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by RobertR
Fri May 20, 2011 3:48 pm
Forum: Testing and Simulation
Topic: Electronic vs. floor+electronic futures data
Replies: 3
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Thanks.

So, assuming trading with IB (electronic markets), which is best to use for backtesting?

One advantage I can see with the combined electronic+floor data for backtesting is longer history (for the US 10 Year Note the combined data go back to 1982 vs. 1995 for the electronic only data).
by RobertR
Thu May 19, 2011 4:09 pm
Forum: Testing and Simulation
Topic: Electronic vs. floor+electronic futures data
Replies: 3
Views: 3686

Electronic vs. floor+electronic futures data

This is a newbie question and I apologize if it's been discussed previously.

The issue is which data series to use - electronic vs. floor+electronic - if I'll be trading only the electronic market.

Using the 10 Year US Treasury Note contract as an example - It looks to me that Interactive ...