Posts: 19
Joined: 2/10/2010
Location: Racine, Wisconsin
User Profile Hello all and particularly Barry,
Can you help me out with a script for OP that would restrict it to trading not more than 3 day trades within a five day period?
Could it also include a stipulation not to apply the above rule once the account equity is over $30,000?
Thank you,
Roger Boye.
Posts: 3433
Joined: 3/13/2006
Location: L'ville, GA
User Profile EXCELLENT REQUEST!
I personally don't know how to do this but it would be INCREDIBLY USEFUL for a large number of OT customers ... in fact, I'd guess that it would encourage people who heretofore have avoided using OP to dive in.
Nirvana, please consider this one carefully.
(Also, once you get to RT trading in OVest, this will definitely be needed there as an option).
Thanks!
Posts: 19
Joined: 2/10/2010
Location: Racine, Wisconsin
User Profile Thanks for your Support Jim!
Roger Boye.
Posts: 603
Joined: 7/11/2007
Location: Braintree, MA
User Profile Excellent idea
For people who don't get why this would be useful it is designed to avoid problems when you have a non-margin/cash only trading account. This can help you avoid a margin call as well
MB trading simply won't let you violate the 3 day clearing rule - the requested trade will go unfilled.
But this idea needs to be included in Port Sim as well - so you can get a feel for how the 3-day clearing rule effects your results.
Even better, allow (in OP and Port Sim) a way to control how many longs vs shorts are entered each day, or how many you have open at any time, or how many trades/day you will enter, etc. If you have a cash acct you may want to spread your trading out and not be completely allocated all in one day, for example
And we should not have to wait for a new module or a version of omnivest's trade processor - these are not complex adjustments that could be implemented into OP/PS.
Last BASH Ed said we would see a huge improvement in Port Sim in 2013 - wonder when that update will hit the streets?