Recent content by elbee

You should check your maths or your understanding of "profit". Your post is somewhat misleading.

I have had an account with IB for my SMSF for perhaps 15 years. The account title is the name of the fund's corporate trustee followed by "as Trustee for XYZ Super Fund". I see no problem with the way your account is designated, provided as KevinBB says, any withdrawal is to a similarly named...

Skate, I fully agree backtesting should not include compounding but should be based on a fixed equity. However I also believe backtesting should reflect how trades will be executed in practice. The backtests you have posted above seem to assume you will be buying a fixed dollar amount at the...

The switch is relatively easy, RT is well documented and there is a helpful user forum. The developer is very receptive to suggested amendments, a contrast to AB where the developer is openly hostile. There is a scan facility that works the same as AB's explore as well as the facility to...

I have recently switched from Amibroker to Realtest, partly because of the problem you have pointed out. Realtest allows you to specify the maximum number of setups that can be considered for entry on any one day so if one packet is above the entry limit it will not be replaced by another with a...

The Amibroker monte carlo process does not use any trades that were not included in the "PositionScored" backtest. The process randomly picks trades from the original backtest trade list to produce a new random set of trades. This new random set contains the same number of trades, they are...

I use this: http://www.tradinggeeks.net/downloads/ib-data-downloader/ It outputs an ASCII file which can be imported into Amibroker. No need to have TWS running 24hrs.

I am a little disappointed in the way Labor have managed the story around stopping cash refunds of franking credits but fully support that decision (eventhough I am currently a beneficiary). The concept of paying a tax refund when no tax has been paid is illogical from an economic, taxation or...

0.36 = 0.68 / 1.86

Big 4 banks and their broking subsidiaries argue that foreign competitors should be subject to the same regulations as they are (an easy line to peddle to pollies) , thus govt pressure on ASIC to act even if this results in less protection for the consumer.

some points to note re SMSFs: 1) Your SMSF auditor must be independent of the person preparing the SMSF accounts. 2) The accounting costs for an SMSF depend on the quality of the information the trustee provides to the accountant. 3) The audit fees depend on the quality of the information the...

Absolute nonsense (Not a Duck -- just an accountant)

This change is apparently a result of the new NTP trading platform the ASX implemented from 20 March.

OK, thanks skc.

Anyone aware of a change in the pre-open auction procedure on the SPI 200 futures contract? The pre-open auction settlement previously occurred at 9:49:30 but this has disappeared from my IB data feed from the beginning of last week. I have not been able to find any info on the ASX website and...