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  • #21
  • Jan 20, 2019 8:47am Jan 20, 2019 8:47am
If you have an ageing laptop, stick a flash drive in and install Ubuntu. Since it won't be running any windows resource hogging junk, you will be surprised at how snappy it is. Have it on a backup laptop, runs Sierra no problem.
'in less than half an hour he made over 100 ticks'
  • #22
  • Jan 20, 2019 11:08am Jan 20, 2019 11:08am
Quoting heispark
{quote} I will try HP next time when I replace Dell desktop. I am a Dell hater (and Windows hater). I really hate Dell since I experienced various hardware issues in my desktop and laptop. Personally I love Apple the most although I find more issues these days. Michael Dell once told to Steve Jobs that "he'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders". Seeing what happened to Apple and Dell, it's just hilarious. Suit...
Interesting. I currently have 3 HPs and they all suck if you are doing CPU intensive work (I mean real computational processing at 75%+). They heat up quickly and become extremely noisy to the point of getting a headache. The last two new and different models had the same squeaking dinosaur screeching sharp noise when running 6 instances of my same EA on MT4 (single thread, I know). In california summer, I literally have to run a tabletop fan next to it to keep it cool lol

I am no fan of Apple products just for their pricing model but do have a macbook with a broken keyboard. I took it to Apple Store and they want $400 just to replace the damn two keys that won't work unless I press them with force. My son is after me to repair so he can use it. I paid like $1800 for my daughter to use 3 yrs back.
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  • #23
  • Jan 20, 2019 11:11am Jan 20, 2019 11:11am
Quoting onejester
If you have an ageing laptop, stick a flash drive in and install Ubuntu. Since it won't be running any windows resource hogging junk, you will be surprised at how snappy it is. Have it on a backup laptop, runs Sierra no problem.
Sierra runs nicely on a flash drive by itself so this might be a very good option for me to investigate. I have all of 5-6 old laptops with me lol.... never trusted the guys at e-waste recycling:-
Thanks man for sharing. This seems like a great idea. Would Sierra work with a same account/datafeed running on 5-6 different machines? Just curious
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  • #24
  • Jan 20, 2019 11:18am Jan 20, 2019 11:18am
Quoting VEEFX
1/19/2019 Update: Personal Research Project/Challenge: (inspired by twoblink) DNA of a compelling 45 degree Inertia in Price Movements - How to exit a position at/near a tip of wick? i.e. leave little to no profit on the table How to enter a position at/near a tip? How to enter a position at/near the "base" (consolidation/range breakout). How to enter a position that moves into profit asap. How to profit from an entire move from A to B in price series Optional:using no technical indicators or maybe...
WOW - Last night I discovered I can create my own oscillators in Sierra without any coding. This opens the door to many possibilities including branding my own indicators and becoming famous like the rest LOL. Perhaps I will invent some shit that is already available for 5 decades but doing it myself without being influenced by any books or famed gurus is the path I have chosen throughout my life. Even in my main profession, I did not follow or read many books on subject matter. I like to discover things on my own terms that might already exists (which I have not eliminated or tried) so call me weird or a retard.... that is just who I am and it has served me well throughout my life.... do what works and quit the rest that has proven to be of no merit

Research continues....
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  • #25
  • Jan 20, 2019 11:28am Jan 20, 2019 11:28am
Quoting VEEFX
{quote} WOW - Last night I discovered I can create my own oscillators in Sierra without any coding. This opens the door to many possibilities including branding my own indicators and becoming famous like the rest LOL. Perhaps I will invent some shit that is already available for 5 decades but doing it myself without being influenced by any books or famed gurus is the path I have chosen throughout my life. Even in my main profession, I did not follow or read many books on subject matter. I like to discover things on my own terms that might already...
So two recent discoveries.... 1) feed a variable as input in real time to some/any indicator from one or any instrument 2)Conversion of any complex set of indicators into one simple oscillator.

3rd item I need to complete the puzzle.... Use variability of TIME (or barcount for rangebars) into the mix. By this, I mean the following

Starting point: hh:mm:ss (0count)
next bar or candle... the parameter input becomes 1
next bar or candle... the parameter input becomes 2
next bar or candle... the parameter input becomes 3
next bar or candle... the parameter input becomes 4... etc

Example: EMA(3) is the average of last 3. I want an indicator that will GROW organically from the starting point. EMA(1), EMA(2), EMA(3), EMA(4).... this is so far a limitation of Sierra. Imagine an indicator that INITIALIZES and REFRESHES itself in real time. Possible? An Edge? Am i turning into a fucking Technical Analyst? I hope not. I have hated indicators and oscillators all my life ! Let's keep an open mind and world of possibilities will knock on my door.... Tesla - wish you were still alive!
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  • #26
  • Jan 20, 2019 11:31am Jan 20, 2019 11:31am
Quoting VEEFX
{quote} Sierra runs nicely on a flash drive by itself so this might be a very good option for me to investigate. I have all of 5-6 old laptops with me lol.... never trusted the guys at e-waste recycling:- Thanks man for sharing. This seems like a great idea. Would Sierra work with a same account/datafeed running on 5-6 different machines? Just curious
I have one account with amp, doesn't like being logged in a the same time on mac and laptop ubuntu.

