Recent content by dvdadie

great ideas! thanks tomorton

for example: I buy at $10.00 per share and immediately set a stop loss at $9.80. if it drops below $9.80 that same day = day trade. on the other hand if I buy at $10.00 and wait until the next day, the open may be under $9.80 by a little or a lot. at that point, I can set a stop loss below...

trading a tiny account << $25,000 so subject to the pattern day trading rule. usually place hard stops at 0.98 or 0.95 entry price. I would really like to do this on the day of the entry but I could easily trigger several day trades. as a result, placing the hard stop on day #2 can be too...

anyone out there actively backtesting strategies using quantopian and / or python?

Good luck. Study hard.

TOTAL ROOKIE HERE! I setup a paper trading account at CBOE.com but I don't think it will be able to do what I am looking for. I want to try to start paper trade hedging with calls and puts on natural gas. Should I be trying to do something with the NYMEX? If so, is there a website for this...

first post jason - i am pacing myself :)

thanks_truth thanks truth and quantt, good stuff. after some more pondering, the walk forward testing could provide information on how 'stable' / 'robust' the system is from year to year.

thanks thanks pat, good stuff

the title is my question. if the system uses pure, raw data and has fixed rules is there any value in walk forward testing? notice here that i am NOT saying backtesting, just walk forward testing. the system could be like 'if the current day's high is lower than the previous day's high, buy...