Arbitrageur

Have you looked in the Wilmott forums? lots of quants talking about many aspects of algorithms there

erm... I posted in here with some comments this morning, but was advised my posts were being "moderated" whatever that means. Anyway, since the post hasnt yet appeared, it may as well be deleted since everyone else has already answered the questions.

if you're looking to scalp or even trade short term intraday outrights, I'd strongly suggest you sim trade for an extended period of time to enable you to develop your edge, before you put any capital at risk. Can i ask why you were looking to the asian markets? you might want to also consider the european markets, specifically the eurostoxx & dax for stock futures, and the bund/bobl/shatz for fixed income - these are all commonly scalped in prop firms in London. Also the timezone isnt too bad, as these markets open early evening AEDT. For a simulator, you could perhaps look at NinjaTrader as I beleive the sim is free, and you can use it with IB data.

hello guys.. same name for me here. I'm not ditching t2w, but happy to participate in trading discussions!