> > > Now I want to start over with JBT. > Welcome back!
> First I want to automate my data recording. The favorite contracts from > you guys seem to be ES and CL, so I will use them too. Since I would have > one slot open, what would be a good third contract? > > I'd suggest picking up something from this list: http://www.cmegroup.com/education/files/cme-group-leading-products-2013-q2.pdf NQ, NG, 6E, 6J, ZC, GC are all good candidates. Since I live in Germany my ping are not so good as in the US. > The ping and latency are not that important for JBT, since it's not a HFT (high-frequency) trading platform. > So I want to use the Amazon AWS infrastructure. What kind of instances at > which cost are you using? > A small or a medium AWS instance should be just fine. JBT uses very little of system resources when running in the "forward test" or the "trade" modes. > What is the minimum configuration required to run JBT with IB Gateway? > The JBT configuration with IBGateway should be exactly the same as it is with TWS. I'll publish he configuration guide some time this week. What storage settings for the recorded files do you use? > Not sure I understand this question. > How do you handle the IB passcode card? > I've opted to not use the IB passcode card at all. > your datafiles look nearly perfect regarding start time and end time! how > do you accomplish this to make your recorded data files so smooth? Any cool > scripts? > I use the utility called BackTestFileStripper, which is included with JBT. When it runs, it discards the recorded data before and after the defined interval. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JBookTrader" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jbooktrader. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
