Recent Content by chuckm_ca

  1. Pictures of your trading stations

    I took maestro up on his offer to come see his office. Nice setup. He gave me a tour and a quick presentation of the technology they are using....
    Post by: chuckm_ca, Apr 12, 2005 in forum: Hardware

  2. Canadian RSP bear funds

    I was under the impression that no shorts or puts are allowed in an RRSP. Would this not include funds that invest in puts or use short sales.
    Post by: chuckm_ca, May 10, 2003 in forum: Educational Resources

  3. Trading Breakouts: A newbie question

    I don't trade stocks so I don't know how feasable this is, but in the ES I've used buy stop limit orders. You know what the breakout point is so...
    Post by: chuckm_ca, Apr 9, 2003 in forum: Trading

  4. Trading Book

    I get an empty zip file when I download this. Am I doing something wrong? Tried the right click "save as" and left click. Same result.
    Post by: chuckm_ca, Apr 8, 2003 in forum: Strategy Building

  5. Continuous futures contract on TS2000i

    Here is a site where you can get some free TS data. I have no idea of the quality of this data. http://www.medianline.com/data.html
    Post by: chuckm_ca, Apr 8, 2003 in forum: Trading Software

  6. Continuous futures contract on TS2000i

    I don't think you can do that in TS. You will have to manually splice the contracts together. Figure out the roll dates and roll amount, then...
    Post by: chuckm_ca, Apr 8, 2003 in forum: Trading Software

  7. Best Backtesting software

    Behold is my preferred back testing program. You can check it out at: www.bhld.com It's Mac software that can be run on your PC with an...
    Post by: chuckm_ca, Mar 24, 2003 in forum: Trading Software

  8. Math People-- Question About Exponential Growth

    Take a look at a 20 year exponential chart of Nortel. Your friend's strategy worked great until a couple of years ago.
    Post by: chuckm_ca, Mar 24, 2003 in forum: Strategy Building

  9. Outlook Express deleted inbox..?

    If you can't find the file, it's probably hidden. For some reason the .wab files are in hidden folders (at least on my computer they were). Go...
    Post by: chuckm_ca, Jan 17, 2003 in forum: Trading Software

  10. Which factor of your system enable you to make profits?

    It's not so much any single factor in the system so much as the discipline to follow the system that is the key factor. There are times that I'm...
    Post by: chuckm_ca, Oct 31, 2002 in forum: Trading

  11. Keeping it Simple

    How can you talk about people who are evil and forget to include Bert from Sesame Street. All the details and pictures can be found here....
    Post by: chuckm_ca, Aug 23, 2002 in forum: Trading

  12. Matrox dual head question

    I'm running 2 G450's on my computer and they run great. I highly recommend them.
    Post by: chuckm_ca, Jul 26, 2002 in forum: Hardware

  13. Trading the "Bright" way...

    Hi Don, How much capital is allocated to a trader (assuming they put up 25,000) when they start? As they become consistently profitable, are...
    Post by: chuckm_ca, Jul 19, 2002 in forum: Professional Trading

  14. Shorting on DOWNTICK

    The extra OTM call is to avoid being naked the short call. Some retail firms won't let you sell naked options and it provides some insurance....
    Post by: chuckm_ca, Jun 13, 2002 in forum: Retail Brokers

  15. Shorting on DOWNTICK

    You could trade futures which eliminates the shorting on a down tick problem. Or you could use options but it will be very capital intensive...
    Post by: chuckm_ca, Jun 13, 2002 in forum: Retail Brokers