FAQ
Holding positions during earnings and dividend dates
When pair trading you don't want to hold positions going into earnings date or dividend dates. You can use pages like this http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/today.html? to check for upcoming earnings dates, and if a stock in a pair has earnings ...
Viewing trading signals in PTF
Trading signals only show up during the times when you have PTF open, so as to avoid getting unactionable historic signals every time one opens PTF. It is a live trading tool. If one wants to review historic signals then these are in the history ...
PTF and Pair Matcher
PTF is incompatible with Pair matcher software and to run PTF you would need to uninstall Pair Matcher.
Trading PTF with Stock Pair
For trading with Stockpair, we recommend using the floating options and then just following the trading signals PTF provides. For further information we encourage you to contact Stockpair for a demo trading account so you can practice first without ...
PTF Support for Indian Markets
Our offering- PTF PRO v1 and above supports both IQFeed (broker independent) and Interactive Brokers (lowest cost option). With the help of IB, you can consume feeds for Indian markets. To link PRO to IB for data and greybox trading please follow ...
Configuring Email Alerts on PTF
To configure email alerts you must configure like the following: Outgoing fields should contain details of your ISP (internet service provider) and not gmail. For example if you have Internet access from Comcast then you should enter smtp.comcast.net ...
Backtesting in PTF PRO - Trading Recommendation
You shouldn't enter more than 40-50 stocks in any one group to prevent crashing. Also you should in most cases only be creating groups with stocks from the same industry, therefore, there is never a need to enter more than 50 stocks into one group ...
Pair Journal Sheet, Pre-Screened Stock and ETF ticker sheets
Here is the link to the Pair Journal Sheet: www.pairtradefinder.com/Pairs_Journal.xls There are 3 tabs in the spreadsheet. ETFs, FX and trade journal. The ETF tab can also be used to calculate positions sizes for stock positions. The FX tab is for ...
Co-integration in PTF
Yes, using Cointegration is an option in the software and we use it as a critical component of our trading system, though that is a choice. By default Cointegration is toggled off when you install PTF PRO as it is computationally costly. To enable it ...
Trading on PTF PRO with Forex, CFDs, Futures and Options
Traders interested to trade FX, CFDS, futures or options will want data on currencies (forex), futures, CFDs or options for which they will require an IQfeed data subscription or an integration to their Interactive Brokers' Trader Workstation, as per ...
PTF PRO User Testimonials
Example of a trader who is using PTF successfully. You can listen to the interview with him here: https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AGDerkku_BphJzk&cid=4D269EBE6AA4E5DA&id=4D269EBE6AA4E5DA%211271&parId=root&o=OneUp Please also see the unsolicited ...
How to run PTF on Mac OS?
Mac Users can run PTF PRO in Bootcamp running Windows 7 or above, or in Parallels. Parallels can be found here: http://www.parallels.com/au/products/desktop/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc and offer a free trial. Bootcamp can be found here: ...
How Does PairTrade Finder PRO work?
With regard to whether PairTrade Finder PRO works, you can demo it for 15 days for FREE to experience the results for yourself. After that, you will be harged for your subscription, though you have a further 30 days in which you may cancel and ...
Getting Started with PairTrade Finder PRO
Welcome! You can download the latest release version of PairTrade Finder PRO from www.pairtradefinder.com/downloadprov12.html That is our Members Center and where you can find links to all of the educational materials we provide, as well as trading ...
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Co-integration in PTF
Yes, using Cointegration is an option in the software and we use it as a critical component of our trading system, though that is a choice. By default Cointegration is toggled off when you install PTF PRO as it is computationally costly. To enable it ...
Day trading with PTF
PTF is not designed for intraday trading. It is designed for swing trading pairs and a holding between 1 to 3 weeks minimum. PTF PRO does update all prices intraday, however, either real-time or delayed depending on the datafeed in use (currently we ...
Adding Futures and FX symbols using IQFeed
For IQFeed contracts which contains '@' sign just use square brackets as we discussed. For IB futures use this syntax: <Symbol>:FUT@<Exchange>, for example: VUK8:FUT@CFE or HOK8:FUT@NYMEX. It works even for cryptocurrencies - both XBTJ8:FUT@CFECRYPTO ...
How do you address losing trades? Are there any tutorials or other guidance on how and when to exit losing trades?
Managing losing trades is the most important aspect of any trading system, in our opinion. A loss as defined on our backtesting is any trade that had a negative PnL result when closed. With stock pair trading, we focus on the following as our ...
Getting Started with PairTrade Finder PRO
Welcome! You can download the latest release version of PairTrade Finder PRO from www.pairtradefinder.com/downloadprov12.html That is our Members Center and where you can find links to all of the educational materials we provide, as well as trading ...