Originally posted by swoop[TR]
I'd like to know how many traders actually automate their trading strategy

yes.

and if any are profitable in the long run letting the system trade on its own.

yes (been live for 2 years).

I also wanna know how many of you actually use hardcore programming devices such as neural nets and other fuzzy algos and how these influence the decision making process.

we did experiment with nets and GA, but eventually found them to have serious curve-fitting problems. at least in our particular case.

- jaan