Recent Content by Chabah

  1. Chabah on Automated Trading Redux

    Here's an update on the last 7 weeks or so. I have kept the same IN/OUT criteria based on a simple daily moving average. I don't stress if...
    Post by: Chabah, Jun 23, 2010 in forum: Automated Trading

  2. Chabah on Automated Trading Redux

    I appreciate the post - good to get back to a little theory after I have been crunching numbers - without the benefit of a server! I have been...
    Post by: Chabah, May 3, 2010 in forum: Automated Trading

  3. Chabah on Automated Trading Redux

    Let's apply one of our principles to a actual strategy. Start with a simple strategy, based on the 50 day moving average. Take the difference...
    Post by: Chabah, Apr 29, 2010 in forum: Automated Trading

  4. Chabah on Automated Trading Redux

    The architecture that was originally planned is quite a bit different that what I'm currently using. The original plan was to use TradeStation,...
    Post by: Chabah, Apr 29, 2010 in forum: Automated Trading

  5. Chabah on Automated Trading Redux

    Finally, account funding. Starting small with $20k through TD, not TradeStation. I have to say TD makes it very easy to fund an account and get...
    Post by: Chabah, Apr 25, 2010 in forum: Automated Trading

  6. Chabah on Automated Trading Redux

    By the way, I am on continued vacation until about April 5th. Feel free to pose any questions between now and then. Once I get back it will be...
    Post by: Chabah, Mar 2, 2010 in forum: Automated Trading

  7. Chabah on Automated Trading Redux

    Maxima, I'm not sold on your assertion that all technical analysis is based on normal distribution. Maybe I am subverting moving averages...
    Post by: Chabah, Feb 17, 2010 in forum: Automated Trading

  8. Chabah on Automated Trading Redux

    Oh Maxima, I missed one part of your point. Yes, sure, the TA tools are very common and everyone has tried them. I should specify, I believe in...
    Post by: Chabah, Feb 17, 2010 in forum: Automated Trading

  9. Chabah on Automated Trading Redux

    Maxima, Good point, and this is why I am managing my own retirement money - I certainly don't trust establishment funds and all that. As for...
    Post by: Chabah, Feb 17, 2010 in forum: Automated Trading

  10. Questions for Tradestation users

    Please correct me if I am wrong, but I understand EasyLanguage to be an interpreted language. That being the case, instructions can never be...
    Post by: Chabah, Feb 11, 2010 in forum: Automated Trading

  11. Chabah on Automated Trading Redux

    Thanks for the completely irrelevant post. I'm not trading Forex or using other people's robots. Most of the system functions are coded now,...
    Post by: Chabah, Feb 10, 2010 in forum: Automated Trading

  12. Chabah on Automated Trading Redux

    PocketChange, My strategies aren't very dependent on the details you mentioned. I prefer strategies that trade infrequently - an ideal case...
    Post by: Chabah, Feb 9, 2010 in forum: Automated Trading

  13. Chabah on Automated Trading Redux

    I'm doing some option analysis. I don't see a good way to automate option strategies yet, but perhaps something will coalesce after further...
    Post by: Chabah, Feb 8, 2010 in forum: Automated Trading

  14. Chabah on Automated Trading Redux

    I found something I've been looking for - a way to verify that a strategy matches an actual position. This of course only works if the only...
    Post by: Chabah, Feb 7, 2010 in forum: Automated Trading

  15. Backtesting and Optimization Discussion

    I first read about using ATR for position sizing in Mark Conway's book Professional Stock Trading. It's alright I guess, but I'm not personally...
    Post by: Chabah, Feb 6, 2010 in forum: Automated Trading