Day Trading Setups
ST
(Gorilla, 675
Points)
on 7/7/12 at 4:18pm
For all the traders/day traders/ and anyone who works on a desk what kind of tools do you guys use to trade (And i'm not referring to the number of screens you rock)
A good buddy of mine argues that the only thing you need to trade is Technical Analysis but I really beg to differ
So get at me monkeys because I'm really interested to know what you guys use:
Technical Analysis?
Oscillators?
Algos?





Bloomberg terminal, Credit
Bloomberg terminal, Credit Suisse Locus and Mechanica. You also need access to the best VWAP and TWAP execution algos.
"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."
Macro Arbitrage: Bloomberg
Bloomberg terminal, Credit Suisse Locus and Mechanica. You also need access to the best VWAP and TWAP execution algos.
Yep, that's pretty much what I have at home as well.
"Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old"
I have a variety of
I have a variety of instruments displayed which include:
1.) FX majors and crosses
2.) 6-8 major market indicies
3.) Oil, Gold, Silver
4.) US 10-yr, USD index
All of these charts are using the same model(sorry cant get into it).
Additionally, I have two rotating shorter term intraday charts with market and composite volume profiles.
I look to capture mean-reverting and momentum based moves in a medium-high frequency capacity through algorithmic execution.
mfoste1: All of these charts
All of these charts are using the same model(sorry cant get into it).
Gotta love moving average crossovers.
"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."
Macro
All of these charts are using the same model(sorry cant get into it).
Gotta love moving average crossovers.
LOL