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1. Portara - Dual DST Differences for Funds and CTA's

   Depending on the location of your trading operation(s) Dual-DST differences are a primary headache to intraday data creation for many funds. CQG Datafactory and Portara raw databases are all timestamped in Chicago time REGARDLESS of the exchange in which the data derived from. This is a potential nightmare for Funds residing in the US, for instance who wish their overseas markets to display exchange timestamps. See how Portara resolves these differences for all global exchanges regardless of your funds location. There's more here than meets the eye... Direct

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2. Portara - Where is the best place to Roll A Futures Contract

   I am often asked where the best place is to roll a futures contract even from seasoned traders. There are many variants but in the end it boils down to a date and an underlying reason why. If you don't know the nuances of the various sectors and markets that have developed over the years and why for instance you need to choose long periods in the metals before expiry date compared to only a day or so in the indexes then you face problems. This presentation demonstrates a few very simple methods of how to determine an optimal place; a sweet-spot to work with. I discuss a method to find best roll position for TYAA (Financials) Metals and Dax. You can apply the same reasoning and logic to any globally traded future by simply observing behaviour..

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   I am often asked where the best place is to roll a futures contract even from seasoned traders. There are many variants but in the end it boils down to a date and an underlying reason why. If you don't know the nuances of the various sectors and markets that have developed over the years and why for instance you need to choose long periods in the metals before expiry date compared to only a day or so in the indexes then you face problems. This presentation demonstrates a few very simple methods of how to determine an optimal place;… more

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3. Portara - How to Create RTH Daily Data with CQG Datafactory

   Watch this short presentation to discover how to create RTH Daily data from CQG Datafactory INTRADAY database. There is no way to do this with standard daily bars. An intraday database is essential to be able to have dynamic session for Daily OHLC Data.

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   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y3BKUlU1W0#action=share

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4. Portara - Robustness Testing & Strategy Optimisation Using Data

   Traders often try to use their backtester — personal code or software application — to create ways in which to test system models for robustness. However, perhaps there is a much easier solution? Perhaps manipulating the data itself, rather than the code, is a far easier way in which to draw result comparisons. In this simple video you will see the creation of alternative data sets based on:

   1. Increasing and decreasing the volatility across a commodity or portfolio of commodities
   2. Cropping intraday bars from the beginning and end of your daily session
   3. Randomising the opens and closes of the daily or intraday session
   4. Horizontal and vertical mirror imaging sets

   Why do this? Well, if you want to know, from a risk profile, whether your systems hold up when volatility explodes, you may find answers that surprise you. Say you want to consider whether the the open you follow in a 24h market, is statistically significant to your test results or not? If you are trading a volatility off open momentum model, then this is the type of robustness test you may wish to consider. Say if a trending portfolio suddenly alters its regime?

   Data is king of kings — treat it that way.

   Video can be viewed here:
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtfW3M-1sYw#action=share

   Traders often try to use their backtester — personal code or software application — to create ways in which to test system models for robustness. However, perhaps there is a much easier solution? Perhaps manipulating the data itself, rather than the code, is a far easier way in which to draw result comparisons. In this simple video you will see the creation of alternative data sets based on:

   1. Increasing and decreasing the volatility across a commodity or portfolio of commodities
   2. Cropping intraday bars from the beginning and end of your daily session
   3. Randomising the opens and closes of the daily… more
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5. Portara - Discussion on SOB (Start of Bar) versus EOB (End of Bar) intraday txt CSV backtest data

   Some backtesters require data in SOB (Start of Bar) format where others require an EOB (End of Bar) approach. This video contrasts the difference between the two sets of valid timestamp models — for the data importer interfaces that backtesters contain — and researchers inevitable come across. With Portara, you can make backtesting choices for any style of backtester you currently work with — even customized self-designs. Make sure you UNDERSTAND fully the data you are working with.

   The worst case scenario is to purchase data from an unknown supplier only to find 'surprises' later when you reach the data importer read-in stage. For instance, who wants to purchase an expensive data portfolio only to find double timestamps, non contiguous data, zeroes and date issues destroying the all-important data parsing from your backtester.

