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by earik
Fri Dec 04, 2015 2:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Carnage From WallStreet Giants
Replies: 5
Views: 7773

Re: Carnage From WallStreet Giants

In the past people could just quit their job and switch to trading and make a decent income with knowing very little about trading. Why is it so hard now? Keep in mind that this is a zero-sum game and that any profits earned by one trader are lost by another. So if it were easy, meaning someone cou...
by earik
Mon Nov 30, 2015 9:25 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: IB Spread Client question
Replies: 11
Views: 12887

Re: IB Spread Client question

Feierabend is the guy you want. He's on this new board, so you should be able to PM him.

Regards,

Earik
by earik
Fri Nov 27, 2015 7:15 pm
Forum: QScript
Topic: Key phrases for trading systems
Replies: 2
Views: 4245

Re: Key phrases for trading systems

Hi Uwe, Everything (or almost everything ;) ) should be in QScript help. Go help - QScript help, and on that first page look for the link that says "complete glossary of keywords and functions", which you'll see down towards the bottom. That's got it all there. The "crosses over" and "crosses under"...
by earik
Wed Nov 25, 2015 9:27 pm
Forum: QScript
Topic: Versioning of QScripts
Replies: 2
Views: 3971

Re: Versioning of QScripts

If you go File - Working Directory, that's the location where all your scripts/charts/etc get stored. If you copy that entire folder to a new computer, and put the contents in its Working Directory location (which may be in a different location), you'll find that your work can quickly be moved from ...
by earik
Fri Nov 20, 2015 9:33 pm
Forum: Mechanical Systems
Topic: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system
Replies: 116
Views: 428166

Re: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system

Hi Guys, The shorter the time frame, the larger costs/slippage become in relative terms. Just examining the average trade value itself is enough to prove this point - for daily systems, we tend to end up in the $300/trade range or so, and on daily systems, we tend to end up around $40-$50/trade. So ...
by earik
Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:24 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Mystery Price/Time Tool
Replies: 5
Views: 6864

Re: Mystery Price/Time Tool

Hi Todd,

Angle Harmonics is one of Barrie's tools. It comes with his 5-pt pattern course. Although the button is visible in the new pop up, it doesn't do anything unless that enablement is activated.

Regards,
Earik
by earik
Thu Nov 12, 2015 9:55 pm
Forum: Mechanical Systems
Topic: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system
Replies: 116
Views: 428166

Re: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system

Hi orionsbelt, The function is ultramom(price, length, smooth). That returns the USM curve itself. To get a signal out of it, you have to figure out how to have the function return a +1 or -1, which is what the system expects. +1 means buy, -1 means sell. So if it's something simple, like buy if USM...
by earik
Mon Nov 09, 2015 5:12 pm
Forum: Markets
Topic: Market Esoterica / Astronumerology / Bonds
Replies: 5
Views: 12450

Re: Market Esoterica / Astronumerology / Bonds

Hi Richard, Astronumerology by hand, huh? :( You can automate a lot of that using Excel, and there was a guy who posted an extensive spreadsheet like that years ago. Eventually the Astronumerology module made it into W59, which solved a lot of the tedious part of doing this, although you can still t...
by earik
Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:02 pm
Forum: Mechanical Systems
Topic: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system
Replies: 116
Views: 428166

Re: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system

Hi DC, The astro in this system doesn't say whether to buy or sell - it says whether or not the market will be volatile enough so that trend following systems will work or not, which is a big difference. I've been referring to it as "market weather" - basically, if there are going to be big waves, l...
by earik
Wed Nov 04, 2015 9:40 pm
Forum: Mechanical Systems
Topic: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system
Replies: 116
Views: 428166

Re: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system

Buttonwood_v5: changing the signals and adding a time filter Thanks to orionsbelt for running the big optimization run. It can be difficult when trying to determine which way to go with potential improvements like that, because (as a few people mentioned) there's a definite concern about potential ...