I suggest you measure the time (and slippage) between submitting an order and time of executing to see if there are any network latencies or anomalies. This is quite easy to do in jForex. Worth to keep track of this so you get a feel for it. Also it ...

Dukascopy

if education leads to the ability of analysing like the way you have shown here on this thread, I would rather be a moron. It takes more than clicking buttons on websites dude. I suggest you actually read the maths books

Dukascopy

I think the "learning" period of 20 days is too short and 20-60 trades is not a large enough sample but let us know if you can make it work.

Systematic trading

Hi, my experience is that 20 days is not enough data. How many trades are you looking at?

Systematic trading

a restraining order would be a good idea reading your stuff explains why 95% + lose in forex.

Dukascopy

Or they pay interest on non-active account and appear therefor profitable. Maybe it is time for a different hobby!! Or some rehab may be an option

Dukascopy

FX trader is what I am talking about. Trading with real money is a different ball game. I hope that the rep of DukasCopy is going to comment on the fact that the winner has a rather meager result of 110% and appears not to be a pro (and even has a ...

Dukascopy

I think you are talking about the traders/strategy contest. I believe they are done on paper accounts and have therefor no meaning. I am talking about the FX trader(monthly/annually) award which are done on real accounts and include any ...

Dukascopy

just over 110% dukas best trader of the year???? — What is strange though(as said before) is that dukas best trader has only got a return of just over 110% and isn't even a full time (professional) trader.(he didn't sound that convincing in ...

Dukascopy

Looks like that watch is mine this year (-;

Dukascopy

Sherlock, I think you have gone a little crazy in your quest. I am not sure it matters that much what age group is prominent. This information is much to high level. It doesn't say much of who is profitable or anything, size per customer... You ...

Dukascopy

Their is no software without bugs and I am not saying it is perfect. It does however gives a software developer the tools to build complex systems. Not just jForex but there is also a proper api. It is pretty good compared to the api's of other ...

Dukascopy

INTJ's will per definition fail in trading.

10,000 hours to greatness and the Mastery Asymptote

I personally stick to ecn type brokers. Currently Interactive Brokers but I am sniffing at Dukascopy. Concept is simple using Object Orientated Lingo. Collect tick data via API store in db of some sort=> Write integrated test/execution framework => ...

Systematic trading

Time for a new broker you are probably getting ripped of. Even if they maintain a fixed spread, once interbank spread widens they will just move the price. It is not something that should be ignored (for intraday anyway). I appreciate the likes of ...

Systematic trading

Dukascopy platform is ideal for people that want to do in-depth analysis of tick data and writing trading systems with a proper programming language at its base. Maybe it isn't as good as some other packages for chart watchers but then most of those ...

Dukascopy

Why not just use jForex and JAVA api it is so good if you want to develop ideas. The execution speed is also fantastic.

Dukascopy

I doubt metatrader is the right choice (just because it is universal). I have been told it doesn't take the spread into account when back testing. If so completely useless. Decent programming language in combination with a decent database is a much ...

Systematic trading

I appreciate what you are saying and I have no access to true interbank spreads. However I have done some extensive research on Interactive Brokers (ok not true but pretty good spread) data on EUR/USD and it still ain't going to happen unless you do ...

Systematic trading

Real men use tick data. — I believe the perception that HFT systems use very tight sl/tp is incorrect. The spread will kill any such system(unless big risks are taken to overcome the spread!!!!). I believe the only way HFT can works is running ...

Systematic trading