I know what you mean, best to remove the drive and put it in the mincer.

Ubuntu comes with a program called wine (essentially that is how I'm running it on mac). I just copied the folder from wine in the mac, placed it in the ubuntu machine. Clicked on the exe, and it did its thing.

It was ages ago when I did it so there may be a couple of quirks, but nothing a man of your talents won't be able to fix quickly.

The laptop is a fairly weedy old Asus model, I just use it when I'm travelling, (if it gets nicked, I don't care) 1.2 processor, 2 gig ram. Flash drive, in job done. Boots up as quick as a mobile phone.

Back in the day when it had a mechanical drive, the fan drove me mental. Out here in Spain, it was whirring away all the time. Problem was solved after the flash drive and new software, don't know if Ubuntu manages the hardware differently. I'd recommend it to anyone who has an old laptop collecting dust.

I'm not sure if you can now specify it as an OS on new dells. Don't wanna bash windows, but I couldn't go back.
'in less than half an hour he made over 100 ticks'
  • #27
  • Jan 20, 2019 11:33am Jan 20, 2019 11:33am
Quoting VEEFX
{quote} So two recent discoveries.... 1) feed a variable as input in real time to some/any indicator from one or any instrument 2)Conversion of any complex set of indicators into one simple oscillator. 3rd item I need to complete the puzzle.... Use variability of TIME (or barcount for rangebars) into the mix. By this, I mean the following Starting point: hh:mm:ss (0count) next bar or candle... the parameter input becomes 1 next bar or candle... the parameter input becomes 2 next bar or candle... the parameter input becomes 3 next bar or candle......
I have 66 year old eyes wait for trend trade the pullback can still be seen with them
  • #28
  • Jan 20, 2019 11:40am Jan 20, 2019 11:40am
Quoting Divergence
{quote} I have 66 year old eyes wait for trend trade the pullback can still be seen with them

Indeed... Trend by definition does not EXISTS without Pullbacks. A Pullback is what confirms a Trend.
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  • #29
  • Jan 20, 2019 11:47am Jan 20, 2019 11:47am
Quoting onejester
{quote} I have one account with amp, doesn't like being logged in a the same time on mac and laptop ubuntu. I know what you mean, best to remove the drive and put it in the mincer. Ubuntu comes with a program called wine (essentially that is how I'm running it on mac). I just copied the folder from wine in the mac, placed it in the ubuntu machine. Clicked on the exe, and it did its thing. It was ages ago when I did it so there may be a couple of quirks, but nothing a man of your talents won't be able to fix quickly. The laptop is a fairly weedy...
good info man. Thanks for sharing. I still have an old Compaq Pentium and an IBM Thinkpad from the early 90s which weighs about a Kilo lol

With the new faster USB port, I pretty much run and save everything on my flash drive. I also bought a Solid State Flash USB Drive for some $99 which is also very fast. Portability on portable devices is the way to go lol Besides, I live in California right on the fault. One minor earthquake tremor and I am ready to grab my drive and run out in my undies lol
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  • #30
  • Jan 20, 2019 6:29pm Jan 20, 2019 6:29pm
WTH - I just became a red flag member again.. in under 3-4 months of unsubscribing all my forum buddies to degrade my status. Well, here's one proof that any algorithmic logic can be re-engineered and manipulated.... given enough "time and effort".
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  • #31
  • Jan 21, 2019 12:07pm Jan 21, 2019 12:07pm
VEE your mind is like a tornado swirling around all these ideas. Let me state the obvious no matter what indicator you create they will all lag based on the math to create which is past price. The market is an auction bidding and asking for the best price just like commerce it is all based on supply and demand thats the CONSTANT if you dont believe me then believe yourself you wont buy a computer for more than 1000 so you are looking for the right supplier who will take your price. i hope this helps
  • #32
  • Jan 21, 2019 3:58pm Jan 21, 2019 3:58pm
Quoting jmn5611
{quote} That's crazy! I have owned Alienware(Dell), Sony, Lenovo and HP. Four kids and two wives later, only the HP models lived. This include a particularly clumsy wife who had no concept of tech killing my Lenovo by knocking it off the couch and it falling just right. She killed a Sony Vaio the exact same way. My Lenovo's always had connector issues. I never got into Asus or Acer because my branding had been set by the time they started building decent machines. Thanks for the tip about Costco. I will add that to my list. https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-sp...E&gclsrc=aw.ds...
I have the latest 15" Apple MacBook Pro for travel and an iMac 27" at home. Expensive but flawless and will have significant trade in value several years down the road compared to any Microsoft based platform. I let go of MT4 sometime ago. My broker is Oanda so I use their on line platform. Works quite well but I have no need for indicators and such
  • #33
  • Edited 12:59am Jan 23, 2019 12:29am | Edited 12:59am
OMG... Finally my Alert condition formulas are working in Sierra.

