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October 12th, 2014, 11:24 AM
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Good to hear. Your results in SIM will then be a...
Good to hear. Your results in SIM will then be a lot closer to reality. But I'd still be wary of the results.
I used to be more helpful at TS. I got beaten down by the paper trading trolls, so...
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October 12th, 2014, 08:34 AM
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Hi Shane - If you are using SIM to...
Hi Shane -
If you are using SIM to "prove" the profitability of your strategy, I think you are likely to reach bad conclusions. For example, SIM always assumes that limit orders are filled...
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October 9th, 2014, 06:30 PM
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If you just have the strategy running, you can...
If you just have the strategy running, you can see how it would perform in real time (keeping in mind strategy fills prices won;t always be accurate). The only thing you would not see are actual...
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October 9th, 2014, 06:16 PM
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Simple, I can select the account I want to use if...
Simple, I can select the account I want to use if I trade manually, via the order bar. This is shown below. I can also select the account I want when I automate.
I know I can't run live and demo...
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October 9th, 2014, 05:58 PM
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I still question if you really need a 2nd...
I still question if you really need a 2nd platform. I've been using TS for around 10 years, I have 4 different accounts with TS, am running multiple strats live automated on multiple accts, and...
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October 9th, 2014, 07:36 AM
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So after I create a strategy, I typically put it...
So after I create a strategy, I typically put it on the shelf for a few months, before trading it live. I'll check its performance once a month. I do this by checking its backtest result over the...
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October 9th, 2014, 07:23 AM
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As I mentioned earlier, you can do it with 2...
As I mentioned earlier, you can do it with 2 platform logins.
But the question is "will you get any benefit from doing this?"
Many times, Demo results have little correlation to real money...
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October 8th, 2014, 10:53 PM
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Backtest and sim are 2 different animals. ...
Backtest and sim are 2 different animals.
One example: you can backtest with a setting "fill limit orders only when price is exceeded" (as opposed to "fill if touched")
So if you backtest with...
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October 8th, 2014, 10:28 PM
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kevinkdog
You can test and optimize at the same time you...
You can test and optimize at the same time you are running live, just open a new chart and have at it.
You can't run demo and live at the same time, unless you have two platform logins.
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