Recent Content by alpha_monkey

  1. Jasper's Last Stand

    Hi Jasper, Good on you for starting and continuing with your journal. Maybe it would be helpful to see next week as an experiment: - take...
    Post by: alpha_monkey, Feb 9, 2007 in forum: Journals

  2. Simple Profitable Method

    what frequencies? we need to consider expectancy and frequency. (and trading costs.)
    Post by: alpha_monkey, Jan 23, 2007 in forum: Technical Analysis

  3. Simple Profitable Method

    This thread is great. It's interesting to read the banter between T28's 'Take Em All 2 minute Tommy gun' and Romik's orthodox 'Supportive...
    Post by: alpha_monkey, Jan 23, 2007 in forum: Technical Analysis

  4. life after making mrkts on the floor

    I think that's a good take. Easy to see you know the Sales racket ;)
    Post by: alpha_monkey, Nov 15, 2006 in forum: Professional Trading

  5. Gentlemen prefer blondes?

    http://www.swedenunited.com/ Blondes. Every time.
    Post by: alpha_monkey, Sep 3, 2006 in forum: Chit Chat

  6. 5min/1h TrendFollowing on ESTX50, SMI, & GBL

    Interesting to see an all EUREX trio in action. Out of curiousity, have you backtested your strategies? Do you find it performs better, worse...
    Post by: alpha_monkey, Aug 29, 2006 in forum: Journals

  7. Position sizing

    regarding, "most successful traders are difficult people." the *best* traders i've met have been an intriguing mixture of relaxed, competitive...
    Post by: alpha_monkey, Aug 27, 2006 in forum: Trading

  8. Trading system results overview

    I fail to see why PF and Sharpe need to be used on an either/or basis. Black and white thinking, to quote spike500. Given their differences,...
    Post by: alpha_monkey, Aug 17, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  9. which historical data + backtest-software for eurex backtesting?

    Data http://www.tickdata.com/index.html Backtest environment http://www.tickquest.com/NeoTicker/index.shtml Neoticker has a steep...
    Post by: alpha_monkey, Aug 15, 2006 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  10. Prop firms in Sweden

    Closest I've heard of is Pan Capital. However, I don't think it's what you're after. Maybe approach someone in London. Fortis, Marex etc....
    Post by: alpha_monkey, Aug 2, 2006 in forum: Prop Firms

  11. The 2% rule

    This is the right angle. Optimal stop size first, how many contracts/shares that means to stay at x% risk second. I'd agree with other posters...
    Post by: alpha_monkey, Jul 31, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  12. NG collaboration development

    Sounds like your broker can only execute market orders for you. $300 for 10 lots is a poor show. If you hadn't turned off your PM I could have...
    Post by: alpha_monkey, Jul 20, 2006 in forum: Journals

  13. Example Trading System

    Noted. Thanks.
    Post by: alpha_monkey, Jul 13, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  14. Offered Institutional Trader Job..What To Expect?

    How true is that.
    Post by: alpha_monkey, Jul 13, 2006 in forum: Professional Trading

  15. NG collaboration development

    40yotrader's data is copyrighted. This means he can't legally share it. However, that constriction doesn't necessarily mean the end of a...
    Post by: alpha_monkey, Jul 13, 2006 in forum: Journals