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Forum: Cryptocurrency January 3rd, 2018, 10:47 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 50,674
Posted By TraderWalrus
Regarding privacy: in some ways Bitcoin's system...

Regarding privacy: in some ways Bitcoin's system is inferior to the privacy provided in the existing banking system.

OK, there are no names on the blockchain, but your public key is there and so...
Forum: Cryptocurrency January 3rd, 2018, 10:30 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 50,674
Posted By TraderWalrus
Interesting point. With subsidized cheap...

Interesting point. With subsidized cheap electricity, China in fact feeds or funds the bubble of cryptocurrencies.
Forum: Cryptocurrency January 2nd, 2018, 07:33 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 8,202
Posted By TraderWalrus
Yes, I agree altcoins may now be more interesting...

Yes, I agree altcoins may now be more interesting than BTC and possible than ETH.
Forum: Cryptocurrency January 2nd, 2018, 07:32 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 8,202
Posted By TraderWalrus
Yes, it has reached a stage it's difficult to...

Yes, it has reached a stage it's difficult to ignore, related trading infrastructure is still very basic though. Regarding IG, don't they offer only Bitcoin and Etherium CFDs?
Forum: Cryptocurrency December 29th, 2017, 04:56 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 8,202
Posted By TraderWalrus
Automated crypto trading

Any half decent solutions out there? I'd like to automate a strategy on bitcoin and possibly on other cryptocurrencies.

Currently I can only do that with the CBOE / CME futures, however they...
Forum: Cryptocurrency December 15th, 2017, 01:45 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,481
Posted By TraderWalrus
Problem is, when Michael Burry did that, housing...

Problem is, when Michael Burry did that, housing market / mortgages etc were believed to be solid.

Today bitcoin being a bubble is almost consensus.
Forum: Traders Hideout November 1st, 2017, 11:17 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,981
Posted By TraderWalrus
Historicial Economic Calendar / timing rules

I am interested to backtest market behavior during important economic announcements, such as ISM Manufacturing, Non Farm Payroll report, Fed interest rate decision, GDP, CPI etc.

My question is,...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 21st, 2017, 06:24 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,720
Posted By TraderWalrus
Good and affordable data

I have been using IQFeed for a while and looking for something better.
Just 1 minute data, I don't need ticks. 10 years or more.
I mainly trade forex, some futures. With equities I am content with...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 4th, 2017, 11:30 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 9,842
Posted By TraderWalrus
They: "What do you do?" Me: "I turn lead into...

They: "What do you do?"
Me: "I turn lead into gold"
They: :shocked:
Me: :yes4:
Forum: Traders Hideout September 4th, 2017, 09:40 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,251
Posted By TraderWalrus
One by one please, not all at once :hmmmm:

One by one please, not all at once :hmmmm:
Forum: Traders Hideout August 30th, 2017, 05:44 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,251
Posted By TraderWalrus
I tend to think the same. However, when I read...

I tend to think the same. However, when I read stuff like the quoted part below, from an interview with Jaffray Woodriff in "Hedge Fund Market Wizards "(published 2012) I am not so sure:
Forum: Traders Hideout August 30th, 2017, 04:33 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 8,500
Posted By TraderWalrus
8-12 hours. And since it's all automated none of...

8-12 hours. And since it's all automated none of those hours are actually trading :) Trades actually get in the way of work.
Forum: Traders Hideout August 30th, 2017, 03:07 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,251
Posted By TraderWalrus
System Development Paradigm

After spending quite an intensive couple of years in developing, backtesting and trading (all automated) various systems, I try to take a step back and evaluate the overall paradigm, and better...
Forum: Traders Hideout August 30th, 2017, 02:22 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 6,227
Posted By TraderWalrus
If you're following Bandy's way of doing it, then...

If you're following Bandy's way of doing it, then for the purpose of analyzing probable drawdowns you shouldn't use all the available data, but rather a sliding window over say the last two years or...
Forum: Traders Hideout June 7th, 2017, 12:21 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,154
Posted By TraderWalrus
Trading with low volatility

It was a lot of fun last year to have Brexit, long expected interest rate decisions, and US elections.

Quite amazingly, Trump "era" so far is characterized with unusual low volatility.

SPY has...
Forum: Brokers December 11th, 2016, 08:54 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,330
Posted By TraderWalrus
Forex Tick Data

I am using Interactive Brokers who provide 6 months of tick data, with irritating pacing restrictions, plus their data, as I understand, is sampled (every 200ms?).

I need at least a year of...
Forum: EasyLanguage Programming October 24th, 2016, 03:35 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,736
Posted By TraderWalrus
Multiple timeframes and max number of bars

I use 1-minute interval as data1, 1 day interval as data2. Same instrument (USD.JPY in this case)

I need to access 2,000 bars back for code involving the 1 minute interval. I the 1 day interval to...
Forum: EasyLanguage Programming October 19th, 2016, 12:34 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,584
Posted By TraderWalrus
I tried to use time_s - time_s[1] to get the...

I tried to use time_s - time_s[1] to get the difference in seconds between the current and the previous bar, it works as long as both bars are in the same minute.

Any easy way to calculate this...
Forum: EasyLanguage Programming October 18th, 2016, 10:05 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,584
Posted By TraderWalrus
Time of x ticks bar

In case of using bars of 100 ticks each (for example) - how is it possible to find the time difference between the current and previous bar?

The Time() function only returns hours and minutes. Is...
Forum: MultiCharts September 12th, 2016, 02:36 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,176
Posted By TraderWalrus
Backtesting ES

Is there a way to get continuous ES 1-min data into Multicharts, from Interactive Brokers, of say the last year?

I am trying to backtest a strategy and it is quite difficult (especially...
Forum: MultiCharts September 1st, 2016, 05:40 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,488
Posted By TraderWalrus
If they're going to be on different charts - will...

If they're going to be on different charts - will they run completely independent of each other? mind you, I am using marketposition(0) to determine if I have an order and if it's long or short, and...
Forum: MultiCharts August 31st, 2016, 11:36 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,488
Posted By TraderWalrus
Running Multicharts signal with two sets of parameters

I have a signal that produces nice results with a certain set of parameters, call it set A.
The same signal produces good results with another set of parameters, call it set B.

Running both...
Forum: Currencies August 31st, 2016, 11:23 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 19,694
Posted By TraderWalrus
Those who seek to gamble can do so in stocks,...

Those who seek to gamble can do so in stocks, bonds, futures, options, forex and what not.

Important thing to understand about gamblers though, is that thrill and excitement are the crucial...
Forum: MultiCharts August 26th, 2016, 04:36 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,323
Posted By TraderWalrus
What about adjusting the position size according...

What about adjusting the position size according to profit / loss of the strategy?

For example, you start with $10,000. You set your trade size according to that.
First trade earned 10%, $10,000...
Forum: MultiCharts August 26th, 2016, 02:51 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,123
Posted By TraderWalrus
Indicator with IOG

I am working with Multicharts (Easylanguage), data from Interactive Brokers.

I am trying to write a Volume Profile indicator that accumulates the volume per price in an array, with every tick. I...
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