How similar is a sim to live trading?

[nooby_mcnoob]

mr mcnoob, thanks for the response.
by what means do you name the file when it is saved?
thx

{instrument}-{datetime}.png

 

[easymon1]

{instrument}-{datetime}.png

{instrument}-{datetime}.png

do you type in the filename or is it generated by the script?

 

[nooby_mcnoob]

{instrument}-{datetime}.png

do you type in the filename or is it generated by the script?

Generated by the script. Try this https://www.simplifiedpython.net/python-screenshot/

 

[bmoney]

It’s the same thing but in the sim all your order executions are perfect fills and happen far more instantaneous without getting screwed by being placed in the back of the line, and you won’t give a crap about losses as much as you really should.

 

[easymon1]

{datetime}

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6327498/python-pil-save-file-with-datetime-as-name

 

[nooby_mcnoob]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6327498/python-pil-save-file-with-datetime-as-name

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