What a gracious poster you are, abattia. Nice of you to thank everyone for their input. Tell me (if it's not premature), out of the many wildly...
Hi Goonior, Yes, I'm interested in automating the whole trading process. I use Sierra Chart right now, and they have us code our entire...
Thanks guys, Those are brilliant ideas. Should be interesting programming that stuff in Excel. Steven
I am new to automating systems and was wondering if anyone could share any tips on integrating "divergence" into an automated trading methodology....
Hi again, I'm just against the pessimism of some folks here. Hell no, it's not easy to make money trading. As someone who's been at it...
This is of course the key question. If it were possible to tell when a market trends and when it chops, making a killing would be plum easy. I...
Like so many of the contributors on this forum, you take a pessimistic viewpoint on the various main stream paths to trading, Most everything is...
Hi, Can anyone here explain what the Damiani Volatmeter is? I know it is supposed to act as a filter against choppy markets: when a certain...
Yes, time charts can serve as a self-fulfilling prophecy, as fseitun implies. If everyone is looking at the same charts and acting on them...
John F. Carter of __Mastering the Trade__ says 0.5% a day is a reasonable, manageable goal. I assume he is basing that value off the results of...
By buying ATM LEAPS, you get higher than 50 delta (like about 65 or so) and the bid/ask spread is satisfactory. That's one way to get better odds...
Is there any particular insight that time charts have to offer that isn't included in tick, range, and volume charts? I use tick, volume, and...
Right now, you can get in on a free trial going on for a little less than 2 weeks still at tradersaudio.com for the grains. The username is...
I'll have to check out the EMD. Thanks for the tip, Diviersions. I imagine it might offer just the right amount of volatility, being a mid-cap...
In his Method I system, a volatility breakout strategy, Bollinger say to enter a trade when the bands expand from their tightest squeeze, i.e.,...
You have to think it might all be random when you consider the silly correlations between irrelevant events and the stock market, such as whether...
I really like Gary Smith's book, __How I Trade for a Living__, in which he spends a good deal of time discussing how he has traded using pure...
Interesting point of view, Brownsfan. I actually have had comparatively good luck with CL and ZS, and I agree with both you and Retire45 that ES...
Hi folks, As traders who use technical analysis for day-trading, which futures markets do you like the best? Putting aside considerations of...
Hi folks, What are the relative merits and disadvantages of using charts based on a given range (such as, for example, 5 points on the Dow...
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