Michael, Again, interesting to hear your thoughts. I'd never thought about it to be honest. However, I am option 2 unfortunately... i.e. I trade myself - pulling triggers... frankly there is no doubt some of my 'edge' or added value is my own ability as a trader... not just a system, although seeing the market in the correct way in a timely way is what I use AB for. Certainly what you are saying makes sense... but I would need such a fast connection to myself and the server to make it work - faster than my current 7Mbit DSL connection perhaps...??
Rob --- In [email protected], "michaels_musings" <michaels_musi...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Rob" <sidhartha70@> wrote: > > > > But Mike, that would never be realistic for time critical real time usage > > such as day trading for example...? > > Hi Rob, > > While my resultant question was regarding backtesting, for real time trading, > my thought would be, "Why not use a cloud?" > > Install whatever software you need (IB, or whatever your brokerage platform > is, AB, etc.) onto the cloud and have the cloud be the one connecting to your > broker. > > The connection between the cloud and your broker should be more stable and > less latent than the connection between where you are now and your broker > (Unless you trade from an AT&T data center?). > > The question then becomes, a) are you babysitting your AB to see if it's > entering trades correctly? Or b) are you the one pulling the trigger, based > upon AB recommendations? > > a) works great, b) probably won't. > > Best All, > Michael > > PS: Mike, I understand your statements about licensing restrictions, but > until TJ makes AB multi-core usable they are mute. Anyone who needs an > optimization to happen faster than 62 days (yes that is the actual number AB > said it would take for a four variable optimization on a database with ~45 > stocks, ~100,000 ticks per stock) is going to ignore that clause. Obviously > an Amazon cloud doesn't fulfill "not connected via network," but sorry, no > one cares. At least until the software can get done what needs to be done in > a timely manner.... >
