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How many symbols a trading strategy can handle?

By CustomTradingSystem, on August 30, 2015
How many symbols a trading strategy can handle?

How many symbols can I trade with my multi-instrument strategy? Can I scan the whole market and select the qualified stocks to trade? We hear such question from our clients all the time.

In this article we will tell how many symbols can be used in a trading strategy and what factors may limit this number. While the article mostly targets NinjaTrader platform the considerations and conclusions are applicable to other trading platforms as well.

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Historical Market Data: Do you really need it?

By CustomTradingSystem, on April 25, 2015
Historical Market Data: Do you really need it?

Historical market data traditionally is used in back-testing. Technically, it has no difference from real-time market data. However, there are nuances that may change everything.

Many data providers claim that they offer years of historical data. What they don't mention is that the data comes in a form of OHLC (Open, High, Low, Close), which is also known as a bar. Therefore, we do not know how price moved inside bars, that data is effectively lost. For example, if we have 5 minutes bars then for the whole 5 minute period we only get 4 price values

Essentially, it means that 99% of price action will be lost.

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Futures and Forex trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing ones’ financial security or life style. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

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Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, some of which are described below. no representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown; in fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program. One of the limitations of hypothetical performance results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight. In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of financial risk of actual trading. for example, the ability to withstand losses or to adhere to a particular trading program in spite of trading losses are material points which can also adversely affect actual trading results. There are numerous other factors related to the markets in general or to the implementation of any specific trading program which cannot be fully accounted for in the preparation of hypothetical performance results and all which can adversely affect trading results.