Recent content by TraderKing

Hi Nick, TradeStation 8 has 'Radar Scan' , There's VectorVest Prographics, and AIQ and another interesting option might be MT Predictor ( scans 52% profitable) - You can use all sorts of indicators in radar scan and its linked to charts. don't know if thats any help Paul

I use a US direct access Platform Hi Grey, Do you have to watch out for the US (IRS) withholding tax for us Non-resident aliens :-) Paul

Thanks MartinD, I think part of my immediate problem is the fact that it generates lots of trades which depend on being killed almost immediately with a break even stop and on long bars this just doesn't work well because of the way TradeManager holds the stops on the server and like you say...

Hi, I'm new to CFD's and hoping to trade US shares although located in UK - Can anyone with some experience comment on any of the following issues (ot indeed any other issues that someone new to CFD's should consider ) please 1. Are there any 'snags' when it comes to using underlying...

Hi rog1111, I looked at IB but they don't do Forex , there is also a number of possible patforms / APIs / broker combinations I have found out about but so far I haven't found a combination which provides a system independent 'fail-safe' stop either at the Account level (broker Side or the API...

Dear Eoin Thanks for the tip. Paul

Dear rog1111, Thanks for the response, Unfortunately I don't have a programming background but I was prepared to learn easylanguage, programming my own backtesting system isn't a realistic option for me. Some of the assumptions and rules are there in the TS manuals (although their...

Hi, I have been developing and trying to backtest strategies for FX trading using TradeStation 8 - which I believed was the best tool for this purpose. Now I finf that the Performance Reports are completely misleading when compared with 'actual trading tick by tick for instance, one system...

Hi, I'm new to CFD's and hoping to trade US shares although located in UK - Can anyone with some experience comment on any of the following issues (ot indeed any other issues that someone new to CFD's should consider ) please 1. Are there any 'snags' when it comes to using underlying...

I thought the whole point of trading was freedom from from the corporate environment ??