Really stupid issue. All the examples in Sierra Support forum use a default English setting which was not setting correctly (by default) on my platform.
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  • #34
  • Edited 10:33am Jan 23, 2019 2:11am | Edited 10:33am
My First Algo using "Trading based on Alert Condition" is now ready to go in action tomorrow at NYSE open.... Hope I can get up in 4 hours to monitor :-(

Quoting VEEFX
My First Algo using "Trading based on Alert Condition" is now ready to go in action tomorrow at NYSE open.... Hope I can get up in 4 hours to monitor :-(
Slept thru the morning session as I worked until 4am. reran my Algo in replay and did generate some 135+Ticks if stopped by 10:30 am ET but horrible if stopped by noon ET... because I still do not have a Time-based Stop working ( I thought the "cancel all working orders" would do the trick). Should be a simple fix.
Anyways, this is a manually triggered algo with unidirectional and bi-directional choice based on what I see going on in real time. Desire is to go 99% automated entries and above 80% automated exits.
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  • #35
  • Jan 25, 2019 9:03am Jan 25, 2019 9:03am
something currently in the works to encapsulate all market conditions and trading styles to interpret this post of CP in a more simplistic POV without any indicators (for now)
Brings good structure and non-discretionary rules-driven methodology with two main objectives.. Entry and Exit.
Coupe of flavors in exploratory phase:

  1. Market will ether trend first and then go into range or range first and go into trend. Based on Weak/Medium/Strength calibrations in each phase:

    1. Scalp and grow realized tick pool first as income and then devote some portion of the income towards growth via move to BE and let it run
    2. Grow the realized tick with larger wins and call it a day.

Both options could easily target 100+T every day as net outcome per my tests. Monday (dayone) will be tough but with each winning day, the week will progress smoothly with banked ticks

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  • #36
  • Jan 25, 2019 9:15am Jan 25, 2019 9:15am
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Good representation? will get there but without reading all of CP's posts. That is the only way to defining your own objectives and meeting them in a structured manner. Goal is not to reverse-engineer. Goal is to come up with my own strategy with my own understand of what market phases/cycles are, how to interpret them and how to take advantage of them. I am NO copy cat trader. I think 10 ways to Sunday when I am at my trading desk and act/react only if it makes sense to ME and not what I read on forums. I have been sleeping over the "universality" principle of "Markets are Neutral" for way too long. A strategy has to work on ALL market conditions with flexibility built into the mechanics of covering all trading styles (on/off switches either manually or via automation) to remove any subjectivity from the decision making process. If there is no rule defined, don't do it and ignore the market and stay away from the unknowns i.e. Variables that market presents.

Note to Self: Know the unknowns as much as possible and f*ck the rest. There is no point in digging deep into every shit that market throws at me. Get It Done or Quit is my final decision point of this trading journey in Futures.
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  • #37
  • Jan 25, 2019 9:57am Jan 25, 2019 9:57am
Nothing rocket science here (and it is not perfect yet so enjoy the sneak-peek)

Edit: dang it... the video recording for under 5 mins is over 85MB compressed. screw you FF :-(

EDIT1: crap... recording is only 2.11 mins long... oh boy!
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  • #38
  • Jan 25, 2019 10:05am Jan 25, 2019 10:05am
Quoting VEEFX
Nothing rocket science here (and it is not perfect yet so enjoy the sneak-peek) Edit: dang it... the video recording for under 5 mins is over 85MB compressed. screw you FF :-( EDIT1: crap... recording is only 2.11 mins long... oh boy! {image}
post it on youtube

you don't attach video here
  • #39
  • Jan 25, 2019 10:25am Jan 25, 2019 10:25am
Quoting hilmy83
{quote} post it on youtube you don't attach video here
that means I will have to create another social media footprint. I am trying to go into isolation to avoid getting in trouble with my work. I dont know how you do it and how your boss is okay with it :-(
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  • #40
  • Jan 25, 2019 10:35am Jan 25, 2019 10:35am
Quoting VEEFX
{quote} that means I will have to create another social media footprint. I am trying to go into isolation to avoid getting in trouble with my work. I dont know how you do it and how your boss is okay with it :-(
obviously i don't stream while at work..that's why it's only once per week if at taht when i'm at home...

youtube is harmless. seriously where do you work? the pentagon?
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