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- Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:46 am
- Forum: Testing Software
- Topic: Apple versus PC's
- Replies: 27
- Views: 43439
- Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:15 am
- Forum: Testing Software
- Topic: Apple versus PC's
- Replies: 27
- Views: 43439
- Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:05 pm
- Forum: Testing Software
- Topic: Apple versus PC's
- Replies: 27
- Views: 43439
TB on a Mac
I run Trading Blox on my one year old 20" iMac with 2GB of RAM and configured with a Parallels virtual machine running WinXP. When I backtest, I set the RAM allocated to my virtual machine at 1.3GB and find it rockets along nicely. I only have a two year old clunker of a laptop to compare to an...
- Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:23 am
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: Dogs of the Dow?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8889
- Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:40 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Calling all Access and Excel experts!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9060
I'm certainly no expert in programming, but I have recently been learning VBA. It would appear you could solve your problems with VBA by either: 1. Linking your Access data to an Excel calculation engine, or 2. Allowing you to use one (or many) Excel files as source raw data files and have one (or a...
- Mon Jul 12, 2004 1:20 pm
- Forum: Futures Markets
- Topic: Which commodity is good for beginner trader?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14122
hlpsg Thanks for the site recommendation - I'll have to take a look at that. I am presuming you understand and have taken into account the implications of underlying volatility on option pricing and have factored that into your trading plan. I suppose this is where a robust money management system w...
- Mon Jul 12, 2004 6:39 am
- Forum: Futures Markets
- Topic: Which commodity is good for beginner trader?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14122
Futures correlation studies
Newbie trader here looking to get into futures shortly. Still writing my trading plan, and about to start backtesting mechanical systems, but I'm trying to decide on my portfolio of futures. Recognising that, for example, Eurodollars, cattle and oil are likely to be uncorrelated markets, is there an...
- Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:02 pm
- Forum: Forex
- Topic: Anyone Trading Oanda?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 43716
Forex brokers
I've spent six months researching and demo trading Forex brokers. Finally, I decided last week to open a live account with Oanda, based largely on the lower spreads and better-than-most reputation. I'm also considering HotspotFX. Anyone tried HotspotFX's platform or trading live with them?