I have investigated this. There are two main problems: 1. You can't use limit orders, only market orders (with TP and SL) 2. You can't set maximum slippage for market orders Other than that, it's usable. You can access the report website to see ...

Oanda automation scripts

In a few interviews with automated trading guys they said that they quickly cull non-performing algorithms. I don't believe it's disinformation. I'm sure they are aware of Parrondo's paradox. That being said, the paradox is real. If my research ...

Systematic trading

LOL. I do build my own computers. Here's something to get you started: url url I would recommend you start with one of the three configurations listed above and then customize based on your needs. The configurations are gaming oriented, so you ...

Systematic trading

What I'm currently thinking now that I've started working on the backtester... Using a MIDI controller for rapid strategy prototyping and chart navigation. image The controls would be mapped to various settings. For example, the last set of ...

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Automated Dukascopy data downloader: url

Bug with MT4 Historic Data on Simulator

Official confirmation: url

Dukascopy

url The old name for algo-trading

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You need a Java plugin installed in the browser. If you see the prices, but not the spread, it's because you need to compute it. Right click on the table, select "Setup columns" from the menu and make sure "Bid" and "Ask" are checked. Then you can ...

dbFX (Deutsche Bank)

You are using MT4 with dbFX? I wasn't aware that they offered it. It's not listed on their site.

Deutsche Bank FX (DBFX)...post experience!

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Interesting that thay are also using the FXCM "bucketshop" (FXCM Pro maybe?) for liquidity access:

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Well, this was one of the most informative things I've read about HFT. Which shows that there really isn't anything concrete written about it at all Gave me an idea to test also.

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Q&A with HFT guy. url

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You can get IFR at dbFX. Open a demo and login with the demo user/pass here: url You can then make a script which will login and download the data. image

Oanda FX news ....

Oanda has a site with news: http://atnabtu.com I'm not sure if this contains the FXNews you refer to. I already have scripts which download and process these research news: url

Oanda FX news ....

They will have to move to another country since it will be illegal for them to offer FX trading anymore in Switzerland.

Dukascopy

Chart explanation? INTERVENTION, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTION and MORE INTERVENTION. Draw a line at 1.4000 and be amazed at how hard they tried to defend that level. url url We would need to check my records a little more careful but we suspect ...

The Bizarro EURCHF in April and May 2010

Well, I would not trust live money to a MT4 EA in a million years, even if I wrote the EA. I consider MT4 too flawed for live algo trading of any serious kind. But I guess that with proper monitoring you could get something going until you finish ...

Systematic trading

But your strategy is already tested in your backtester, AlphaFactory, right? I don't understand why you even bother with the MT4 Strategy Tester. It's full of holes and designed in such a way to falsely improve results - url If you know what ...

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Are your strategies implemented as an MT4 EA? It's not clear from what you said.

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