   The moral is: Get your data right first and don't blame your backtester's framework! :)

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   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdrLLYo6Bb4#action=share

   Some backtesters require data in SOB (Start of Bar) format where others require an EOB (End of Bar) approach. This video contrasts the difference between the two sets of valid timestamp models — for the data importer interfaces that backtesters contain — and researchers inevitable come across. With Portara, you can make backtesting choices for any style of backtester you currently work with — even customized self-designs. Make sure you UNDERSTAND fully the data you are working with.

   The worst case scenario is to purchase data from an unknown supplier only to find 'surprises' later when you reach the data… more

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6. What is an Omnibus account and how does it work?

   http://www.cqg.com/Docs/OmnibusTrading.pdf

   Omnibus accounts, set up by clearing firms for non-clearing firms, are used to funnel orders from individual accounts at a non-clearing firm into one omnibus account at the clearing firm. All orders placed for a particular exchange from those individual accounts are sent to the clearing firm and exchange using the omnibus account.

   In this way, customers of the non-clearing firm are not disclosed to the clearing firm.

   Non-clearing firms are able to manage risk separately from the omnibus account and can have multiple
   omnibus accounts with a range of clearing firms.

   A separate omnibus environment is created. The clearing FCM sets up the omnibus account, making sure to set the location and risk server for the omnibus route. The non-clearing FCM sets up the individual accounts. Traders associated with the non-clearing firm place orders using that firm’s account, and the orders are sent to the clearing firm and exchange using the omnibus account.

   For example:

   Suppose that a non-clearing firm needs to clear Eurex through a specific clearing firm:
   1. The clearing firm provides their Eurex ID to be used by the non-clearing firm to CQG.
   2. CQG creates an Omnibus Eurex route.
   3. In CAST (Customer Account Service Tool), the clearing firm creates an omnibus account for the non-clearing firm, sets the route for the account as Omnibus Eurex route, and then sets risk for the omnibus account. The total individual accounts at the non-clearing firm cannot place trades beyond the risk parameters set for the omnibus account.
   4. In CAST, the non-clearing firm creates individual accounts and sets risk for those accounts.
   5. When any of those non-clearing individual accounts trade on Eurex, trades from the non-clearing firm are submitted to the clearing firm and Eurex using the omnibus account. Because they all use the same route, they remain anonymous.
   6. CQG also offers the option of a virtual omnibus account that uses the non-clearing firm account number rather than the omnibus account number. You can take advantage of the omnibus functionality, using one account to manage risk for an entire group while sending individual accounts to the exchange.

   http://www.cqg.com/Docs/OmnibusTrading.pdf

   Omnibus accounts, set up by clearing firms for non-clearing firms, are used to funnel orders from individual accounts at a non-clearing firm into one omnibus account at the clearing firm. All orders placed for a particular exchange from those individual accounts are sent to the clearing firm and exchange using the omnibus account.

   In this way, customers of the non-clearing firm are not disclosed to the clearing firm.

   Non-clearing firms are able to manage risk separately from the omnibus account and can have multiple
   omnibus accounts with a range of clearing firms.

   A separate omnibus environment is created. The… more

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7. Multiple Accounts

   Is there a way to arrange(sort) the accounts? I have 50-70 different accounts, is there a way to put 10-15 accounts I want first and sort the rest numerically? Right now they are all listed in a random order.

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8. CQG Alerts no longer work with Gmail, is there a work around?

   I used to be able to use Gmail to send/receive alerts from my CQG, but it no longer works, is there a work around?

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9. Where can I find training videos?

   I would like training videos to review

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10. Millisecond Charting

    Are there any plans to add 100Millisecond charts in IC, and QTrader equally, with on tick updates not bar fills.

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11. Conditions for Marking a Bar / Marking Todays Bars

    Hello. I like to mark all bars of the current day (today). I did not find a condition for that. At the moment I solve this task with the LocalDayOfWeek(@) = x formula. But this is not ideal as I need to change the "x" every day.

    Thank You.

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12. Ladder Size

    I think it's version 18x12x8063 that I upgraded to today. Doesn't allow the same smaller size ladders.

    Previous version was 18x10x8032.

    Is there an option somewhere to change to a smaller font?

    Or how do I roll back to previous software version?

