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by Soph
Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:33 am
Forum: Testing and Simulation
Topic: Trend Following: Profitable Reality or an Illusion doomed to
Replies: 28
Views: 31714

This is a bit more of an old school approach. However when you lay out 30+ year charts and examine them certain patterns tend to appear in how markets have changed recently. when looking 20-30 years back we see trend changes that, on a % basis are actually larger than what we see today. These trend ...
by Soph
Tue Sep 11, 2012 4:14 pm
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: Guar gum
Replies: 12
Views: 10609

Chuck B wrote: By the way...notice anything a bit bizarre about this chart? :wink:
Tulips! :P
by Soph
Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:35 pm
Forum: Data Providers and other non testing software
Topic: Looking for a good brokerage service
Replies: 5
Views: 4524

Thanks for the detailed info guys, very much appreciated.
by Soph
Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:34 am
Forum: Data Providers and other non testing software
Topic: Looking for a good brokerage service
Replies: 5
Views: 4524

This is primarily a "support" driven move Redrock. I've had a few less than favorable experiences with their support team and am contemplating making a change as a result. Insofar as the services and products IB offers, they meet my needs for the most part. This is not driven by me outgrow...
by Soph
Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:22 pm
Forum: Data Providers and other non testing software
Topic: Looking for a good brokerage service
Replies: 5
Views: 4524

Looking for a good brokerage service

I'm trying to track down a good online broker. Currently I use Interactive Brokers however I am looking to move. I trade only in futures.

If anyone has a broker they can recommend it would be much appreciated.
by Soph
Sun May 09, 2010 10:02 am
Forum: Testing and Simulation
Topic: Black swan
Replies: 43
Views: 21347

Does yesterday count as a Black Swan? :-) I guess it depends how you look at it. If you simply look at how the markets closed, I wouldn't think so. Markets have closed on a few significant down days but these certainly weren't unexpected or extreme. If you include the 1000 point snafu on the Dow an...
by Soph
Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:48 am
Forum: Data Providers and other non testing software
Topic: CSI data/Trading Blox problem
Replies: 0
Views: 2956

CSI data/Trading Blox problem

I'm running into a rather interesting problem and was wondering if anyone here had come across anything similar. I run the latest version of UA from CSI as well as the latest version of Trading Blox. The problem I encounter is that frequently UA's data does not update to the current day. To be more ...