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Thank You again. We are excited to finally get going with global data.
I had a pledge that didn’t process because of a preset spending limit on the card. I raised it so the pledge could go through. Did you all ever loop back around to try cards that didn’t work the first time? Excited to see how strategies work on the new data.
In that context it probably makes sense to implement country and asset class specific transaction taxes into backtests /simulations (also for Europe). Given they are so different on a per country basis it is virtually impossible to account for STT in slippage.
Similarly to Ebenezer, my pledge payment didn’t process as I had recently had to change card numbers due to unauthorized activity on my credit card. I updated the card number when I got the failed transaction notice from p123. I sent a few emails on the matter, but never heard anything back. Could you loop back around and try cards that didn’t process the first time? Similarly excited to see where this goes.