Who is HPT?

Hi, I go by the name of HPT. I live in California and I'm a full time trader.
I've been trading stocks, futures and options for years.
I primarily day trade stocks and stock futures such as ES, YM, and NQ.
I also day trade bond futures ZF, ZN, and ZB.

I use QuoteTracker and NinjaTrader for my charting software, Zenfire as my data feed for futures, and Interactive Brokers as my stock data feed and broker. I'm also using NinjaTrader to backtest trading ideas for my automated trading system. (learn about the free automated trading system I setup with Quotetracker)

I run a live trading channel where you can see me trade live and where you can chat with several other traders-

Justin.tv HPT Trading Channel



Ustream.tv HPT Trading Channel (Ustream channel is inactive currently)


For trading I use two 22 inch monitors and a fast computer. To read more about my setup checkout My Chart Setup.



I have several trading techniques that I use for day trading that I go into great detail on my "High Probability Trade Setups" post.



I also have recorded videos of my live trading and put them on my youtube channel.

Who is HPT?

Hi, I go by the name of HPT. I live in California and I'm a full time trader.
I've been trading stocks, futures and options for years.
I primarily day trade stocks and stock futures such as ES, YM, and NQ.
I also day trade bond futures ZF, ZN, and ZB.

I use QuoteTracker and NinjaTrader for my charting software, Zenfire as my data feed for futures, and Interactive Brokers as my stock data feed and broker. I'm also using NinjaTrader to backtest trading ideas for my automated trading system. (learn about the free automated trading system I setup with Quotetracker)

I run a live trading channel where you can see me trade live and where you can chat with several other traders-

Justin.tv HPT Trading Channel



Ustream.tv HPT Trading Channel (Ustream channel is inactive currently)


For trading I use two 22 inch monitors and a fast computer. To read more about my setup checkout My Chart Setup.



I have several trading techniques that I use for day trading that I go into great detail on my "High Probability Trade Setups" post.



I also have recorded videos of my live trading and put them on my youtube channel.

ATS Results

The ATS had another positive day. Making it positive each day this week. I ran the ATS all day today and it took 44 trades. 26 wins, 17 losses, and 1 Breakeven. the avg. win was 90 and the avg loss was -100. I did move the stop a few times during the day on 3 or 4 trades, and I shouldn't have because the trades would have worked better without my intervention. Next week I will be testing out a different exit strategy because as you will see from the Maximum Favorable Excursion Stats, the ATS could've made a lot more pts per trade if the profit target/trailing stop was optimized. I do agree that there is no perfect parameters and that what works one day will not work the next but there is still a lot of work to do on these ATS signals. The buy signal around 12:30 should have gotten 200 to 250 pts easy but only got 11 pts because the trailing stop was too tight. I'm thinking of changing the exit signal parameters for different time periods of the day because the first hour and last hour will be better suited to exit trades based on my exit signals as opposed to my trailing stop method. I'm happy to hear that people are trying the ATS out on there own and having positive results. I look forward to sharing ideas on automated trading and the signals the ATS makes. Also, ustream has been having problems the last 2 days, so it is likely I will be staying with justin.tv until uStream gets its act together. I did broadcast on both channels today, but I'm planning on making justin.tv the primary live video feed as long as they keep there servers running with no problems.

ATS Results

The ATS had another positive day. Making it positive each day this week. I ran the ATS all day today and it took 44 trades. 26 wins, 17 losses, and 1 Breakeven. the avg. win was 90 and the avg loss was -100. I did move the stop a few times during the day on 3 or 4 trades, and I shouldn't have because the trades would have worked better without my intervention. Next week I will be testing out a different exit strategy because as you will see from the Maximum Favorable Excursion Stats, the ATS could've made a lot more pts per trade if the profit target/trailing stop was optimized. I do agree that there is no perfect parameters and that what works one day will not work the next but there is still a lot of work to do on these ATS signals. The buy signal around 12:30 should have gotten 200 to 250 pts easy but only got 11 pts because the trailing stop was too tight. I'm thinking of changing the exit signal parameters for different time periods of the day because the first hour and last hour will be better suited to exit trades based on my exit signals as opposed to my trailing stop method. I'm happy to hear that people are trying the ATS out on there own and having positive results. I look forward to sharing ideas on automated trading and the signals the ATS makes. Also, ustream has been having problems the last 2 days, so it is likely I will be staying with justin.tv until uStream gets its act together. I did broadcast on both channels today, but I'm planning on making justin.tv the primary live video feed as long as they keep there servers running with no problems.

