Why You Too Should Join The Independent Trader Movement (1)

Welcome to the first episode of the Trader Nation Podcast, an encounter with you, traders and investors of the independent trader movement, in audio format. Hosted by Nick "The Moose" Batsford. Episode summary Darwinex exists because the Internet made possible what we like to call the "independent trader nation". In the background if this are several megatrends…

May 17, 20180Comments

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Automated Tick Data Collection & Storage with R, MetaTrader, and a VPS

Let’s continue where we left off in our last post on tick data collection. If you missed it, it’s important that you familiarise yourself with its contents first. Here's the link again: https://blog.darwinex.com/download-tick-data-metatrader/ Therein, we promised a follow-up post that would discuss an approach for retail traders to automate tick data collection with…

April 13, 20184Comments

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Working with DARWIN Time Series Data in R (MLD-II)

This post describes how to prepare and analyse OHLC time series objects in R, from DARWIN datasets available publicly on our GitHub profile. * UPDATE (FEB 20, 2019): The datasets referenced below are no longer available on GitHub. Unlike the introductory posts in this series (see below) where we focused on environment configuration and fundamentals, from here on…

January 17, 20180Comments

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Interview with VolcanoFX (DARWIN $GTD)

VolcanoFX is the trader behind DARWIN $GTD. We highly recommend reading on to find out what it takes to run a consistent trading strategy for 4 years in a row... On top of being a great trader, VolcanoFX enjoys interacting with fellow traders and investors. Make sure you visit GTD's thread in the Darwinex community forum to…

October 16, 20170Comments

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Interview with SKForex (DARWIN $UYZ)

Fellow trader SKForex is a long time acquaintance on our platform. Since he migrated his strategy over to Darwinex in January 2016, he has managed to win various DarwinIA awards with his DARWIN $UYZ . We encourage you to read this interesting interview with the creator of the DARWIN which…

September 19, 20170Comments

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Hidden Markov Models & Regime Change: S&P500

In this post, we will employ a statistical time series approach using Hidden Markov Models (HMM), to firstly obtain visual evidence of regime change in the S&P500. Detecting significant, unforeseen changes in underlying market conditions (termed "market regimes") is one of the greatest challenges faced by algorithmic traders today. It is therefore critical that…

April 24, 20171Comment

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Interview with OakLadder (DARWIN $ERQ)

Next in our series of trader interviews is OakLadder, the trader behind DARWIN ERQ, currently ranked 2nd in the DarwinIA Hall of Fame! So, tell us a little about yourself. How did you get started and how long have you been trading for? When I was doing my PhD studies, I met a new friend who mentioned that he…

July 19, 20167Comments

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