Some of the work traders do in building trading systems can be very creative and exciting, but unfortunately some of the work is not. In most cases, traders have a specific idea in mind that they… more
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Here are some thoughts about extracting "daily" values inside an intraday market.
A common request is to calculate and plot a "daily close" value of a study based on an intraday time frame… more
When it comes to coding your trading systems, allowing only one trade per day is by far the most frequent request.
In the example above, the session starts at 8:00 local time (see… more
Frequency distribution is simply how often a value appears within a group of values. For example, a group of values is a range from 1 to 5. The collection of numbers is 1, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, and 4… more
This interview is part of a series of interviews with traders who use CQG Integrated Client. The goal of these interviews is to illustrate why traders who begin using CQG tend to continue using… more
Although most mathematical technical indicators focus on capitalizing on either trending behavior by using tools like moving averages (see Trend Following Kept Simple: The 200-Day Simple… more
Daryl Guppy developed a trend-following technique using twelve exponentially-weighted moving averages. The twelve periods featured in his books are 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 18, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, and 60… more
Many technicians use complex technical indicators such as Average True Range, but experienced ones use them in conjunction with basic indicators such as volume and long-term simple moving averages… more
ICE May Cotton futures are setting up well as a low-risk, high-reward mean reversion trade. One of our preferred set-ups is countertrend trades in the direction of the longer-term trend. In the… more
CQG supports the Microsoft Excel RealTimeData (RTD) function in CQG Integrated Client version 8.4 and greater for delivering market data and other information to Excel. Through the combination of… more