They use Heiken-Ashi OHLC, which will change the indicator values. This makes backtesting with HA charts very complicated.
Read the book The Goal. That will give you a framework. Then study W. Edwards Deming and the Toyota Production System for the details.
As far as I know, there are no funds on IB which have front-end loads. There is an IB Rep on here, so hopefully he can confirm.
Yes, they are called "load waived" funds.
Open an interactive brokers account and run hoadley's options tools on top of it. hoadley.net.
It looks like E*TRADE is trying to make a run at ThinkorSwim with its buying OptionsHouse. How does OptionsHouse compare to TOS? What about...
Tradingview has a free backtest engine that you can use for simple strategies on individual securities/contracts. However, you need to adjust for...
I second the recommendation for the Pattern Site. He pretty much covers everything. I specifically remember seeing a detailed analysis of the Adam...
It looks like a mean reversion system. Lots of small wins and a few very large losses. I've seen lots of stochastic/RSI/oscillator/BBand...
I would estimate that the majority of Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) like AHL use "techinical analysis," although it is much more model/quant...
Interactive Brokers has a paper trading account. I don't think it needs to be funded, but you do need to sign up....
Still double commission? (one commission per leg per side?)
Exactly. The holder of the future doesn't directly earn the coupon. The coupon return is embedded in the roll from one contract to the next. Are...
The great thing about these debates is that you don't even need to make a side bet - you trade your beliefs and s/he trades his/hers, and after a...
5/10 cross seems a little too short. The chop may erode your profits from the trends, because a 5/10 cross may not be long enough to allow the...
Portfolio123 is the gold standard for non-pro software. It uses the Compustat database, includes discontinued tickers (very important) and is...
From my research on the different flavors of wheat, KC Wheat (KE) normally trades at a $0.20-$0.50/bushel premium to Chicago Wheat (ZW), due to...
Not sure how far back it goes, but Dukascopy has a pretty good database. I think you just have to register....
What are the ratios that make the chart look like your PDF attachment (i.e. $ per cwt)? I'd like to track this on barchart. Great thread! It's...
October, November, tomayto, tomahto...
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