the above statement has a few inaccuracies. stocks with similar and high betas do tend to be fairly correlated. however, if correlation is at...
I would go for #3 or preferably #4 if I were you. from my directy experience, Redi is ssssllllloooowwww... it's ok for working a few orders or...
Sometimes this board is unbelievable. TSGG, despite his occassional outbursts and crazy threads, is one of the more accomplished and advanced...
lol - no it doesn't. all you say is 100% guaranteed. you mention no liquidity constraints. otherwise the price is totally dependant on the...
guartaneed 100% pa? congrats - you've produced a candidate for stupid question on the year award. you might as well ask "how much would you...
what do you need more specifically? which stocks / exchanges? how far back?
Don't want to sound like an asshole but your serial thread-starting habit is pretty annoying. why don't you focus on generating some decent...
I hear you mate. The costs of dealing in the UK and Europe generally are WAY above trading US stocks. I trade prop so the deals on offer were...
:) don't panic. nothing wrong with spreadbetting - esp if you are just looking to dabble a bit. but if / when you decide to switch from...
tradingtrading is right. i trade here in london - US, UK, European stocks. given you are getting serious and starting to play with more...
I also program in c# and use WinForms. To be honest, the my GUI needs really aren't that advanced. Just some basic input and button click type...
lol - just to be clear, your "strategy" is to buy when you think the stock is more likely to go up and sell when you think it is more likely to go...
TSGannGalt - you're normally a quality poster on this site. Why are you wasting your and everyone else's time with this?
sure. i'm not a trading (or pairtraiding) naysayer. i trade full-time, including some pairs stuff. risk is all part of the game. my only...
i agree. but the trouble with spreads like this one (normally with one stock v small compared to the other) is that they look good until they...
careful jonny. not sure how far back you like to backtest, or how far PTF can go, but this spread has not always been so stable. Back in 07/08...
Hello ladies and gents - haven't checked in here for a while but been enjoying reading the thread each day. April was my best month of the year...
for one production license u'll probably pay $1,000 / month. but go for a free trial too. i got a couple of months out of them. it's a proper...
if you need free, QuickFix is the way to go. I use Appia from NyFix - bit more money but I found it pretty usable right out the box, performance...
agree with Syprik. Your best way forwards will depend on the timeframe / frequency that you want to target. Splitting broadly into 3...
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