I have never traded this security. I really have no idea where this trade came from. Neither did the guy on the other line of the phone so he...
My IB statement in Dec 03 shows this: 2003-12-22, 00:00:00 NXPS -- -0.5333 1.4500 0.77 0.00 That is listed under the stock transaction...
Now another question: I dont qualify for trader status as I am a swing trader and trade about 4 times a week. I am under the impression that with...
I am unsure if that is completely true. For example if you have trader tax status your allowed to deduct all your trading business expenses as...
Hi Everyone, One of my main strategies is a dividend play. I have recently learned that dividends do not count as capital gains and therefore...
Its interesting how everyone seems to have problems with IB. I opened my account about 6 months ago and have yet to have a problem. There...
Ya talk about a spike.. 150% in 45 minutes ^^ I wonder what its going to do tommorow..........
danka
Question for all you pros out there. Where can one find ex-dividend dates for various stocks? Ive looked but cant seem to find anything. Is there...
MCD dropping like no toher.. Short at 23.81 :/ cover at 23.50 fast 1 minute trade lol
I have been unable to get to www.interactivebrokers.com for 2 days now. Is anyone else having this problem?
Agreed. When evaluating a system I will generally take the average % divided by the number of days the trade is on. Doing such gives me an idea...
ig0r, Not always true. In swing trading I have found that most losing trades will come back within a few weeks. Granted you always have to...
I think your assumption is wrong. There are in fact non optimized systems that backtest quite profitably. Where are they? Well that is your job...
> 50% win rate does not mean curve fit. Ever had a system that takes smaller wins and larger losses? Well it means a very high win rate. Does...
Bob, Thats funny. I have something vary similar but it holds for two days. Has a 70% chance of being correct. What I do to give myself a...
Why dont you look at the religious thread(666 SMA I think?) and see who started the topic? It was not GG.
Chit Chat- What is the purpose of that specific forum? Where are GG's posts that do not deal with trading? In Chit Chat. What is wrong with...
This is by far the best answer given.
I am working on doing the same. I use slices as well. My system cuts the portfolio into 8ths. It does a grand job at smoothing equity curve....
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