I assume you will be using Strategy Desk. WATCH OUT. The program
is a minefield and can really bite you if you are not extreemly
careful. DO NOT USE AUTOMATIC TRADING mode until you are very sure
of your algorithms. If you have a problem with your code, the
program can start trading in and out at high speed and locks you
out while it is cycling. You have to CTRL-ALT-DEL out of the
program.
There are tricks to prevent loops or slow them down. Due use the
max number of trips setting and I even repeat it inside the code to
be sure.
All in all, Strategy Desk is a very shiny piece of crap. It has
great posibilities but it does not seem as though they are putting
their top brains and priorities on it.
Good luck. Pass this on of you know others who will use TDA.
Posted by alphahorn on 22nd of Jul 2009 at 10:34 pm
thanks for the alert regarding AT/automated trading, I take it
you witnessed this first hand. Have you worked out the
bugs? because I too was planning on ringing them up to set up
algorithms.
Posted by paige386 on 22nd of Jul 2009 at 09:55 pm
I constantly have issues with Strategy desk sutting down as
well. I'd agree that the top scientists are not on the Strategy
desk team. They can't even tell me when Tick and Trin will be
available.
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Posted by jroger on 22nd of Jul 2009 at 09:34 pm
Ditch,
I assume you will be using Strategy Desk. WATCH OUT. The program is a minefield and can really bite you if you are not extreemly careful. DO NOT USE AUTOMATIC TRADING mode until you are very sure of your algorithms. If you have a problem with your code, the program can start trading in and out at high speed and locks you out while it is cycling. You have to CTRL-ALT-DEL out of the program.
There are tricks to prevent loops or slow them down. Due use the max number of trips setting and I even repeat it inside the code to be sure.
All in all, Strategy Desk is a very shiny piece of crap. It has great posibilities but it does not seem as though they are putting their top brains and priorities on it.
Good luck. Pass this on of you know others who will use TDA.
strategy desk
Posted by alphahorn on 22nd of Jul 2009 at 10:34 pm
thanks for the alert regarding AT/automated trading, I take it you witnessed this first hand. Have you worked out the bugs? because I too was planning on ringing them up to set up algorithms.
thank
I constantly have issues with
Posted by paige386 on 22nd of Jul 2009 at 09:55 pm
I constantly have issues with Strategy desk sutting down as well. I'd agree that the top scientists are not on the Strategy desk team. They can't even tell me when Tick and Trin will be available.