Tips & Tricks

May
24

TASC Traders’ Tips: Distance Coefficient Ehlers Filter

A revised version of Distance Coefficient Ehlers Filter, this version is a revision from April 2001 TASC submission. This indicator show usage of setseries in vbscript, setseries stores intermediate calculation result that can be used for bases of an indicator calculation.

I have also included the original version without any setseries or makeindicator calls.

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Distance Coefficient Ehlers Filter New Version

Distance Coefficient Ehlers Filter Original Version

May
22

TASC Traders’ Tips: Percentage Price Oscillator

This is another TASC traders’ tips submission from February 2001, I have revised the VBScript indicator to make the indicator easier to read and take advantage of later added functions in NeoTicker.

A formula language version of the indicator is also available for download.

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Percentage Price Oscillator in VBScript

Precentage Price Oscillator in Formula Language

May
6

TASC Traders’ Tips: The Quest for Reliable Crossovers

Click on this link: TASC The Quest for Reliable Crossover to download the source in NeoTicker formula language, a May 2008 traders’ tips submission.
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Apr
11

Moving Average by Step: A Good Research Tool

What is average volume of 3:00 to 3:30 PM, over the pass 10 days?

What is average range of 9:30 AM to 9:45 AM, over the pass 20 days?

These are the questions that traders often ask when doing research on market statistics, in view of this we have created Moving Average by Step that will provide answer to these kind questions easily.
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Apr
7

DTN IQFeed Usage Tips and System Requirements

In the current market condition, many data vendors experience system overload and problems with data delivery. Here is our observation and tips on using IQFeed with NeoTicker.
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Mar
25

Case Study: Custom $TICK

This example build a TICK index with a custom symbol list. The advantage of having a custom tick index is it can be updated as fast as 1 second instead of exchange broadcast $TICK which update every 10 seconds, also with custom tick index calculation value will be based on your own symbol list instead of all exchnage traded symbols.
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Mar
19

Valid Datetime By Timeframe

In NeoTicker 4.20 Build 31 there is a new built-in indicator called Valid Datetime by Timeframe. It is a tool indicator as oppose to a technical analysis indicator.

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Mar
18

eSignal real-time data problem today

If it looks like you are not receiving all the real-time updates to your chart, close the eSignal Data Manager and then let NeoTicker auto restart it for you.

Do not choose complete reload if you have a lot of background calculations (like NeoBreadth, quote formulas), use Reconnect Only instead.

Once you are connected to a healthy server, you will notice the difference.

Mar
15

Tune up your trading computer

The default settings in Windows XP do not give you all the power your computer has for your trading needs. Here are the things that you can do to tune up your computer for better performance.
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Mar
10

Trading computers – Pentium 4 3G HyperThreading vs Core 2 Q6600 Quad-Core

When my trusted trading computer started to report 70% CPU load at the end of last year, I know it is time to shop for a new computer. Afterall, my computer, a Pentium 4 3G Hyperthreading machine, worked very well for several years. Maybe it is time to invest into faster and better technology, so I started my journey to shop for a new computer.
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