Well, I'll tell you what I use... Personally, I like using daily bars and holding on the one to two week timeframe. Almost all of my...
If you haven't paper-traded (a backtested system with a reproducible edge), do it first--for as long as necessary to build your competence,...
I've tried unsuccessfully to switch from equities to e-minis. The greatest obstacle for me was a lack of education on actual trading strategies....
You wouldn't want to lie or embellish about your profession anyway. If the woman doesn't appreciate what you do and what you love, you won't be...
A guy I knew had a Honda CRX that gets 61mpg city. That was his daily driver, and the family had a larger vehicle for weekend use. That's a...
Amen, amen! We all know, the first trading software company to truly get in touch with the needs and wants of their client base will OWN the...
Awesome. I *may* be looking for Level 2 orderbook, but I don't know yet. "Level 1 & Quote Size" appears to be exactly what I need for now. Thanks...
Can anybody recommend a data vendor who sells ASCII files with bid/ask data plus bid/ask sizes ("bidbook") and executions with execution sizes...
SmartQuant's guys like OpenTick's API, so that's an endorsement from some heavy .NET programmers. You might want to ask "amibroker" too.
Roll your own if you know how. If not, you can use Amibroker 4.70 (when it comes out) or [charting app]+Dynaorder if you can't wait. I...
May I ask what other solutions you are planning to switch to? (I'm still floating around looking for a new framework or platform to base the next...
Matlab's student edition is only $99. I contacted Mathworks about how the student edition might be "crippled," and they said, "Other than some...
Actually, knowing that he killed himself is one of the things that makes his writing even more poignant to me. It underlines a lot of the things...
Very true! The technological advances of industrialization decreased the demand for agricultural labor, but these same advances made it possible...
Easy claims to make without numbers to back them up. Show us the proof that what I've said is a "statistical lie." The most-recent Census Bureau...
Pray tell, how exactly is my argument flawed? Time to dig out the old "Critical Thinking" textbook... (My argument *is* flawed, but not in the...
I hope you're not being serious--few of us would be able to afford jeans made with such high labor costs. As to whether or not the economy would...
Dire predictions about outsourcing have never come true. In the 70s, it was the uproar about outsourcing manufacturing to Japan, Taiwan, etc....
You want other nasty germ sources? Check out live-performance microphones (usually beat-up Shure SM-58s) and doctor's neckties. Nasty stuff,...
Thanks for your awesome and very interesting response, Gringinho! It should intrigue other hardcore homegrowners and encourage them to contribute...
Separate names with a comma.