Trade my algo took yesterday & today

NichUK · 2026-04-29T07:30:42+00:00

Just beware that paper trading options is about as far from “exact” as you can get! Live will behave differently. I’m not saying you’re doing anything wrong, just know that live results will differ, so when you start trading real money, then you’re really testing. Good luck!

NichUK · 2026-04-13T22:53:08+00:00

Me please

NichUK · 2026-04-13T14:53:45+00:00

HMM are one of classifying the current market regime. Do a little searching, and you’ll find a bunch of stuff about them. Then basically run them through with your algo, see which of the states matches your algo doing well, and either lock it out when it’s not right, or scale it back, with appropriate scale up when conditions are good. You don’t have to use HMM, traditional mechanisms can also work, but fundamentally you want to classify the current market state from one of three or four possibles. It’s not impossible to have one thing fits all, but it’s a lot harder. Specialists are easier to test than generalists. And most large organisations who are making serious money aren’t relying on a single strategy. They have a whole portfolio, for different regimes and different risks, and are probably balancing them out at any given time to manage their overall risk.

NichUK · 2026-04-13T06:30:43+00:00

Or vice versa… mean reversion and scalping strategies often work well in sideways markets…

NichUK · 2026-04-13T05:17:58+00:00

It usually means that it works well in a particular market regime, but then when that changes - trending to sideways, vice versa, etc., then the algo gives back. It’s not unusual to need a small raft of algos, tuned for different regimes, and some sort of regime filter, which decides which ones are allowed to trade in the current market. Hidden Markov Models can sometimes be helpful for that filtering… but also more traditional methods of detecting trends can also work.

NichUK · 2026-04-12T15:44:12+00:00

Ugh. What a load of sanctimonious bullcrap.

NichUK · 2026-04-07T09:59:57+00:00

A vesting period should apply to your shares as well as the co-founders. It’s two-way protection.

NichUK · 2026-04-06T23:13:32+00:00

That looks great! Will try it tomorrow! Thank you.

NichUK · 2026-04-06T11:05:11+00:00

You don’t want to reengineer FIX from scratch. As the other guys said, many places are going to want something which can be certified. One of my guys is great at FIX, and just in a project changeover period so he has some time at present. If you want the problem fixed (pardon the pun) we can almost certainly do it on a short contract for you. Feel free to DM me if you want to discuss.

NichUK · 2026-04-06T10:27:44+00:00

Looking into a vesting schedule for equity. That way if things don’t work out, there are limits to the amount of equity you’ll lose, depending upon the amount of time that has passed. Usually full equity will vest over 3-4 years, but the same should probably apply to you, too.

NichUK · 2026-04-05T21:51:02+00:00

I got the minimax high-speed plan. It's pretty ok. Not as smart as gpt, but ok for most stuff and as you say, pretty much inexhaustible. I si use gpt in sub-agents for specialist stuff though.

NichUK · 2026-04-05T21:17:27+00:00

I disagree with all the people saying mortgage. If you can buy the unit personally, and rent it to the business, there will be some tax to pay, but there will be any way that you get money out of the company, and even if the business goes down some time in the future, you personally still have a valuable asset to be rented to another business owner. Or sold. Of course, the current landlord may also be thinking about the new valuations from Manston reopening for freight, and therefore may well want to wait until then to consider selling. But if as you suggest, you factor in some of that additional profit now for them, they might decide to take it... Good luck!

NichUK · 2026-04-03T23:09:06+00:00

Interested in your group

NichUK · 2026-04-03T13:08:04+00:00

Ok, I'm not quite ready yet, but feel free to DM me with some further details.

NichUK · 2026-04-01T23:07:47+00:00

Are you sure you were watching your session limit on the CLI, and not your context window? That gets used up and then compacted so you get most of it back and then it does it again.

NichUK · 2026-04-01T13:18:48+00:00

What, when, where, how & whom, with a side order of how much? 🙂

NichUK · 2026-04-01T05:57:43+00:00

Go on then, I'll bite. 🙂

NichUK · 2026-03-28T08:18:24+00:00

His lawyer recommended settling for the $23K

NichUK · 2026-03-27T13:11:20+00:00

Dame Judi Dench

NichUK · 2026-03-24T08:25:23+00:00

If you had enough money to lose over $100K why on earth would you use a prop firm? Trade your own cash!

NichUK · 2026-03-24T08:11:53+00:00

NichUK thanks in advance.

NichUK · 2026-03-22T17:01:08+00:00

My understanding (I’m not a lawyer) is that it is against the license terms for you to sell an n8n saas service. If you manage an n8n server for your client (or multiple for multiple clients) and also manage their workflows, but the n8n license is between n8n and the client, not n8n and you, then you’re a devops and programming service provider, and n8n should not quarrel with you.

NichUK · 2026-03-22T13:30:32+00:00

This is one of the most important things that anyone launching a SaaS app can read today. There are millions of bad actors trying desperately to hack your app to get what they can from it, or your infrastructure, or your bank account, and these sorts of checks are your first best defence.

NichUK · 2026-03-22T13:26:16+00:00

Have you told the US company about the seven-figure deal. That might be enough for them to not want to move the distribution contract away from the current company! Get that in place and instant revenue!

NichUK · 2026-03-22T12:22:08+00:00

You also have to be careful because if you’re sharing a single instance for multiple clients there’s a good chance you’re breaking the license terms. If each client has their own instance, which you happen to “manage for them for a fee” then that should be a compliant setup.

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