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Forum: EasyLanguage Programming September 1st, 2020, 03:09 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,867
Posted By Captain135
Very true---speaking of small things, I guess...

Very true---speaking of small things, I guess there would be no point in even having data2 on daily if you are just going to reference a distant intraday bar (like [390])---may as well keep it lean...
Forum: EasyLanguage Programming September 1st, 2020, 03:04 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,867
Posted By Captain135
EDIT: I just remembered, when you have multiple...

EDIT: I just remembered, when you have multiple data series on a chart, but a shorter timeframe on one of the data series, the historical reference brackets [1] counts based on shorter timeframe. ...
Forum: EasyLanguage Programming September 1st, 2020, 02:52 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,867
Posted By Captain135
Ah yes, putting daily bars on data2 would be a...

Ah yes, putting daily bars on data2 would be a good way to do that, thanks for the insight! I don't think totaltrades[currentrade] would work because currentdate returns values like "200901"
Forum: EasyLanguage Programming September 1st, 2020, 01:02 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,867
Posted By Captain135
What you have would only work if you are on daily...

What you have would only work if you are on daily candles, because if you were on intraday, the previous totaltrades[1] bar would be the previous bar, not the previous day. For my use case, this...
Forum: EasyLanguage Programming August 31st, 2020, 06:27 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,867
Posted By Captain135
Thanks James, I think if I just set the timeframe...

Thanks James, I think if I just set the timeframe to "5 days back", then use total trades

if totaltrades < 4 then
*your entry signal code*

Kjhosken, "tradestoday" doesn't seem to exist in...
Forum: EasyLanguage Programming August 24th, 2020, 12:57 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,867
Posted By Captain135
Keeping track of day trades?

Has anyone figured out any EL code that can keep track of day trades, so that a strategy will only execute a trade if there have been less than 3 trades in previous 5 business days?
Forum: EasyLanguage Programming July 8th, 2020, 04:06 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 10,395
Posted By Captain135
strategies on data2?

In tradestation is there any possible way to enable strategies on data2, data3, data4, etc, or is data1 the only possible chart where strategies can be applied? I have not found this documented...
Forum: Traders Hideout July 7th, 2020, 01:41 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 19,880
Posted By Captain135
Did you document your strategy performance of...

Did you document your strategy performance of your paper trading? It's essential data. That would be your guide to knowing how big of a losing streak / drawdown you should normally expect, which...
Forum: Commodities May 16th, 2020, 11:30 PM
Replies: 2,696
Views: 606,540
Posted By Captain135
Does anyone *cough SMCJB cough* have any insight...

Does anyone *cough SMCJB cough* have any insight to what the storage situation is in Cushing right now and how it compares to last month?
Forum: ThinkOrSwim May 16th, 2020, 01:03 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,459
Posted By Captain135
I agree with what the others above have said...

I agree with what the others above have said about the benefits and downsides of thinkorswim. I've recently moved from Thinkorswim to Tradestation because Tradestation can auto trade your...
Forum: TradeStation May 11th, 2020, 03:57 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,414
Posted By Captain135
Everything you describe makes it sound like the...

Everything you describe makes it sound like the function should actually be called minimum bars back. Would you agree that the practical use of "max bars back" is to ensure the minimum, not maximum,...
Forum: Traders Hideout May 11th, 2020, 02:05 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 41,545
Posted By Captain135
If you truly are consistently directionally wrong...

If you truly are consistently directionally wrong as you say you are, and your P/L curve is nicely trending from top left to bottom right, then that sounds like a potential edge to me, just reverse...
Forum: ThinkOrSwim April 29th, 2020, 05:21 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,115
Posted By Captain135
Thanks for the reply Luke! I don't see any...

Thanks for the reply Luke! I don't see any obvious way to re-tool that code from highs/lows to range bars.
Forum: ThinkOrSwim April 29th, 2020, 02:31 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 4,622
Posted By Captain135
This was really helpful! I modified it a bit to...

This was really helpful! I modified it a bit to have an input to switch between day session, extended hours session, or both. I also put in a 3 minute buffer for the end of session (rather than to...
Forum: ThinkOrSwim April 28th, 2020, 01:43 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,115
Posted By Captain135
Plotting range bars on a time chart?

I've been stuck for days trying to figure out how to plot range bars (with highlighting, text bubbles, or any other means) over a regular time chart in ToS. The reason I want to do this is because...
Forum: NinjaTrader April 24th, 2020, 06:02 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,872
Posted By Captain135
If you can't find one, I wrote a bull flag...

If you can't find one, I wrote a bull flag indicator/strategy in Pinescript (tradingview) and published it here

https://www.tradingview.com/script/xXvxlU3g-Bull-Flag-v1-00/

You can try to take...
Forum: ThinkOrSwim April 23rd, 2020, 05:11 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 6,357
Posted By Captain135
Don't suppose you still have this code (9 years...

Don't suppose you still have this code (9 years later? :)) I know range bars are built into thinkorswim now, but I'm trying to do something that identifies ranges on regular time charts, and am...
Forum: Commodities April 20th, 2020, 02:12 PM
Replies: 2,696
Views: 606,540
Posted By Captain135
You said taking physical delivery is unavailable,...

You said taking physical delivery is unavailable, I'm looking to find out how you came upon that information. (Some CME notice I can't find, talking to your broker, etc.)

The current physical...
Forum: Commodities April 20th, 2020, 02:08 PM
Replies: 2,696
Views: 606,540
Posted By Captain135
Thanks for the reply SMCJB. How does someone get...

Thanks for the reply SMCJB. How does someone get the information you just provided?
Forum: Commodities April 20th, 2020, 01:45 PM
Replies: 2,696
Views: 606,540
Posted By Captain135
Anyone have any experience or knowledge of taking...

Anyone have any experience or knowledge of taking physical delivery on crude? I'm specifically trying to find out how the storage fees work. The NYMEX rulebook doesn't mention storage fees...
Forum: Options January 31st, 2019, 10:52 AM
Replies: 7,370
Views: 1,950,539
Posted By Captain135
Thanks for sharing! It sounds like when...

Thanks for sharing! It sounds like when positions start going against you, you increase the overall size of your trade by taking even larger positions which goes against traditional trading wisdom...
Forum: Traders Hideout January 7th, 2019, 11:21 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,093
Posted By Captain135
First, welcome!! I think what you've said...

First, welcome!!

I think what you've said is reasonable, there are just a couple things I'd like to poke at. If you really mean that preserving capital is your first priority, then to act that...
Forum: Options October 28th, 2018, 12:09 PM
Replies: 7,370
Views: 1,950,539
Posted By Captain135
Initial Margin, and the exchange calculates it...

Initial Margin, and the exchange calculates it for any option or future based on how risky they determine it to be. They use a process called SPAN on most exchanges. Some brokers add their own...
Forum: Traders Hideout July 30th, 2018, 11:15 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,214
Posted By Captain135
You specifically ask for which day you'll see...

You specifically ask for which day you'll see higher volatility, and I think at the 1-Day resolution the best indicator will be a good economic calendar:
...
Forum: Trading Journals March 16th, 2018, 11:53 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 6,566
Posted By Captain135
You just be doing a little dance right about now....

You just be doing a little dance right about now. Up 2% in 1 hour.

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