tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post116493088917402867..comments2023-07-03T06:33:52.478-04:00Comments on Trader-X...views from a distorted mind.: Scanning for gaps...Trader-Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15148372813905710453noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1165330200291537302006-12-05T09:50:00.000-05:002006-12-05T09:50:00.000-05:00I'm using TI in a very similar manner.I've written...I'm using TI in a very similar manner.<BR/><BR/>I've written a perl script to load the symbols into Medved QuoteTracker (QT). Using an hash to remove duplicates and perl's LWP package to load the symbols into QT (QT has a http interface).<BR/><BR/>The only manual step is dumping the data from TradeIdeas (TI) to a file. Is there an API for TI ? (COM/OLE ?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1165117336982799392006-12-02T22:42:00.000-05:002006-12-02T22:42:00.000-05:00FYI, Scottrade has Trade Ideas for free. $7 commis...FYI, Scottrade has Trade Ideas for free. $7 commission per trade. I have a few scans but I usually work off of high beta Industry Watchlists, like steel, oil, builders, commodities, airlines, exchanges, nazdaq/tech for group movement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1165085320766322492006-12-02T13:48:00.000-05:002006-12-02T13:48:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing ExEngineer!Thanks for sharing ExEngineer!Trader-Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15148372813905710453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1165084296470959482006-12-02T13:31:00.000-05:002006-12-02T13:31:00.000-05:00I'm a big believer in automating repeated tasks as...I'm a big believer in automating repeated tasks as much as possible. Here's a quick Excel tool I made to automatically remove duplicates in a watchlist:<BR/><BR/><A>http://savefile.com/files/309221</A><BR/><BR/>Just download, open the file, enable the Macros and follow the directions. It's just a Macro to automatically use the built in advanced filter, allowing only unique results. If you <I>really</I> want to, you can do this manually in Excel by clicking Data--> Filter--> Advanced Filter and going through the GUI.Prospectushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015439430885405767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1165017471904974832006-12-01T18:57:00.000-05:002006-12-01T18:57:00.000-05:00I don't look at ADV. Since I sort my watchlist by ...I don't look at ADV. <BR/><BR/>Since I sort my watchlist by current volume, I tend to get into pretty liquid stocks. If the spread is wide, I usually pass. On average, I would say I don't trade stocks with under 750K-1M in volume for the day just because I sort my watchlist by volume.Trader-Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15148372813905710453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1165017171699648312006-12-01T18:52:00.000-05:002006-12-01T18:52:00.000-05:00do you see any correlation between ADV and volume ...do you see any correlation between ADV and volume on day of the gap. generally speaking, 100K adv is just too light for me, but maybe with the extraordinary volume they are liquid enough.<BR/><BR/>thanks for the tipsQQQBallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04059571448402225732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1164991860944129262006-12-01T11:51:00.000-05:002006-12-01T11:51:00.000-05:00Min Gap Up %, and Min Gap Down % - just plug in yo...Min Gap Up %, and Min Gap Down % - just plug in your numbers.Trader-Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15148372813905710453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1164991676435801182006-12-01T11:47:00.000-05:002006-12-01T11:47:00.000-05:00X, What alerts do you use to get the gap ups and g...X, <BR/><BR/>What alerts do you use to get the gap ups and gap downs in one Trade-Ideas window? I use the gap up and gap down window specific filters, and I have to have separate windows for gap up and gap down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1164988780358755682006-12-01T10:59:00.000-05:002006-12-01T10:59:00.000-05:00Yes, but when I move it over to my RealTick watchl...Yes, but when I move it over to my RealTick watchlist it automatically eliminates the duplicates.<BR/><BR/>If you don't use RT, you can always sort your Excel list alphabetically and just manually delete the dups...should only take a minute or two.Trader-Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15148372813905710453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1164987702235718582006-12-01T10:41:00.000-05:002006-12-01T10:41:00.000-05:00Good morning X-Whenever I export to excel, I get t...Good morning X-<BR/>Whenever I export to excel, I get the same symbol 4 or 5 times. Does that happen to you?<BR/>Thank youbidmarkethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634776901958363867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1164983840980710862006-12-01T09:37:00.000-05:002006-12-01T09:37:00.000-05:00estocastica - Did you get the free trial on the Tr...estocastica - Did you get the free trial on the Trade-Ideas website ?NoGreedNoFearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200318229521904522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1164980600804261052006-12-01T08:43:00.000-05:002006-12-01T08:43:00.000-05:00Will - my trading platform is RealTick, which is w...Will - my trading platform is RealTick, which is where I keep my watchlist. Excel is just a middle step to quickly get the stocks from Trade-Ideas to RealTick.Trader-Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15148372813905710453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1164949318342993872006-12-01T00:01:00.000-05:002006-12-01T00:01:00.000-05:00X- I noticed you said you export your watchlist to...X- I noticed you said you export your watchlist to Excel, and it updates in real time based on volume. Is this one of those situations where you're using an API/DDE spreadsheet? Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1164945641186762722006-11-30T23:00:00.000-05:002006-11-30T23:00:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing your Trade-Idea configs and I l...Thanks for sharing your Trade-Idea configs and I love your idea to scan for a lower % on higher priced stocks -- makes perfect sense!<BR/><BR/>I also use an additional criteria of "Min Volume Today" is 75,000 shares, since I like the see at least 100K shares traded in the first 30 minutes. Again, I run this scan at 9:50am, so I'd reduce it a bit if I were to run it at 9:45am.<BR/><BR/>I'm still debating if I should subscribe to Trade-Ideas (I've had a month long trial but it expires in a few days). Since you are now using it as your solitary scan source, it's obviously worked out well for you. I've really enjoyed using it and it's very reliable (unlike Prophet.net or Quote.com). However, it is kind of pricey (and for good reason, as it's an extremely powerful tool...just not sure if I'll ever use it for more than simple Gap scanning).estohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221748411672103078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1164941758485170132006-11-30T21:55:00.000-05:002006-11-30T21:55:00.000-05:00Yes, sorted by volume in real-time so it is consta...Yes, sorted by volume in real-time so it is constantly updating. There are usually several 100 in the list, but I tend to focus on the top 20-30. If I have time, or cannot find anything, I may go deeper into the list.<BR/><BR/>Another method is to have two lists - one NASDAQ and one NYSE, and focus on the top 20 or so on each list.<BR/><BR/>Or, just focus on NASDAQ.Trader-Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15148372813905710453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1164941175333198312006-11-30T21:46:00.000-05:002006-11-30T21:46:00.000-05:00X,After your scan results are collected, I assume ...X,<BR/><BR/>After your scan results are collected, I assume you sort by volume? Also, roughly how many stocks does this give you to watch daily: 10, 100, 1000?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1164940597135266892006-11-30T21:36:00.000-05:002006-11-30T21:36:00.000-05:00Previous day's close.If you want to refine it more...Previous day's close.<BR/><BR/>If you want to refine it more, you can always cull the results list to gaps above/below previous day's high/low.Trader-Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15148372813905710453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9459815.post-1164938456927310142006-11-30T21:00:00.000-05:002006-11-30T21:00:00.000-05:00X, on your 2% minimum gap for stocks below $50 - a...X, on your 2% minimum gap for stocks below $50 - applies to gap from previous day close or previous day high?<BR/><BR/>ZenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com