> I do not trade more than 0 security for the moment. If you find three > profitable strategies on three different securities, you'll have worked a > lot. Ah, maybe I was off base, but I was thinking more generally. I was envisioning working on a general strategy that would work with any equity. I can't imagine trading patterns differ that widely between many equities, especially in the same industries with similar market caps.
On Oct 22, 7:12 am, Gab <[email protected]> wrote: > > If I remember correctly, IB lets you follow three > > securities at a time at market depth. > > You remember correctly. > > > So I'm wondering what effective > > ways of using jbooktrader are. > > 1- You reccord data > > 2- You write strategies that you test (backtest/optimisation) against the > data you recorded. > > > Do you trade not more than three > > securities? > > I do not trade more than 0 security for the moment. If you find three > profitable strategies on three different securities, you'll have worked a > lot. > > > Do you constantly switch the securities you are following > > as market conditions dictate? > > Not really, for my part, it's more like : if the market conditions are > normal, then it's ok to start JBT live eith my best strategy. > > > Do you get data from another source? > > CME sells data if you're interested, but the best cheap way is to record the > data yourself. > > > I'm curious if there is any agreement on these points or if there are > > a variety of answers based on the strategy you are using. Thanks. > > I would be curious to know where everybody's at too. Have you guys been > trading or on the side line? Have you been able to trust JBT and let it > trade or you interfere with it? I haven't been trading live for a long > time. > > -- > Gab --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JBookTrader" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jbooktrader?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