How to make a Free Automated Trading System Video Tutorial

Thanks to Boogster and some other great software, I've created my own Automated Trading System (ATS). Boogster made a very detailed post on how to make an ATS and I decided to make a tutorial video following his guide. If you have a broker that accepts API connections like Interactive Brokers, then you can make this Automated Trading System for Free. Here are the downloads you'll need-

Medved Quotetracker

- Free Charting Software

Bracket Trader

- Free Trade Management Software

Mailenable

- Free Mail Server

ActiveState Perl

- Free Scripting Software

HPT's updated Boogsters ATS Perl Script

- An email client that checks your email and enters a trade into Bracket Trader when a new alert is found in QuoteTracker

Interactive Broker’s TWS Demo

- A Free Demo account with Interactive Brokers

In the following Video Tutorial I will be going over everything you need to know from the first step of downloading the software all the way to having the ATS make its first live trade.

HPT's ATS Tutorial Part 1 - Downloading Software Setup


Part 2 - Installing and Configuring software


Part 3 - Setting up Quotetracker & ATS Email Tempelate


Part 4 - Bracket Trader Setup & Live Trade


Part 5 - ATS Exit Signals & IB Demo Account


Example of ATS Exit signal working


I would like to give a special thanks to Boogster for his work on the ATS perl script, Jerry for his awesome charting software QuoteTracker, and larry for his excellent Trade Management software Bracket Trader.

How to make a Free Automated Trading System Video Tutorial

Thanks to Boogster and some other great software, I've created my own Automated Trading System (ATS). Boogster made a very detailed post on how to make an ATS and I decided to make a tutorial video following his guide. If you have a broker that accepts API connections like Interactive Brokers, then you can make this Automated Trading System for Free. Here are the downloads you'll need-

Medved Quotetracker

- Free Charting Software

Bracket Trader

- Free Trade Management Software

Mailenable

- Free Mail Server

ActiveState Perl

- Free Scripting Software

HPT's updated Boogsters ATS Perl Script

- An email client that checks your email and enters a trade into Bracket Trader when a new alert is found in QuoteTracker

Interactive Broker’s TWS Demo

- A Free Demo account with Interactive Brokers

In the following Video Tutorial I will be going over everything you need to know from the first step of downloading the software all the way to having the ATS make its first live trade.

HPT's ATS Tutorial Part 1 - Downloading Software Setup


Part 2 - Installing and Configuring software


Part 3 - Setting up Quotetracker & ATS Email Tempelate


Part 4 - Bracket Trader Setup & Live Trade


Part 5 - ATS Exit Signals & IB Demo Account


Example of ATS Exit signal working


I would like to give a special thanks to Boogster for his work on the ATS perl script, Jerry for his awesome charting software QuoteTracker, and larry for his excellent Trade Management software Bracket Trader.

Things to do

After trading for 22 hours yesterday and 6 hours today, I'm taking a rest this weekend.
Things to do later this week-
Explain the indicators on the charts and make instructional video.
Go over trading rules and make instructional video.

I will be doing a chart analysis and market outlook Sunday night on Ustream at 9pm PST.

Things to do

After trading for 22 hours yesterday and 6 hours today, I'm taking a rest this weekend.
Things to do later this week-
Explain the indicators on the charts and make instructional video.
Go over trading rules and make instructional video.

I will be doing a chart analysis and market outlook Sunday night on Ustream at 9pm PST.