Traders' Roundtable

I am taking a different approach and am testing systems on accounts at the $30k and $50k levels. Initially I built portfolios of markets with margins of less than $5,000. From there I tested various parameters across the whole group and then started weeding out those markets that had lower profit ...

What changes have you made based on this experience--any advice for use newbies?

I understand that any system should be tested over multiple time frames. So is the idea to try to determine the type of market a system does well in and then include it in the suite for those types of markets?

Those of you that trade global markets--how do you do it?

Are you up at all hours or do you just let a computer auto-trade?

Yes, I saw that, thank you.

Was just reading a post by AFJ about how dramatically the results can change just by changing one parameter such as earn interest from on to off. That's exactly what I've experienced. Being a nube, the the fact that there are so many parameters that can have an impact ...

Couldn't find any posts related to this. If there are threads related to this just let me know..

It's easy to test a gazillion parameters with TB. Any suggestions on the best way to track/process the results? For instance, using a spreadsheet the shows the system, parameter settings, date range ...

You said:

IF (order.IsEntry != TRUE) THEN
IF (FindString(order.executionType, "Stop") != -1) THEN
' order.Reject( "So called stops are not honored" )
ENDIF
ENDIF


Sluggo reminded me today that the 3rd line of the Can Fill Order Script of the Thermal BBBO RM Blox needs to be "commented out" for ...

I have been wrestling with the issue of intraday (1 min) data for years. I subscribe to IQFeed and IB and use QColletor. That allows me to download as much data as I want. The IQFeed data only goes back about a year and a half, so I've tried to come up with ways that I can create an intraday data ...