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If I may, what is the timeframe for your algo trades? If it's short one like say in minutes, then you might want to test it with small amount of real money be
by thisisit 9y ago
If I may, what is the timeframe for your algo trades?
If it's short one like say in minutes, then you might want to test it with small amount of real money before going all in. The reason is orders fills are imperfect. So, cost price you had during backtests vs realtime might differ a lot.
- jason_slack 9y agoThis is the hard part. How much money am I willing to part with :-) Some of these places I think need $25k in an account.
- boulos 9y agoActually, that threshold is an SEC one for being a “frequent trader”. So anyone who doesn’t is just not telling you that you’ll need at least 25k (and IIRC, at all times) to make the volume of trades you want.