FAQ
Adding US, Canadian and London Stock exchange symbols through IQFeed
IQFeed can provide data feeds for such exchanges and different exchanges may differ wrt prefixes with the symbol code. For US stocks the standard symbols are used. For Canadian the standard symbol is preceded by the letter C and a period (C.BCD) For ...
[Advanced] Changing default database directory for PTF
This is for advanced technical users only. Press win+R and enter "regedit" without quotes in the input field Search for Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders Key:Personal The Default ...
Sending email alerts from CVS Alerts
At times the email alerts cannot be configured on particular mail accounts this can be due to filters that are at times placed with the mail providers that can raise a false alarm of our mail alert file resulting in you to not receive a test or ...
PTF Crash: Touchscreen Laptop with PTF
1. Select "Control Panel" 2. Select "Hardware and Sound" 3. Select "Device Manager" (Under "Devices & Printers") 4. Select "Human Interface Devices" 5. From the list select "HID compliant Touch Screen" and then "Driver" tab 6. Disable the driver and ...
My software doesn't work. I am getting an error. Can you fix it?
General Rules for Reporting Issues and Errors. If you are unsure of how to get started installing, activating and beginning to use PairTrade Finder, we highly recommend that you follow our Tutorial videos, User Manual and Video Training Course here: ...
Calendar Spread Trading
Calendar spread trading is possible with a IQfeed subscription since you can load all futures contracts in there and add front and back month futures together into new pairs. However you won't be able to backtest them too much because of the nature ...
Dollar adjustments in PTF
Yes the system adjusts the $ amount per trade for each pair – ie the long and short legs – and one can see this in the Pair Charts pages for each pair and in the Trading Signals page.
Is PTF Beta Neutral/ Dollar Neutral?
PTF is dollar neutral as we've found in our testing that being dollar neutral is more profitable. Trading dollar neutral has nothing to do with the spread, buying 10k long and selling 10k short is computed by 10k / share price = qty of shares to ...
Day trading with PTF
PTF is not designed for intraday trading. It is designed for swing trading pairs and a holding between 1 to 3 weeks minimum. PTF PRO does update all prices intraday, however, either real-time or delayed depending on the datafeed in use (currently we ...
Handling stock splits in PTF
Select the pair on the home screen and click on "refresh data" or delete the stock and pair and re-add it.
Holding positions during earnings and dividend dates
When pair trading you don't want to hold positions going into earnings date or dividend dates. You can use pages like this http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/today.html? to check for upcoming earnings dates, and if a stock in a pair has earnings ...
Viewing trading signals in PTF
Trading signals only show up during the times when you have PTF open, so as to avoid getting unactionable historic signals every time one opens PTF. It is a live trading tool. If one wants to review historic signals then these are in the history ...
PTF and Pair Matcher
PTF is incompatible with Pair matcher software and to run PTF you would need to uninstall Pair Matcher.
Trading PTF with Stock Pair
For trading with Stockpair, we recommend using the floating options and then just following the trading signals PTF provides. For further information we encourage you to contact Stockpair for a demo trading account so you can practice first without ...
PTF Support for Indian Markets
Our offering- PTF PRO v1 and above supports both IQFeed (broker independent) and Interactive Brokers (lowest cost option). With the help of IB, you can consume feeds for Indian markets. To link PRO to IB for data and greybox trading please follow ...
Configuring Email Alerts on PTF
To configure email alerts you must configure like the following: Outgoing fields should contain details of your ISP (internet service provider) and not gmail. For example if you have Internet access from Comcast then you should enter smtp.comcast.net ...
Backtesting in PTF PRO - Trading Recommendation
You shouldn't enter more than 40-50 stocks in any one group to prevent crashing. Also you should in most cases only be creating groups with stocks from the same industry, therefore, there is never a need to enter more than 50 stocks into one group ...
Pair Journal Sheet, Pre-Screened Stock and ETF ticker sheets
Here is the link to the Pair Journal Sheet: www.pairtradefinder.com/Pairs_Journal.xls There are 3 tabs in the spreadsheet. ETFs, FX and trade journal. The ETF tab can also be used to calculate positions sizes for stock positions. The FX tab is for ...
Co-integration in PTF
Yes, using Cointegration is an option in the software and we use it as a critical component of our trading system, though that is a choice. By default Cointegration is toggled off when you install PTF PRO as it is computationally costly. To enable it ...
Trading on PTF PRO with Forex, CFDs, Futures and Options
Traders interested to trade FX, CFDS, futures or options will want data on currencies (forex), futures, CFDs or options for which they will require an IQfeed data subscription or an integration to their Interactive Brokers' Trader Workstation, as per ...
PairTrade Finder® User Testimonials
Example of a trader who is using PairTrade Finder® successfully. You can listen to the interview with him here: https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AGDerkku_BphJzk&cid=4D269EBE6AA4E5DA&id=4D269EBE6AA4E5DA%211271&parId=root&o=OneUp Please also see ...
How to run PTF on Mac OS?
Mac Users can run PTF PRO in Bootcamp running Windows 7 or above, or in Parallels. Parallels can be found here: http://www.parallels.com/au/products/desktop/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc and offer a free trial. Bootcamp can be found here: ...
How Does PairTrade Finder® Work?
With regard to whether PairTrade Finder® Ultimate Alpha 3.0 works, you can demo it for 15 days for FREE to experience the results for yourself. After that, you will be charged for your subscription, though you have a further 15 days in which you may ...
Getting Started with PairTrade Finder®
Welcome! You can download the latest release version of PairTrade Finder® from our Members' Center here. Our Members' Center and where you can find links to all of the educational materials we provide, as well as trading tools. We have made quick ...