Recent content by dusktrader

I think "random" might be the wrong word. True randomness wouldn't move in trends, for example. So based on the fact that we do have trends, I'd say this is more like crowd behavior. The crowd moves like waves in the ocean, so you can exploit these ebb- and flows. I also believe these flows...

Well to be fair, all-or-nothing thinking is too black-and-white here. I think there are lots of valid use cases for backtesting. I use it myself in 2 different ways: 1) I backtest to determine if the algo logic has any potential at all ... a lot of ideas just stop here 2) I utilize the...

Hey not sure how long ago that was, but they have a new REST API I believe, as of just a few years ago. I's called REST-v20 and it's significantly better than the previous (nonstandard) API. It's also free now. The API works fine, I don't really have any issues with it. The code I was talking...

This change Oanda recently made caused a bit of chaos in my tradebots. I trade on the 4hour bar which hits both of these timeframes - 13:00 and 17:00 ET. For example between 16:58 and 17:03, Oanda's API returns "MARKET HALTED" and rejects orders now. What I've currently implemented to deal...

Well I can't disagree with your logic on "portability" of your code, and also that you can keep it "close to the vest" when you trade with MT4/5. (It is also a bonus that you can trade multiple brokers - you can also if you go the TradingView route) I am mainly designing a trading framework, so...

I think you are right on the mark slayer. It does boil down to our psychology. The positive here is that you can reprogram your psychology - it is not set in stone. You can take actions to change your perspectives. You may need to do this if you have an aversion to success and money, for...

It sounds like you are able to "tread water" ... you are exercising the trading muscles, but it feels like you're on a treadmill because after all that effort you are still landing right where you started (balance wise). That is a growth stage, so you are on the right track. You just have to be...

One thing I've found is it helps to focus on out-of-sample forward testing. During this stage, you use the history pricing data to first optimize your bot parameters during a sufficient length (I am currently testing with 10 years of history) and then apply some form of walkforward that involves...

Hi baddog, just wanted to clarify how I use TradingView. TV has integrations directly with brokers only for manual trading. This means you cannot access the broker via pinescript at all. I think TV keeps it this way on purpose, so that they don't have the liability of live trading. So this is a...

Check out QuantConnect platform - it can do everything you mentioned and supports both C# and Python I believe. As far as brokers, I believe they are integrated with several such as Interactive Brokers.

Hi warren, I'm curious to hear more about your technique. I am looking for a success partner in trading, but I'm trying to figure out the right type of person. I follow Benjamin Hardy (on Youtube) and I believe in his psychology-based teachings. I'm ready in my growth to find an accountability...

I think as a trader I'm not that good. I can follow directions to make a dinner casserole, and I can follow rules to trade a strategy. But I think with constant distractions neither of those would be successful. So this time I'm trying to make a bot. I am teaching it everything I know about how...

I will say that I've recently (in last 2-3 months) seen this same (or similar) issue in the Oanda feed linked to my TradingView account (which I do place live orders from). In these cases, I was only trading on demo accounts but since I saw the issue more than once, I started looking for it. It...

On-and-off for years trading, that kindof sounds like me. I expend so much energy toward trading, it seems. But at some point (at least in the past) I've hit energy exhaustion and just pushed "pause" on trading for months at a time. Then life travels down a different path, and then later it...

Personally I have tried both styles of trading - discretionary and rigid-rules-based. I truly believe some people are gifted and can intuitively detect underlying patterns in price action. These people who have honed this skill may be a great fit for the intuitive/discretionary style. I am not...