Evolution of Algo Trading over years

Posted on 21/01/202521/01/2025 by Ugur

VWAP: Volume weighted average priceTWAP: Time weighted average pricePOV/Volume: These strategies are referred to volume inline, percentage of volume (POV), of participation rate algorithmsArrival Price: The arrival price algorithm has different meanings across different brokers and vendorsImplementation Shortfall: The IS algorithm is like the arrival price algorithm in many waysBasket Algorithms: Basket algorithms also known as portfolio algorithms are algorithms that manage the trade-off between cost and total basket risk based on a user specified…

Design of my Trading Platform

Posted on 29/12/202401/01/2025 by Ugur

I would constantly update this post because it is also evolving over time and I would also want to write about my failures. My findings are as precious as my successful findings.

Best Examples for Signal Trading

Posted on 11/06/202311/06/2023 by Ugur

https://ugurcandan.com/mql5-signal-tracking-key-stats-per-month/ Link is the key stats of for the 196 signals that I am following. As of 28/May/2023: out of 195 tracked signals 77 discontinued. 32 in monthly loss with average -16%, 86 of them in monthly win with average +8%. 23 of them (best of the best) have a monthly gain of +20% in average. Ok one might have 20% monthly gain but is this a sustainable model? how does the growth look like…

Next Generation of Financial Markets for Traders–A Must Read List

Posted on 05/03/202311/03/2023 by Ugur

If you have not watched some of those videos below.. Or if you do not know majority of those sites. You must re consider what you know about todays financial market opportunities or modern financial markets. Some names: Courtney Smith – Coach of Martin (Marty) Schwartz, also known as Buzzy, is a well-known Wall Street trader who has amassed a substantial fortune trading futures, stocks and options. He is also an author of the day…

Edward Thorp who beat the dealer, and later, beat the market

Posted on 08/02/202319/02/2023 by Ugur

It was during the late-50’s and early-60’s, when Ed (Edward Thorp), a math genius and professor at MIT, took on the challenge of discovering a way to get an edge playing gambling games such as blackjack, roulette and baccarat. Long story short; Ed won—and he’s now considered the father of card counting. From there, the next obvious move for Ed was to take on financial markets—which he also did with a great degree of success….

Prediction Markets–If it is not trading what is it?

Posted on 08/02/202319/02/2023 by Ugur

While many are only hearing about prediction markets for the first time, for near a decade they were active. It is a shame that I have not noticed them. Life is strange. For example; trading on the outcome of Britney Spear’s conservatorship and the Suez Canal obstruction! – Could this event become a contract? In order to understand the process you need to navigate first. Polymarket PredictIt Kalshi A prediction market is a…

How can a $35 book go upto $23,698,655.93 (plus $3.99 shipping) at AMAZON? Real Story !

Posted on 18/12/201107/02/2012 by Ugur

After a few days From http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=358 Michael Eisen’ Blog: “….But two questions remained. Why were they doing this, and how long would it go on before they noticed? As I amusedly watched the price rise every day, I learned that Amazon retailers are increasingly using algorithmic pricing (something Amazon itself does on a large scale), with a number of companies offering pricing algorithms/services to retailers. Both profnath and bordeebook were clearly using automatic pricing –…

How Computing Power changes the way stock markets run? Impact of Algo Trading and High Frequency Trading (HFT)

Posted on 18/12/201118/12/2011 by Ugur

6 May 2010: Stock prices can go down as well as up. Never in financial history has this adage been more apt than on 6 May 2010. Then, the so-called “Flash Crash” sent shocks waves through global equity markets. The Dow Jones experienced its largest ever intraday point fall, losing $1 trillion of market value in the space of half an hour. History is full of such fat-tailed falls in stocks. Was this just another…