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13. Custom Study

    I am creating a custom study. Basically, I want to identify Bar X... where X is marked when Range(@) > MA((Range(@)[-1]),Exp,10); now what I want to do is WHEN the bar range exceeds the range of the prior 10 bars, I want to Draw a line from the 50% line. I know I am drawing today the Open and Close of the Bar X via 2 curves close/open(@)[0] when Range(@) > MA((Range(@)[-1]),Exp,10); ... but again, how do I say @ 50% of that bars price, I want to draw another curve? it is unclear from all your docs...

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14. Vertical Line

    what is the best way to draw a vertical line on price? lets say at a given time... like 8AM CST... and I mean doing so automatically via a custom indicator, not via messing around with my page or instrument sessions.

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15. Preventing impossible trades in backtesting

    I have some strategies that frequently trade on the same bar. Most of these trades are fine, but in back-testing, I have reason to believe that some small number of them are trading in an impossible order. For instance, in a long trade, the price might enter the bar at an intermediate value, fall to the low that meets my sell condition, rise to a high that meets my buy condition, and then exit to the next bar. In back-testing, this would show up as a completed trade, since both my sell and my buy condition are met within the bar. Is there a way of ruling out such impossible trades when back-testing?

    At first I thought that the HiLo1 function solved the problem, but it will reject single-bar trades even where the trade can be completed. For example, in the trade described above, if the price rises from the low to the high that triggers a buy, and then falls back down to the low that triggers the sale, conditioning the sale on high before low with HiLo1 would block the sale.

    Is there a way to insist that sales come after buys on within-bar long positions, or before them on within-bad long positions?

    I have some strategies that frequently trade on the same bar. Most of these trades are fine, but in back-testing, I have reason to believe that some small number of them are trading in an impossible order. For instance, in a long trade, the price might enter the bar at an intermediate value, fall to the low that meets my sell condition, rise to a high that meets my buy condition, and then exit to the next bar. In back-testing, this would show up as a completed trade, since both my sell and my buy condition are met within the… more

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16. How to set up a spreader with the least messaging

    What would be the optimal parameter to quote a calendar spread sending the least possible messaging ?

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17. Is it possible to OCO an order from the spreader to a normal order ?

    I'm working an normal outright order in the exchange traded spread and one in my CQG spreader. I would like to set it, so the first fill cancel the other. Is that possible?

    Thank you

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18. Eurex trading

    These questions are for the following setup:

    Exchange: Eurex
    Broker: AMP Futures which is set up for CQG
    Trading Server (i.e. Customer) location: Europe
    Question 1:
    If I locate my trading server to London should I expect to get lower latencies than if I locate it to Frankfurt ?
    Question 2:
    While opening/Closing positions is there any packet traffic between Europe and USA (e.g. Risk control) which may affect to latencies ?
    Question 3:
    While receiving quotes is there any packet traffic between Europe and USA which may affetc to latencies ?
    Question 4:
    Any suggestions for a reliable VPS provider in that city what was the answer for the 1st question ?

    These questions are for the following setup:

    Exchange: Eurex
    Broker: AMP Futures which is set up for CQG
    Trading Server (i.e. Customer) location: Europe
    Question 1:
    If I locate my trading server to London should I expect to get lower latencies than if I locate it to Frankfurt ?
    Question 2:
    While opening/Closing positions is there any packet traffic between Europe and USA (e.g. Risk control) which may affect to latencies ?
    Question 3:
    While receiving quotes is there any packet traffic between Europe and USA which may affetc to latencies ?
    Question 4:
    Any suggestions for a reliable VPS… more

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19. Price levels/areas from CSV file

    Hello, need help creating a study that gets a list of price levels from a CSV file (or online google sheet file) and plots them on the chart, this way I don't need to do plot all my price lines daily.

    Plotting price areas (between two price levels) would also be a plus.

    Thanks

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20. OCO bracket created on two existing orders

    Let's suppose the trader already placed the two dis-joint orders such as a BUY limit @ 90 and a BUY stop @ 110. Bid/ask is at 99/100.
    Is it possible to join together these two orders into one logic OCO after they are already placed on the DOMTrader as described above?

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