I appreciate it, Tom. Thanks!
Thanks for the kind words, and your neat offer. I find taking others' work, and playing with it, modifying it, etc. is a great thing to do. I...
You are welcome!
Thanks I appreciate it!
Thanks. Some very good books on it!!!
Hi Everyone - Many traders are looking for ideas for new trading strategies. People especially like entry and exit ideas, which of course are...
Personal observation, from e-mails I get and backtest results I see on various trading forums. My personal favorite is still the guy who could...
I did that on purpose, for 3 reasons: 1) There is no one right way to backtest. Lots of material out there from successful traders to review and...
Backtesting is useless for most people since they do it wrong. And there are many ways to do it wrong. The annoying part is that even IF you...
Bummer, although I don't understand how auto liquidate could lead to you losing 10% of your equity in one day, especially with SPY...
He could have been including state and local income tax in that figure.
So, which ones in your judgment are legit?
Really? Which ones? I'd be wary of any broker not trading with a regulated exchange like Nadex, and even that one is tough (high execution costs).
Trade it yourself, build a track record.
Interesting (as always!)... If you know - Was his switching based on the performance of his ES and HSI system (sort of like an equity curve...
Agreed! That is a key one. You have to have the same data, or things will be different. Not sure why you see differences, but continuous...
Sorry to hear of your struggles, but your experience is a common one. I went through the same thing years ago, when I first tried my own backtest...
Why don't you test different stop levels, and see what you find? You might be surprised at the results...
The book is about my process to develop a strategy for really any instrument - stocks, futures, forex, etc. Of course there are nuances for each...
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