Recent content by Zmark-trader

On the same forum, this is the most thanked broker: https://www.bigmiketrading.com/brokers-data-feeds/4712-optimus-futures.html I have recommended him years ago.

Social trading does not provide you with any edge as far as trading. Either you looking at the masses following the trade, or going against it and being a contrarian. Either way, you could get crushed and self churn without the proper risk management. This is not the way to become a self...

Try www.tradersplatform.com

I took a long break from trading, and the last 2 years have been extremely exhausting. I did really well 2004-2008, and just ok in 2008-09, therefore a complete decline and all strategies which I have managed to automate. To be quite honest, after so many years of discretionary trading, I...

Have not been here in quite some time, but the research of "Order Flow" has led me to this thread. I have been trading order flow concepts in the last few months on a higher level, and have found this channel rather interesting. it is free, so I thought I would share: Nindicators - YouTube

Do you have your own execution platform and you want to hook it up to an API?

There is no such thing as "best" First, you look at the platform, second you look at the prices of the market data, thirdly you look at stability and how fast it is executed. The last 2 variables are commissions and technical support. Always ask if commissions are all in or there is exchange on...

Most charts show the LAST TRANSACTION occurred whether it was a Bid or Offer. The only thing I can add to this thread is this: Some transaction happen within 1 second and it that case some quote vendors average it out. This is filtered data and its never good for charting purposes.

I agree. But, many commodity futures brokers don't have their own custodian, so they have to use an external one and they don't make money on it. This is my recommendation: www.tradersplatform.com This might be what you are looking for. This is a division of Optimus.

Why don't you trade directly with a broker that has Ninja? Wouldn't sending an order from one machine to another create latency? Now you have to support 2 machines and their interaction. IB also has ^&*# data just like your TOS.

I found this site where you have some programmers go back and forth about this stuff: www.tradelogically.com Try to ask there.

I will start a thread as I promised how to develop good methods. I just have a partner that consumes all my time...wife...LOL

There are funds who went down with Billions..so what is your point? "discipline" is over-rated, because you can "trade with the trend" "cut your losses short". "follow your plan", or all the other trading terms that are used are useless in the real world and dont earn you money. What earns you...

buy trading books for 250, take your folks out for 100, the rest spend on yourself. I cant believe you are encouraged to trade with 500.ridiculous.

timsk, thank you for your help. I will start, if time allows, a thread about futures trading this week. In the mean time, I will address the one-off. Ok, so as far as feed, I recommend RIthmic. RIthmic is very fast for execution and provides very accurate tick data. Also, I have spoken...