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James,
OptionsXpress has paper trading, but you have to be a customer.
I tried it and it seems good, although it doesn't accept the most complex
prders.
alberto
----- Original Message -----
From: "james brady" <jimbrady51@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 5:24 AM
Subject: [amibroker] WHERE & HOW CAN I "PAPER TRADE"?
> OK, so I have done my backtests, optimizations,
> and walk forward to reassure myself. But let's say I
> want
> to papertrade for a while to increase my comfort and
> safety level. I'm an EOD trader, so, every night,
> I'll get on the computer and, and ... do what? I can
> run a scan to generate my Buys and Sells for tomorrow,
> right. But since I won't actually be buying or
> selling on some sort of brokerage account, how do I
> keep track of the buys, sells, commissions, money
> market interest on my idle money, etc? Can I do it on
> Amibroker? As part of the Automatic Analysis window?
>
> I have called both Ameritrade and TD Waterhouse,
> and they seem to be telling me that they don't offer a
> good paper trade account. Where do I get this? Are
> there some other online brokers that offer such a
> service, and I should switch accounts? Could I use a
> spreadsheet? Quicken, Yahoo!--none of these seem so
> simple. A special website? I went on Google with an
> entry like "paper trading stock market securities,"
> and the hits I got don't seem so easy or cheap, or
> they trying to pressure me into secutities other than
> common stocks. Hey, everybody pays homage to the idea
> of papertrading, but how do you actually do it?
>
> Anybody have any suggestions, tips, personal
> experience, etc? Can you point me to a good article
> somewhere in the investment literature, or online? Do
> you know of a webbroker or other sort of website that
> would provide this service free, or for a modest cost,
> keeping track of fees, interest on idle money, etc.
> Please help, I'm eager to get back in the market.
>
> Jim Brady
>
>
>
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