Recent Content by damonjanis

  1. How or wWhat is Bracket Trading with TWS

    There is no extra charge for using bracket orders. My only gripe with them is they don't yet support a bracket order based on a stop-limit...
    Post by: damonjanis, Jan 23, 2003 in forum: Trading Software

  2. How or wWhat is Bracket Trading with TWS

    You have to be careful doing this. When the order changes from a limit to a stop, the outside stop and limit orders become active. If the market...
    Post by: damonjanis, Jan 23, 2003 in forum: Trading Software

  3. How to handle 24 Hr Futures Trading

    If: - you can page your cell phone by sending an email (Sprint, for example) and - your charting program/quotes program can send emails...
    Post by: damonjanis, Jan 15, 2003 in forum: Index Futures

  4. Anyone actually trade mechanically?

    Tradestation doesn't yet support automatic trading with futures (they will in version 7), so their estimates don't really apply in this context,...
    Post by: damonjanis, Jan 8, 2003 in forum: Strategy Building

  5. Anyone actually trade mechanically?

    My max drawdown was $2,884. It was less than the backtested max drawdown of around $4,500.
    Post by: damonjanis, Jan 8, 2003 in forum: Strategy Building

  6. Anyone actually trade mechanically?

    I'm using a 100% automated and mechanical system on ES and NQ. On an initial account balance starting last July of $10,000, and a closing balance...
    Post by: damonjanis, Jan 7, 2003 in forum: Strategy Building

  7. Remote trading in Brazil

    Brazil is a great country. I'm an American, but lived there for 2 years in several different places (Sete Lagoas, Manaus, Belem). You will not...
    Post by: damonjanis, Nov 15, 2002 in forum: Professional Trading

  8. The Importance of Simplicity

    I agree with you on the filters. You do have to be careful, though, as a filter that elimates catching the few bigs profitable trades will cause...
    Post by: damonjanis, Nov 6, 2002 in forum: Strategy Building

  9. The Importance of Simplicity

    I use TradeStation for backtesting and charts/quotes. They don't support automated trading with futures yet, so I write my own systems in C# and...
    Post by: damonjanis, Nov 6, 2002 in forum: Strategy Building

  10. The Importance of Simplicity

    The attached spreadsheet was generated from TradeStation. It goes back to 2/12/2001. I've backtested the 40/10 ma xover to 1997 and it has been...
    Post by: damonjanis, Nov 5, 2002 in forum: Strategy Building

  11. The Importance of Simplicity

    For an MA xover system, you really have to stick with it. You have to take every trade, since these types of systems (without filters) get about...
    Post by: damonjanis, Nov 5, 2002 in forum: Strategy Building

  12. The Importance of Simplicity

    I neglected to mention that the 10/40 MA crossover is on a 5 minute chart. It won't wipe out your account (via drawdown) if you have about $15,000...
    Post by: damonjanis, Nov 5, 2002 in forum: Strategy Building

  13. The Importance of Simplicity

    aphexcoil, It's always in the market. Each time the 10 period crosses the 40 period, reverse the current position from long to short or short...
    Post by: damonjanis, Nov 5, 2002 in forum: Strategy Building

  14. The Importance of Simplicity

    bungrider, Exactly what I was trying to say, but much more concise. Thanks.
    Post by: damonjanis, Nov 5, 2002 in forum: Strategy Building

  15. The Importance of Simplicity

    My experience is that simpler is better. For every complex system I've seen, I can achieve equal or better results with simple systems that are...
    Post by: damonjanis, Nov 4, 2002 in forum: Strategy Building