Symbol rotation with intraday entries
Author: trader rog
Creation Date: 3/11/2011 10:40 PM
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trader rog

#1
I am looking to use intraday entries within the RSI Rotation script but am not sure if it is possible. More specifically, I want to use market orders to buy on a one tick break above the previous 5 minute bar high only if that price is x% below the previous day's close. This could also help with time priority in that if many stocks qualify for purchase on a particular day, only the first few that meet the criteria would be executed. Is any of this doable using WL version 6.1?
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Cone

#2
It should be doable (in any version, but not currently in a Streaming window). You can run it in a static Strategy window or in the S. Monitor.
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trader rog

#3
Is this possible to simulate or would the test results using intraday entries based on 5 minute bars as stated above not be reliable? And could the time priority be incorporated into the backtest using intraday data?
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Cone

#4
Symbol rotation code includes priority by default because it should specify the entries and exits (or none) on any given bar - in backtest or realtime.

Reliability primarily depends on the data provider, but I can't remember trying something like this in the S. Monitor. Assuming Fidelity (currently), since you'll be executing on a primary symbol, the problem here will be updating the entire DataSet one symbol at a time; at approx. 3 seconds per round trip, that's too slow for more than a 10-symbol DataSet.

What's required for an intraday strategy like this one is a method for a provider to update all the [secondary] symbols in the DataSet nearly simultaneously. Fidelity is planning a data improvement in this area, but it's still only in a planning stage.
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trader rog

#5
Okay so this isn't possible yet in realtime. How about in a backtest though?
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Cone

#6
Well, sure. Why wouldn't it be possible in backtest?
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