Recent Content by jhend746

  1. How to rate / compare strategy performance

    I'm assuming that the person writing the system is competent enough to figure out if their system is even worth trading. The question is dealing...
    Post by: jhend746, Apr 28, 2008 in forum: Strategy Building

  2. How to rate / compare strategy performance

    what are you trying to achieve? Are you looking for 1 ultimate strategy or a few complimentary strategies? If you're looking to compare two of...
    Post by: jhend746, Apr 28, 2008 in forum: Strategy Building

  3. Are Hedge fund strategies really that complex?

    Well said. I would guess more rigorous in terms of proving and identiying. I propose a different question: what can retail traders learn and...
    Post by: jhend746, Apr 4, 2008 in forum: Strategy Building

  4. Are Hedge fund strategies really that complex?

    Well, why would a hedge fund need a complex strategy. Think about moving billions of leveraged dollars around without trying to leave a foot...
    Post by: jhend746, Apr 2, 2008 in forum: Strategy Building

  5. Don't shorter term strategies have lower drawdowns?

    Hi TSGann, Do you trade for yourself or for a company? If for a company, it doesn't seem like you are a market maker. Do you do proprietary...
    Post by: jhend746, Apr 2, 2008 in forum: Strategy Building

  6. Don't shorter term strategies have lower drawdowns?

    I trade whatever time frame I fall into where I have a competitive edge given my trading system. Discretionary daytrading can be mentally and...
    Post by: jhend746, Apr 2, 2008 in forum: Strategy Building

  7. Why trading communities have a low respect for scalpers?

    I know several daytraders who make around 600k (not in NY) a year for prop. firms who don't have to deal with all the corporate BS. They aren't...
    Post by: jhend746, Apr 2, 2008 in forum: Trading

  8. portfolio tntraday scanning and fundamental backtesting

    I was wondering if anybody could recommend software for intraday scanning. I also need a direct access broker that is either an all-in-one...
    Thread by: jhend746, Mar 14, 2008, 0 replies, in forum: Trading Software

  9. Trading Systems Robustness & Market Structure

    Actually I'm still puzzled because there were around 9000 nonoptimized trades on in sample data and my out of sample trades were not significantly...
    Post by: jhend746, Feb 12, 2008 in forum: Strategy Building

  10. Trading Systems Robustness & Market Structure

    I'm actually struggling with this very problem-- if a system works now, but it didn't in the past ('97 and before) is it robust? Along these...
    Post by: jhend746, Feb 11, 2008 in forum: Strategy Building