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Cryptocurrency
January 3rd, 2018, 10:47 PM
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My 2 cents...
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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...
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Cryptocurrency
January 3rd, 2018, 10:30 PM
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My 2 cents...
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TraderWalrus
Interesting point. With subsidized cheap...
Interesting point. With subsidized cheap electricity, China in fact feeds or funds the bubble of cryptocurrencies.
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Cryptocurrency
January 2nd, 2018, 07:33 AM
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Automated crypto trading
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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.
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Cryptocurrency
January 2nd, 2018, 07:32 AM
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Automated crypto trading
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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?
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Cryptocurrency
December 29th, 2017, 04:56 AM
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Automated crypto trading
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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...
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Cryptocurrency
December 15th, 2017, 01:45 AM
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Crypto Default Swap (CDS˛)
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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.
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Traders Hideout
November 1st, 2017, 11:17 PM
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Historicial Economic Calendar / timing rules
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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,...
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Traders Hideout
September 21st, 2017, 06:24 AM
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Good and affordable data
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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...
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Traders Hideout
September 4th, 2017, 11:30 PM
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Trader at a BBQ
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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:
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Traders Hideout
September 4th, 2017, 09:40 PM
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System Development Paradigm
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TraderWalrus
One by one please, not all at once :hmmmm:
One by one please, not all at once :hmmmm:
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Traders Hideout
August 30th, 2017, 05:44 AM
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System Development Paradigm
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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:
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Traders Hideout
August 30th, 2017, 04:33 AM
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What is your daily time investment in trading, on average?
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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.
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Traders Hideout
August 30th, 2017, 03:07 AM
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System Development Paradigm
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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...
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Traders Hideout
August 30th, 2017, 02:22 AM
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Drawdown Monte Carlo Increase over time PROBLEM
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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...
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Traders Hideout
June 7th, 2017, 12:21 AM
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Trading with low volatility
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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...
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Brokers
December 11th, 2016, 08:54 PM
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Forex Tick Data
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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...
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EasyLanguage Programming
October 24th, 2016, 03:35 AM
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Multiple timeframes and max number of bars
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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...
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EasyLanguage Programming
October 19th, 2016, 12:34 AM
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Time of x ticks bar
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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...
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EasyLanguage Programming
October 18th, 2016, 10:05 AM
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Time of x ticks bar
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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...
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MultiCharts
September 12th, 2016, 02:36 AM
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Backtesting ES
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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...
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MultiCharts
September 1st, 2016, 05:40 AM
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Running Multicharts signal with two sets of parameters
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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...
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MultiCharts
August 31st, 2016, 11:36 PM
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Running Multicharts signal with two sets of parameters
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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...
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Currencies
August 31st, 2016, 11:23 PM
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Why does forex have a bad rep?
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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...
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MultiCharts
August 26th, 2016, 04:36 AM
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Optimization report
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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...
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MultiCharts
August 26th, 2016, 02:51 AM
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Indicator with IOG
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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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