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  1. How do you pick a breakout?

    I can not predict the future and can not tell "when a breakout is going to happen". I wait until price increases above some historical high price...
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 12, 2006 in forum: Technical Analysis

  2. Maximum DrawDown

    No. If you track your trading, or backtest for a long period of time, and accumulate enough trades then I expect to see losing trades and losing...
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 12, 2006 in forum: Automated Trading

  3. SP500 reminds me of Sep 1990

    SP500 index graph reminds me of the September 1990 SP500 index graph. Same sort of rounding bottom pattern. Probably doesn't mean anything.
    Thread by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 12, 2006, 0 replies, in forum: Index Futures

  4. Atr

    I use the price trading range from various timeframes. I remember analyzing the 10 day range, 20 day, 50 day, 100 day range. Attached is...
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 10, 2006 in forum: Technical Analysis

  5. Need to see average volume etc.

    I remember calculating average volume for NASDAQ with Excel spreadsheet. I recall downloading NASDAQ price and volume data from yahoo.com, pasting...
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 10, 2006 in forum: Educational Resources

  6. future is easy to associate than stocks?

    Yes. If there is a drought the nearest contract price can increase a lot but the next contract price might not increase and price can decrease.
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 10, 2006 in forum: Commodity Futures

  7. Short-term trading vs Long-term trading

    There is a big difference between day trading and overnight position trading. Slippage and the opening gap can make a short term overnight...
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 9, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  8. Atr

    That is how I use ATR, as a volatility indicator. I use ATR to calculate position size.
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 9, 2006 in forum: Technical Analysis

  9. A Question About Position Sizing

    I disregard the Kelly criterion. It is the drawdowns that concern me. Risk has to be small enough so that the drawdowns do not make me feel sick....
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 8, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  10. Suggested trading for a newbie

    Assume you bet 10 % of your money each time you trade. If you lose 10 times in a row then you lost everything and can not trade any more. Bet 1...
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 8, 2006 in forum: Professional Trading

  11. Oil is down sharpley any reason !!!!~!

    I suspect price change is about two days ahead of the news. Maybe there is some kind of peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon.
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 8, 2006 in forum: Commodity Futures

  12. Donchian Channels

    These are the results of a long term stock simulation using Consolidated Edison stock, symbol ED. The simulation is over 36.59 years from 2...
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 7, 2006 in forum: Technical Analysis

  13. Curiousity

    Assume the moving average value is 50.00. Price rises to 50.01 and you buy. The spread might be 0.10 or 0.20, below your intended exit price of...
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 6, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  14. beginner in forex market

    You might examine the Zweig system that I remember posting on elitetrader.com. I find EURUSD tests well with 6 % entry, 1.3 %exit, 5 % risk, cash...
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 6, 2006 in forum: Forex

  15. Zweig Trading System Example

    This is how I calculate the "extreme high price". Assume the simulation begins on day zero, HighPrice[0]. I set the extreme high price =...
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 5, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  16. Zweig Trading System Example

    This is an example of trading HLT using a long term Zweig trading system. This test uses these rules: 1) If price rallys 32 % from an extreme...
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 5, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  17. Zweig Trading System Example

    I recall about year 1980 Martin Zweig publishing a trend following system. I find this system interesting because it is independent of time and...
    Thread by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 5, 2006, 12 replies, in forum: Strategy Building

  18. Bollinger Band Position Trading Example

    I write computer programs and test trading methods. "Modeling" trading methods might be a better phrase. I also write software to model the...
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 5, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  19. Bollinger Band Position Trading Example

    Why position trade long term? The following is what happens when a 10 day average is substituted for the 350 day average in the example above....
    Post by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 2, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  20. Bollinger Band Position Trading Example

    OK lets see what happens when I trade Boeing stock using a Bollinger Band system. Trading begins 2 January 1962 and ends 14 July 2006. These are...
    Thread by: Hook N. Sinker, Sep 2, 2006, 16 replies, in forum: Strategy Building
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