Recent content by Big_P

Hi all, I have been developing a trade automation with a programmer which was giving some pretty good results when backtested. I took the automation live a few weeks back and I've hit a snag. The automation takes roughly an equal number of longs as short trades. But my short trades are often...

That's great, thanks Tim. I'll do that.

Thanks BigDeal That's what I've heard too, the spoofing has made it very difficult. That said, there was a lot of spoofing going on when I tried it about 15 years ago. And I recall traders being able to navigate around the spoof orders and still make it work for them. I'd be interested to hear...

Quick bump - has anyone got any thoughts please?

Hi All, I know the topic of Depth of Market / Orderflow trading comes up from time to time. I did a search and it's been a while since it was last discussed. I started my trading journey in 2007 when orderflow trading was all the rage. There were famous traders, Paul Rotter I think the most...

Great answers from you both, that explains it. Thank you very much!

That's a good thought BigDeal ... does this tie in with the expiry on another market? I'm still really curious as to why this happens!

Hi all, Historically, I've mainly traded equity futures but I've recently decided to look at a few other markets. I spotted something a bit odd with Gold Futures (GC) and wondered if anybody can explain. So the contracts expire monthly - F, G, H, J, K, M, N, Q, U, V, Z I had a look at the...

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Excellent, thanks for sharing Postman.

Good idea ... I'll see if I can get Sharky onboard.

Yep, I didn't get one person's guess, haha! I thought about offering $100 to the closest guess but I'm not sure I'm that desperate to find out if the experiment works. Never mind, I'll try again in another 10 years !

Hi Postman, I hadn't seen the competition you'd run before . Out of interest, did you take a look at the average of the guesses? Was it anywhere close to the final result? You had a similar thing going , but I wanted my experiment to have a collective goal rather than it being a competition...

Yes it was odd, the interest died the first time round even though the first prediction was only 4 points out... Maybe it's just me , but I thought that might have created a buzz! Anyway, it would be great to get this going again .... it could be easy money for us all if the experiment...

Hi guys, Just imagine I told you on a Monday morning where the FTSE was going to close on Friday. And I got the prediction within a few points. You’d be pretty amazed, right? You’d be even more amazed when I tell you that the correct prediction came from YOU. Confused? Keep reading…. I've...