Recent Content by Euler

  1. Where did the "90% are losers myth come from?

    alexandercho, Don't worry about Sushi -- he's an example of a type of poster common on ET called a "Troll" -- one with nothing better to do...
    Post by: Euler, Apr 29, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  2. How long before you were fully automated?

    If you declare a proposition false, then you're declaring its opposite true. Hence, in your proposed framework, all you need to do is rephrase...
    Post by: Euler, Apr 27, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  3. Looking for someone to program an API

    You mean you have already written the code? If so, you might want to consider finding some examples from your broker and inserting it -- most...
    Post by: Euler, Apr 24, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  4. Some rant about brokers from black box developer

    I thought about it, and have come to the conclusion that you've got an interesting definition of "lazy", because apparently it includes living in...
    Post by: Euler, Apr 24, 2009 in forum: Retail Brokers

  5. Where did the "90% are losers myth come from?

    Actually, does refute Sushi's "fact", which was that 100% of traders lose money overall in the long term. But I forgive you for not wanting...
    Post by: Euler, Apr 22, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  6. The Arms Race in High Frequency Trading

    I agree, nitro. Hardware and latency certainly deserve due consideration and expenditure, but obsessing over these alone (as the original blog...
    Post by: Euler, Apr 22, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  7. OCaml.

    Your comments might be considered a good warning for "aspiring automated traders" -- most, after all, should quit before they start. But...
    Post by: Euler, Apr 22, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  8. Where did the "90% are losers myth come from?

    Thanks for your sharing your experiences, milktruck. Very interesting, yet depressing. I wish everyone considering opening a bucket forex...
    Post by: Euler, Apr 22, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  9. Where did the "90% are losers myth come from?

    Turns out I know what that is, and that it has nothing to do with my statement or the fact that it decisively disproves yours.
    Post by: Euler, Apr 21, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  10. Active Managers: The (Horror) Show Goes On

    Just eyeballing the numbers in the lowest level reports (several links down in the S&P site), it seems to me that the active managers may have...
    Post by: Euler, Apr 21, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  11. Where did the "90% are losers myth come from?

    Post by: Euler, Apr 21, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  12. Neural Networks don't work for trading

    dtrader98, I agree with virtually everything in your post; in fact, I think it in itself is quite a good primer for anyone wanting to apply any...
    Post by: Euler, Apr 21, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  13. Where did the "90% are losers myth come from?

    This also is absurd, any way you slice the definition of "active trader". Think about it. Or maybe you just "believe" this because it makes...
    Post by: Euler, Apr 21, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  14. Neural Networks don't work for trading

    To be a "universal function generator", you need neurons => infinity which roughly implies examples => 2 ^ infinity == infinity....
    Post by: Euler, Apr 21, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  15. Neural Networks don't work for trading

    Given: 1. infinite computational power 2. an infinite number of independent observations (data) Yes. But under any realistic...
    Post by: Euler, Apr 21, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading