You may have noticed this line of code in StrategyES.java: double bidAskSpread = 0.25; This is used in backtesting, forward testing, and optimization modes. In real trading, based on my experience, the slippage with the ES is slightly worse, but not by very much.
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Da Xu <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > Is there any statistics of the liquidity loss of ES futures? Specifically, > for example, in a demo account, even if the ES future price is not changed, > you buy(sell) then sell(buy) a contract of ES future, you lost 0.25. This > is 0.25 is considered as liquidity loss. My question is what is this number > in average for real accounts. Thank you. > > > Best, > Da > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
