Hi professor, Is there a particular reason why you chose futures over stocks?
And why do you use IB automatic trading if trading delay is not a problem? It seemed to me that the more volatile a market is, the faster one must buy/sell. I'm still thinking about trying IB automatic trading, but it just seems like a hell lot of trouble to learn how to use it. Was it easy for you? BTW, you said Barry helped you to write the code. This must help! ;-) Louis 2008/7/31 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Louis, > > Since I only make trades 3 specific times a day, I don't worry about the > trade delay. I do use IB automatic trading. I have just finished testing it. > I would watch my auto trade and then trade it manually. Now I am switching > to auto trading completely. I had Barry write the trading program for me. It > seems to work great. However, my trading part may have a problem which > prevents a trade occasionally, but it doesn't prevent my trading from being > very profitable. I only trade gold futures which as you know as very > volitable. > > Tom > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Louis P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:48 AM > *Subject:* Re: [amibroker] Re: Anyone actually making money? > > To Tom: Do you use IB automatic trading? Is it possible to test such > feature? I find that intraday trade delay is a major reason why I don't > make any money. If I was faster I could do better. > > Thanks, > > Louis > > 2008/7/31 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > Is it not obvious to you that some people�s personality calls for a >> trading system, while others personality calls for a discretionary >> approach. >> >> I think that is the best thing that I've read on this thread! >> >> I agree. I have found that I am too emotional to try day trading because I >> make emotional decisions. That is why I developed an EOD program to trade. >> When that was very profitable, I had my EOD program converted to a real >> time program and auto trade. I use a dat/night chart and only trade 3 times >> a day. Now I just watch to make sure the auto trade is working correctly. >> >> Tom >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* tuzo_wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:31 AM >> *Subject:* SV: [amibroker] Re: Anyone actually making money? >> >> --- In [email protected], "Jan Malmberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Is it not obvious to you that some people�s personality calls for a >> trading system, while others personality calls for a discretionary >> approach. >> >> I think that is the best thing that I've read on this thread! >> >> Tuzo >> >> > >
