Recent Content by PolarTim

  1. Gaining Muscle and Losing Fat (2015)

    As a type 1 insulin dependent diabetic for three decades, I track blood sugars up to seven times a day. I started running 3.4 miles (5.5 km) in 35...
    Post by: PolarTim, Jul 11, 2015 in forum: Health and Fitness

  2. Internal Rate of Return Question

    This syntax may be a bit rough: Dim count As Integer For count = 1 to 360 Values(count) = 20000 Next count You can replace the 360...
    Post by: PolarTim, Feb 9, 2008 in forum: Trading

  3. The non-trading desk brokerage

    Yes, there were a few posts like that on OandA's forum. The trouble is, there is a survivor bias in that the people still trading with a broker...
    Post by: PolarTim, Feb 8, 2008 in forum: Forex Brokers

  4. The non-trading desk brokerage

    Do quotes in OandA's demo account differ from a non-demo account? I would trust them less if that were true. Could you provide some examples...
    Post by: PolarTim, Feb 7, 2008 in forum: Forex Brokers

  5. The non-trading desk brokerage

    I'm habitually looking for a better deal. When I started trading futures they were the only game in town unless you wanted to try currency options...
    Post by: PolarTim, Feb 7, 2008 in forum: Forex Brokers

  6. The non-trading desk brokerage

    So with CMC, if you submit a market order to buy and they can't fill at the ask shown when you placed the order, will they requote every time?...
    Post by: PolarTim, Feb 7, 2008 in forum: Forex Brokers

  7. The non-trading desk brokerage

    Thank you, that's good to know. I'm still ambivalent about using these bucket shops, especially if they can adjust the quotes to a client based...
    Post by: PolarTim, Feb 6, 2008 in forum: Forex Brokers

  8. Ensign Software - Gone to the DOGS

    Can you roll back to the previous version that worked for you? Tim
    Post by: PolarTim, Feb 6, 2008 in forum: Trading Software

  9. The non-trading desk brokerage

    Can you (or anyone) give an example of the slippage you experience? The bid/ask and how far off they generally fill you in slow (non-news)...
    Post by: PolarTim, Feb 5, 2008 in forum: Forex Brokers

  10. MFE and MAE Analysis

    That was a nice chart Tums. It looked like the MAE graph showed a value between 3.25 and 3.5 might cut off more losses than profits. That might...
    Post by: PolarTim, Feb 2, 2008 in forum: Strategy Building

  11. MFE and MAE Analysis

    It looks like all but 4 of the trades that go your way more than 2.0 (MFE > 2.0) are profitable. 3 were losses and 1 was breakeven. The rest of...
    Post by: PolarTim, Feb 1, 2008 in forum: Strategy Building

  12. Understanding leverage

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Wednesday As I read it, the Pound declined to near the low of the range it was supposed to trade in with...
    Post by: PolarTim, Feb 1, 2008 in forum: Forex

  13. Understanding leverage

    Let's say you plan to hold trades for 10 days, on average. Go back through the price history and find every 10 day range from high to low. You...
    Post by: PolarTim, Feb 1, 2008 in forum: Forex

  14. Understanding leverage

    Ralph Vince wrote a couple books, "Portfolio Management Formulas" and "The Mathematics of Money Management" that discuss in great detail how much...
    Post by: PolarTim, Feb 1, 2008 in forum: Forex

  15. GBP/JPY Trading 2008

    The week started well but some of these congestion areas are very difficult to trade. Even the trends subjectively seem to be noisier. I salute...
    Post by: PolarTim, Jan 31, 2008 in forum: Forex