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In a message dated 99-01-27 14:17:11 EST, magnus@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Welcome to the wonderful world of TradeStation!! This shit happens to me at
> least twice a quarter. The only solution that I came up with is to run 2 TS
> on 2 different computers. Once you get a signal, exit one TS and its
Server.
> Then enter the offline server. If the signal is there, it's valid. Then
> re-enter the online server. Later that night, paste in data from the
machine
> that was never touch.
>
> If anyone has another solution, please let me know.
Not sure its just Tradestation. I used to work in the Data processing of
oilfield siesmic and regular well log data, using DEC Vax computers, and in
house software. It was always wise to have an idea of the answers expected,
to verify what the computer said made sense. Seems to me that applies here
also. Once should understand ones system well enough, that when the computer
gives a signal you can verify it by looking at the data. This would seem
wise, anyway in view of the fact that how the decimals stack up could mean the
difference between a signal and no signal, on the slightest variance in the
data. Saw this with mechanical devices. Every part had a tolerance, and
given the distribution of the tolerances, everything usually went together
fine, but every now and then the tolerances would all stack up the same way,
and something wouldn't fit.
I personally believe as traders we can rely on the computer, but not to
the exclusion of being aware of whats going on.
Pete
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