Archive for October 2007
Your Best Trades: It’s Not What You See, But How You See It
The Smallest Change in Graphics Affect the Success of a Trading Plan We introduced version 2.1 of Trade-Ideas PRO back in May. The ‘Flip’ feature receives the most attention and fanfare at the conferences and summits we attend (more on the recent User’s Summit hosted by Scottrade in an upcoming post). How We See Affects…
Read MoreWeekend Reading: Trading Routines of a Skilled Market Veteran
A great read this weekend is the Charles Kirk interview in the recent issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities. Kirk is an excellent resource to tap as someone who describes what he’s doing in the market and how he trades opportunities without selling it like a stock picking newsletter. He is most famous…
Read MoreOptionsXpress Robot Upgrade!
Save Layouts We have made some improvements to the OptionsXpress Robot software. The new version 0.9.2 cleans up bugs found from users’ feedback. Additionally this version offers the option of saving your robot windows as a layout. For those that already have the software you will be prompted to upgrade, for those that have not…
Read MoreOptionsXpress Pilot Underway!
The OptionsXpress Automated Trading Pilot program is now officially underway. It is very easy to get started. You just need an account with OptionsXpress and a subscription to Trade-Ideas.Click (Here) to download the latest version of the OptionsXpress Robot. Please make sure that your OptionsXpress account is permissioned for XML API trading, otherwise you will…
Read MoreHow My Trading Improved Thinking Like a Martial Arts Fighter
Bang! Bang! Oof! Ouch! These aren’t the sounds from a day in the market, it’s the sounds of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) which is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing sports in the world. I’m a big fan of not only the incredible action in the ring, but the mental chess that’s played in…
Read MoreAutomation, OddsMaker, and Expectations: Lessons Learned so Far
We are not only software makers, we are our own Guinea pigs (kinda like those hairclub companies). Fully automated trading recently arrived to the suite of Trade-Ideas tools. We do this by first implementing a strategy created and backtested via The OddsMaker. Then we execute the strategy rolling forward via an API (Application Programming Interface)…
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