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The “Flash Crash” strategy is a short-term trading approach inspired by the experiences and stories of Jesse Livermore, as described in the classic trading book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. This autobiographical account of Livermore’s
By AllTick
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The Turtle Trading Strategy is a classic trend-following approach developed in the 1980s by Richard Dennis and William Eckhardt. This strategy identifies entry and exit points by tracking a market’s highest and lowest prices over a defined
By AllTick
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If you have years of experience in quantitative trading, you’re probably no stranger to the Google Finance API. It was once a very popular tool in the financial trading industry, offering numerous advantages over its competitors. The Google
By AllTick
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This article introduces how to use Python to call pre-packaged high-frequency data APIs. We’ll use Alltick’s tick data interface as an example. Here’s a sample code snippet. Requesting Candlestick Data In the code above, we use the Apple st
By AllTick
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The Bollinger Bands strategy was developed by John Bollinger in the early 1980s. It is a highly popular technical analysis tool used to assess the price level and volatility of an asset. The Bollinger Bands consist of three lines: the middl
By AllTick
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Candlestick charts are a widely used chart type in stock markets and financial trading, designed to display information such as the opening price, highest price, lowest price, and closing price over a specific time period. This article intr
By AllTick
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The Dual Moving Average (Dual MA) strategy is a simple yet widely used technical analysis tool designed to identify trend changes in the market and generate trading signals. This strategy involves two moving averages—a short-term (fast) and
By AllTick
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The R-Breaker strategy is a well-known trading strategy developed by American trader and programming expert Richard Saidenberg. It was made public in the early 1990s. This strategy is primarily used in the futures markets, where it has perf
By AllTick
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The foreign exchange (forex) market, known for its high liquidity and 24-hour trading cycle, attracts a large number of traders. Quantitative trading strategies are also very popular in the forex market. Below are three classic forex tradin
By AllTick
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The pairs trading strategy is a high-frequency trading approach that seeks to profit from the price spread changes between two correlated assets by simultaneously buying one and short-selling the other. The core idea behind this strategy is
By AllTick
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Backtesting, short for retrospective testing, is the process of evaluating how a trading strategy would have performed in the past. It’s a critical step to determine whether your trading system is viable. Backtesting can be done manually or
By AllTick
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Ultra-short-term trading (also known as intraday trading, from the English term Day Trading) refers to buying and selling stocks within the same trading day in order to profit from short-term price fluctuations. Today, let’s explore some cl
By AllTick
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In today’s financial markets—brimming with both challenges and opportunities—traders face complex decisions and fierce competition. To stand out and succeed in this dynamic environment, it takes more than just technical skills and market kn
By AllTick
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In today’s highly competitive financial markets, high-frequency trading (HFT) and algorithmic trading have become essential tools for many investors and traders seeking profit. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned professional, mastering
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The MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) is a widely used tool in technical analysis, primarily employed to gauge the trend and momentum of stock or other asset prices. First introduced by Gerald Appel in the 1970s, MACD has become
By AllTick
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