Feature
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Dakota End-of-Day |
Dakota
R/T |
Primary Use
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End-of-day trading or medium term investing.
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Intraday historical analysis and trading
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Swarm TechnologyTM |
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Swarm Technology Adaptive Trading Systems
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X |
X |
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Trading Bots |
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Built-in bots |
X |
X |
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Free downloadable bots |
X |
X |
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3rd-party bots available |
X |
X |
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Write your own bots and stops |
X
(not available in Dakota Express)
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X |
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Historical Analysis |
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Typical history used |
5-10 years daily data
(1,000-2,000 bars) |
3-to-6 months ticks
(5-10 million ticks or 10,000 bars)
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Data Sources Supported |
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Text Files |
X |
X |
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Metastock format (end-of-day) |
X |
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Multiple data sources in one trading sytem |
X |
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Streaming feeds via
QuoteTracker (current
feed list) |
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X |
Move from historical to on-line processing
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X |
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Tick and Bar
Support |
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End-of-Day bars |
X |
(Possible but not the purpose) |
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Intraday bars |
(Possible via text files) |
X |
Historical ticks (bid/ask/price/volume)
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X |
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Bar
Creation |
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Create bars from historical ticks
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X |
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Convert historical bars to new
bar types |
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X |
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Create Time based bars (example: 5 minute) |
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X |
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Create Tick-count based bars |
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X |
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Create Volume-based bars |
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X |
Create Range-based bars
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X |
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Trading Signal Generation |
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Immediate position taking |
X |
X |
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Delayed position taking (use today's signals tomorrow) |
X |
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Trade the Open or the Close
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X |
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Computing Technology |
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Multi-processor / Multi-core CPU Support
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X |
X |
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Other Items |
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Microsoft Word report system documentation |
X |
X |
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Export prices, signals and equity curves |
X |
X |
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System repeatability studies |
X |
(historical data only) |
Run all tickers on a system searching for equity straightness
(smooth equity curves)
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X |
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