I didn't say that all working methods/patterns will be rendered useless as a result of increased volume on 24-hour trading, only that you need to...
I think profitseer was referring to the fact that as volume continues to increase on the overnight sessions, the behavior of the opening will...
Get Wealth-Lab. IMHO it is hands down the best backtesting software available to the average retail trader. You can even implement more...
About the same % as those with $20k who will blow out or hit a drawdown and give up. As I said, it's all about risk and expectations. If the...
Is it really unlikely to earn $400 after 12 months on a $2000 account?
Don't let the naysayers take you down. Yes, it's very difficult, but $2000 is not undercapitalized if you trade appropriate share size. Find a...
If you trade a non-discretionary approach I recommend backtesting to determine which method works best for you. In my experience it is always...
Do you have suspend enabled? e.g. when you power back up from a power-off, does it just do a normal bootup or does it come back to where you were...
I hope so too. In all of their prospectus' and other information relating to the IPO, one of their #1 priorities was improving reliability. I'd...
Master Po (blind): "do you hear the grasshopper at your feet?" Young Caine: "old man, how is it that you hear these things?" Master Po:...
Try 10yr Treasury Notes or Crude Oil.
The problem is you don't know when downtime will occur. 30 mins of downtime may not hurt them at all in the evening with low volume, but what if...
I agree with you. The Globex uptime track record is horrendous. Ask anyone who deals with enterprise class systems with high uptime...
Assuming both methods (taking small profits with high % win; and taking large profits with low % win) have a satisfactory positive expectation,...
Some academics have a great gasp of statistical testing of various trading strategies, including using much more advanced time series analysis...
A good trader makes money consistently and can live off his winnings.
There are also traders who add to losing positions either in a pairs trading or P2 type manor. P2 has discussed his ideas here and I've talked to...
If you post on the forums there many WL users will be happy to help code your system. As long as you can describe what you do as mechanically and...
The counter-argument is that economic forces that drive an economy and interrelated reactions of investors don't just turn on a dime. The...
If a signal alert was generated prior to the bar completing, that would be a coding error. The original poster was asking about "disappearing...
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