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Hi Calley It depends on what style of trading your prop trading firm is doing (i.e. stocks, commodities, bond,currencies etc) also what their trading style is e.g. funamental analysis, global macro, stat arb, merger arb etc. These could all lead you in different directions for learning to...

And of course you can get them at spread betting and cfd companies such as IG markets...lol... be careful, nothing in trading is really free!

This problem was fixed in version 8.1 of Tradestation with a method known as Intrabar Order Generation. Prior to that (i.e. in 2000i) it was not possible to buy at the open and sell on a stop within the same bar.

Trading for a living covers commodities as requested and it's also available as an audio book as requested.

Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management (Wiley Audio)

You've received some excellent advice from both Crassius and Natureboy. I hope these additional observations help. I started off in the same way as Crassius. I purchased TS2000i in 1998. It was a labour of love with data management being a huge and time wasting issue. Nowadays Tradestation is...

Yes it can be done there are several methods. DLL is fastest but one explicit method is via Ninja Trader. You can find info about it at this link. "http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?tradestation_integration.htm"

Great that you've provoked such a response! I think several of your points could be regarded as true or false. For example: Successful independent traders don't have "employers" but they treat trading like a business and therefore regard themselves as employees who need to make a profit. Small...

I agree with NVP; just take a look at Buffet's annual newsletter! He and Charlie Munger literally spell out how to make money every year but few people bother to listen. Technical traders could learn a lot from these guys. Regarding cynicism, I'd define it differently: Healthy scepticism is...

Hi skan There are three types of market position: Long Position (After "buying") = 1 Short Position = (After "Selling Short") -1 No Position = 0 Let's, for example, say your strategy requires you to "Buy next bar at Market" This would mean that on the next bar you enter the market with a long...

Hi Scan Sorry, I don't use Multicharts and don't know how it interacts with brokers. BPV

Hi skan There are a number of different ways to do this but one way would be to use the "Print" command; you could also use an "Alert" it depends on why you want to check. If you are still developing and testing a strategy then you would most likely use the "Print" command. You'd then check...

Hi Chris One point of is that your code is a Conditional Branching statement . Such statements must always begin with "If" or "Once" otherwise the true/false condition will not be evaluated. BPV

Hi Trader 27244 Understanding the strategy performance report is important. I also suggest you look at the archived webinar. Your results appear to be quite good though one would need to look at more of the report to come to a proper initial judgement. To be confident of your system going...

Hi agains The key to understanding this part of the strategy performance report is a. understanding the layout of the report b. knowing the difference between the terms “Cum Profit” which means “Cumulative Profit” and “Profit” which is the lower row below “Contracts” c. Understanding how the...